Here’s the video and text of David Parrish’s keynote speech: “Successful Creative Entrepreneurship in the Orange Economy Worldwide”. He gave examples of successful creative enterprises around the world using creative business models: a commercial illustrator in Brazil, a theatre producer in Lithuania, a visual artist in England, a fashion design company in Hong Kong, two art galleries …
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Creative Business Book Published in Moldova
The creative business book ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ has been translated into Romanian and published in Moldova. The book was published in Moldova by Editura ARC, with the support of the EU-Eastern Partnership Culture & Creativity Programme whose partner organisation in Moldova is the Soros Foundation. The author David …
Orange Economy Speaker in Bogotá, Colombia
David was a keynote Orange Economy speaker at the Orange Festival events to promote the creative industries in Colombia. The Orange Festival (Festival Naranja) was organised by Bogotá Naranja, festival events included speeches and presentations, discussion panels, interviews, workshops, and networking meetings. David gave a keynote speech: “Successful Creative Entrepreneurship in the Orange Economy Worldwide”. He …
Creative Business Case Study published
A new creative business case study has been published in the ‘Ideas in Action’ series, which features creative entrepreneurs from around the world. This ‘Ideas in Action’ article reports on social entrepreneurs in Lithuania who combined their creative talents with smart business thinking. In this way, they reached a far bigger audience in Lithuania and …
Donegal Creative Industries Events at Enterprise Week
To help develop Donegal creative industries, David delivered a keynote speech on creativity and business in Donegal, a county that is leading the way by developing its creative industries in the context of the county’s Strategic Action Plan for Creative Entrepreneurship. He was commissioned by the Local Enterprise Office Donegal through their Creative Coast Donegal …
Creative Business Book publication in Belarus
A Creative Business Book publication and launch took place in Belarus. ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ was published in Belarusian in Minsk on Friday 10 February 2017. The creative business book publication took place at a launch event at the Y Gallery of Contemporary Art in Minsk. The paperback book …
Creative Industries Audiobook published
A new creative industries audiobook has been published to help creative entrepreneurs become even more successful. ‘T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity’ is a practical handbook for creative entrepreneurs to refer to and find information, examples from successful creative businesses, and practical tips about using powerful business ideas in a creative context. It’s …
Ideas are not enough!
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, …
Crowdfunding – more info and inspiration
Whilst working with creative and digital businesses in New Zealand, I had the pleasure of meeting digital media guru Helen Baxter of Mohawk Media in Wellington’s creative quarter. Helen has written about crowd-funding for Generator on The Big Idea, the home of New Zealand’s creative community. Written from a NZ angle, the articles provide additional …
Two kinds of Creativity: a-Creativity and i-Creativity
Creativity is a word that means different things to different people. To solve this problem, David proposes we acknowledge two kinds of creativity: “a-Creativity” and “i-Creativity”. He explains this in his keynote speech at TEDx Napoli. UPDATE: These two kinds of creativity can be used to diversify. “How to use i-Creativity in the Business Office” …