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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

Wise words from George Bernard Shaw

May 19, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

A life spent in making mistakes is not only more honourable but more useful than a life spent doing nothing George Bernard Shaw Do you think it’s a coincidence that Shaw wasn’t frightened about making mistakes and also managed, in his lifetime, to write more than 60 plays, 5 novels, reams of music and literary […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Workspace Tagged With: C, creative business, creative career, Creative entrepreneur, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, George Bernard Shaw, risk taking, Space, sustainable creativity

Embrace the Gaping Void

April 18, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Photo by Aka_lusi I’m taking a really great course now called Teach Now which I highly recommend for anyone who is interested in teaching. Registration is currently closed but it’s worth getting onto the mailing list to learn about it next time. The course is for current teachers and aspiring teachers. It deals with the nuts […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship Tagged With: Creative Entrepreneurs, Creative Entrepreneurship, Creative Industries, fear, risk taking

Cost Should Never Be An Excuse – the $1.99 App used to complete Oscar nominated film!

February 27, 2013 by Steven Sparling Leave a Comment

Check out this video (it starts after the advert at the beginning). It’s interesting because the film maker Malik Bendjelloul discusses how when he was making his documentary film “Searching for Sugar Man” he ran out of money and thought he was going to have to abandon his project because he couldn’t afford to continue shooting […]

Filed Under: creative entrepreneurship, Planning Tagged With: Artist, business, Creative Entrepreneurship, obstacles, risk taking

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