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Can You Turn On A Sixpence? Why Creative Entrepreneurs Need to Learn to Be Adaptable

March 21, 2014 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

Sometimes, despite all your best preparations, you get thrown a curveball. It’s whether you swing the bat anyway that separates the amateurs from the pros. I’ve been talking about some of the ways to taking your creative business to a more professional level on my monthly newsletter (if you’re not on my list then sign […]

Filed Under: Auditioning, creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Auditioning, creative, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, Singer, sustainable creativity

What Exactly Do You Need To Thrive?

February 28, 2014 by Steven Sparling 7 Comments

I met with a friend yesterday and he suggested that I needed a diagnostic tool – a way to know what my readers needed so I could point them to existing entries (there are over 150 posts already here at The Thriving Creative) but also so I can continue to target your needs. But I […]

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

The Artistic Paradox – Finding Space to Hold Both Faith and Pragmatism

February 15, 2014 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

Since my last post where we talked about Karl Marx and getting closer to the means of production, I have been looking for examples of this around me. This morning, while catching up on recorded TV, the above credits flashed up on my screen. I was watching a recent episode of Season Four of Suits and […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Actor, Artist, Artist's Way, creative business, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, faith, Painter, Poet, Scanner, Writer

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

My Bento Box Love Affair (Why it May be the Ideal Creative Helper)

December 4, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

It’s not often that I fall head over heels in love with an object, but recently I have a new love in my life… my bento box. Why? Well, as we have been discussing this autumn, how you manage your finances is a huge contributor to your ability to be creative. Manage your money well, […]

Filed Under: Financial Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Dancer, Financial, Money, Musician, Writer

Guest Blog: The Power of Knowing Who You Are and What You Do: And What that Means for your Money.

November 20, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Hello! This week we have another guest blog from A. L. Michaels. Always glad to welcome her voice here at The Thriving Creative. Without any further ado… ————————————- After having a conversation with a friend who’s recently become a self-employed artist- and as yet, has not freaked out about the insecurity and living day to […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: Actor, Artist, arts, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Financial, Musician, Writer

“Creatives Are Adept At Burying Their Dead”

November 13, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

“Creatives Are Adept at Burying Their Dead” This was a quote from Patrick McKenna, Ingenious Media, at a recent talk at Goldsmiths University Institute of Creative and Cultural Entrepreneurship on Risk. He was discussing risk, the need to take risk and the outcome of risk. Sometimes (or often) the outcome of risk is failure. What […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial Tagged With: Artist, creative, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, finance, Money, planning, Risk, Risk Management

Discussing Risk Doesn’t Mean Avoiding Risk

November 6, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

We’ve been digging into financial management lately, which implies being careful, being thrifty, counting beans. Is this important? Yes, but let’s not allow it to distract us from a basic truth – being both a creative and being an entrepreneur involves taking risks. Don’t think that I am suggesting you shouldn’t take risks. To stop […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial Tagged With: Actor, Artist, creative, finances, Financial, Risk, Risk Assessment, risk taking

Guest Blog: Let the Numbers Tell the Story

October 23, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

We welcome back A. L. Michaels who catches us up on how her money diet is going… ———————————————————– Numbers tell a story, and as a writer, that’s the only thing that’s getting me through this necessary reigning in of my spending. Don’t get me wrong, I’m not an extravagant spender by any means (though I’m […]

Filed Under: Financial, Guest Post Tagged With: 20-something, Artist, creative, finances, Financial, Money, money management, planning, Writer

101 Ways to Cut Down Your Spending

October 17, 2013 by Steven Sparling 2 Comments

We’ve been talking about money for about 6 weeks now – how to track it, why it’s important, how much you need, etc. If you’ve been starting to look closely at your own finances, you’re probably discovering you could do with some creative ways to stretch your money further. Never fear. We heed your call […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Financial, List Tagged With: Actor, Artist, budgeting, crafter, creative, Dancer, finance, money saving, thrift, Writer

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