The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real - Softcover

Beam, Lisa Sonora

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592534597 ISBN 13: 9781592534593

Publisher: Rockport Publishers Inc., 2008

Synopsis

This book is for artists, crafters, and creative individuals from all walks of life who desire to make a livelihood from their creative work, or who may have achieved some success but don t know how to replicate it or move to another level of accomplishment. These crafty DIY artists are everywhere they are holding alternative craft fairs, they advertise in craft magazines, they are selling online by the thousands at Etsy.com, and are blogging at Typepad, LiveJournal, and Whipup.com. But many of them do not have the skills needed to take their business ideas to the next level. The Creative Entrepreneur takes readers on an inner journey of creative exploration to discover how to make their dreams of creative livelihood real, as they craft their own artist s business journal. This is a visual, project-oriented, step-by-step approach to business development for artists from all walks of life who are mystified and possibly frustrated by how to make a business out of their creative work.

About this title

Synopsis

These crafty DIY artists are everywhere - they are holding alternative craft fairs, they advertise in craft magazines, they are selling online by the thousands at Etsy.com, and are blogging at Typepad, LiveJournal, and Whipup.com. But many of them do not have the skills needed to take their business ideas to the next level. "The Creative Entrepreneur" takes readers on an inner journey of creative exploration to discover how to make their dreams of creative livelihood real, as they craft their own artist's business journal. This is a visual, project-oriented, step-by-step approach to business development for artists from all walks of life who are mystified and possibly frustrated by how to make a business out of their creative work.

About the Author

Sonora Beam is a mixed-media artist, writer, graphic designer and workshop leader. She is the founder and Creative Director of Digital Hive EcoLogical Design, a strategic design firm that provides creative and marketing services to green businesses. She is on the faculty of Dominican University s Graduate Business School, teaches creativity and business workshops internationally, and has taught at leading learning centres and global corporations.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rockport Publishers Inc.
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1592534597
• ISBN 13: 9781592534593
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128