David Parrish - International Business Adviser for Creative People

David Parrish helps creative businesses to become even more successful...

... by bringing together creative people (T-Shirts) with smart business thinking (Suits).

Successful creative enterprises integrate creativity and business :: David offers an approach which brings together both creative passion and the best business ideas.

This website provides information and networks for creative people in business. It adds to the examples, ideas and inspiration found in David's book 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity'.

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You will find information and examples about marketing, intellectual property, leadership, managing change, business growth, strategic planning, finance and business development - written especially for people leading and managing creative businesses and cultural enterprises in the creative and digital industries.

David Parrish is a business adviser, trainer and management consultant working with creative and digital businesses and the agencies that support them. He helps his clients by drawing on his own experience as a creative entrepreneur combined with his knowledge as a specialist professional trainer, qualified business advisor, published author and keynote speaker.

Sharing the best ideas about business with the international community of creative entrepreneurs goes hand in hand with David's work as an expert creative industries consultant providing business advice, training and consultancy. He works as a creative business adviser, management trainer and creative industries speaker.

David's work is international and he has helped businesses and individuals to develop through his training workshops and management consultancy projects in countries as diverse as Canada, Chile, China, Colombia, Denmark, Egypt, Finland, France, Germany, Holland, India, Italy, Lithuania, Norway, Singapore, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Taiwan, Thailand, Turkey, United Arab Emirates - as well as in the UK.

David specialises in helping creative and digital businesses and cultural enterprises with business development, growth strategies, business plans, innovation, strategic marketing, intellectual property, raising finance, business growth, collaborations and innovation. His services include management consultancy, business advice, training workshops, seminars, presentations, speeches and writing.

He is working in partnership with UNESCO to share best practice in the creative industries internationally.

David has been directly involved in the creative economy for more than 20 years, as an entrepreneur, manager, company director, management consultant, business adviser, trainer, writer, and speaker.

The T-Shirts and Suits Creative Enterprise Network is a free online network for the creative industries which enables creative entrepreneurs to share information, build networks and learn from each other. David is involved in this and other networks for creative businesses and cultural enterprises.

David's highly-acclaimed book 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity' has been translated and published in China, Taiwan, Colombia, Spain, Lithuania and Thailand.

For more information about David Parish - and the free information, resources and networks on this website - see the links on the left.