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Being an Introvert in Business

March 3, 2019 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

I’m teaching an entrepreneurship class right now to University students on a performing arts degree course. There’s 19 of them in the class and they’re all in their early to mid-20’s.  They’re bright, conscientious, and sparky.  Some are goofy and loud and extroverted. Their personalities shine through, they love to talk up in class and […]

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It’s OK to be small

February 17, 2019 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

I see advice all the time on ‘how to play big’ or ‘how to up your business game’ or how to ‘scale your business up to the next level.’  But what if that doesn’t interest you? What if you want a happy life instead of a busy life?  What if you want ‘just enough’ instead […]

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Can’t Pay! Won’t Pay!

August 26, 2015 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

How do you deal with customers who don’t pay? At some point in their careers most artists run into a customer who owes them money. So what do you do about it? An Ounce of Prevention First, let’s talk about what you should be doing to minimise your risk in the first place. Here’s some […]

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Creative Entrepreneur -vs- Creative Intrapreneur

December 17, 2014 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

Creative Entrepreneur -vs- Creative Intrapreneur

This post has two inspirations: 1) a discussion I had with Sian Prime – one of the lecturers in the Institute for Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship at Goldsmiths College, University of London where I am doing my PhD. I was saying to Sian how I sometimes felt I wasn’t really a creative entrepreneur, especially as an […]

Filed Under: Entrepreneurship Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creativity, Entrepreneur, intrapreneur

Entrepreneurship Often Starts With Crazy Ideas

April 26, 2011 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Entrepreneurship often starts with crazy ideas!

  I spent a recent weekend working on one of my essays for my MA in Creative Entrepreneurship. We had to write a proposal for a project, with a budget and identifying target sources of funding. I struggled for a long time about what to write about. Then I came up with the idea of doing […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship Tagged With: Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, entrepreneurship, Ideas, planning

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