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What the heck IS a creative entrepreneur, after all?

February 8, 2014 by Steven Sparling 6 Comments

I was writing a funding application the other day for my PHD and in my opening sentence I referred to creative entrepreneurs. Andrew challenged me: What exactly do you mean by that? How would you define that? I struggled. Which is funny because I have an MA in Creative Entrepreneurship, I write a blog about […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, art, Artist, Artists, business, Career, creative, creative business, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, Musician, Painter, Singer, Writer

Why the Kaiser Chiefs got Fat and Lazy – and What You Can Learn from Them

January 9, 2014 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

So last night I was out for a company meal with the cast of Scrooge. I was chatting with one my colleagues, who has been a reader of this blog (and who has also done his own PhD) and I was saying how my biggest fear is having nothing to say – nothing to say […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Planning Tagged With: art, Career, Change, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, music, planning

Don’t think about making art….

March 6, 2013 by Steven Sparling 4 Comments

Don’t think about making art, just get it done. Let everyone else decide if it’s good or bad, whether they love it or hate it. While they are deciding, make even more art. Andy Warhol

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Pathway Four: Business Skills

May 11, 2012 by Steven Sparling 1 Comment

The fourth pathway is called Managerial Tools & Leadership Skills by Lisa Sonora Beam. I find that a bit of a mouthful, so I think of it instead as Business Skills. This is where you have the most capacity to learn, grow and develop your business. The other three pathways are about taking stock of […]

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