The Creative Entrepreneur

Learn from experts how business empowers creativity and ways to increase the quality of your ideas, convince people to support your vision and achieve success. "Business" doesn''t have to be a dirty word in the creative sector. It is by harnessing business that creative people empower themselves to bring their full creative vision to life. Business is the servant, not the master, of bringing creativity into the world. Chapters include: Building Your Brand, The Business Plan, Marketing, Mindset, Mentors and more Case studies include: Nile Rodgers, Roksanda Ilincic, Thomas Heatherwick, Ruthie Rogers, Andy Harries and more

Auteur
Carolyn Dailey is the founder of Creative Entrepreneurs, a first-of-its-kind online community empowering creatives to grow brilliantly successful businesses. She has lectured at foundational pillars of the creative world, such as Central St Martins, The V&A, Design Museum, London College of Fashion and Cambridge University, and regularly appears on SKY News commenting on the creative sector.

Collaborating with creatives including architect Zaha Hadid, make-up artist Charlotte Tilbury, and grime music leader Jamal Edwards, Carolyn was named by Creative Review as one of the Top 50 Creative Leaders and by BIMA as one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs progressing the creative industries. Her expertise arose from her 20 years at entertainment leader Time Warner, whose portfolio included HBO, CNN, Turner, Warner Bros., Time Inc. magazines and Warner Music.

Texte du rabat

*"This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You'll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you."

• Nile Rodgers
  
  *"I wish I had this book years ago when I started my business."

• Thomas Heatherwick
  
  An essential guide on how to build and run a creative business from ten of the world's most inspiring entrepreneurs, including multi-Grammy winner Nile Rodgers, culinary legend Ruthie Rodgers, and Emmy-winning producer of The Crown, Andy Harries. Their stories, actionable advice, and recommendations will help your business thrive and fuel your life potential.

  The Creative Entrepreneur is a call to adventure, inviting you to think from the perspective of a mission-driven creative professional. This thinking can help you form a new business, or transform an existing one, and provide a ready frame for life and your career helping you take your creativity to unprecedented heights. Featuring interviews with ten visionaries from across the fields of fashion, art, film, design, music, gaming, and more, all of whom wed business acumen to a way of seeing the world, and including recommendations to fuel your creativity, support your business vision, and liberate you from old-school thinking.