One of the points I make in my training workshop ‘How to Make Money While You Sleep’ is that ‘Ideas Don’t Make You Rich”. I quote multimillionaire Felix Dennis, publisher and poet, who wrote in his book ‘How to Get Rich’: “Ideas don’t make you rich, the correct execution of ideas does.” In other words, …
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Paul Smith talks business
In a fascinating interview, fashion design guru Paul Smith talked about many aspects of growing a business in the creative industries, including: How he succeeds as a creative entrepreneur by saying no to many potential clients, choosing only those projects which fit his brand and excite his creativity. He has (politely) rejected the opportunity to …
Basque Country Creative Enterprises
The Guggenheim Museum is a symbol of the transformation of Bilbao from an industrial past to a creative future. And throughout the city, less visible but just as important, creative businesses are starting up, growing, creating jobs and transforming the economy. Creative entrepreneurs in the Basque Country are making their businesses even more successful, with …
Crowd Funding video
Here’s a video about crowd funding (or ‘crowd financing’) for projects and businesses in the creative industries. For more information about crowd funding for creative projects, see ‘Raising Finance by Crowd Funding’ and a related article ‘Iron Sky: A Crowd Sourced Movie‘. Embed this video in your own website or blog from the T-Shirts and …