Expanding your handmade business can involve some real growing pains at times. When you are selling to retail shops, indie craft fairs, and maintaining an e-commerce site, you may find that not only…
One of the questions that entrepreneur, photographer, and CreativeLive CEO Chase Jarvis gets asked every day is a seemingly simple one: How did you get to where you are now? Of…
No one ever said, 'I want to be a failure when I grow up.' That's because success is so much nicer. But what exactly does it mean to be successful…
Have you downloaded the first episodes of CreativeLive's new podcast with me, Tara Gentile? If you haven't, you're missing out on mic-drop moments from Chase Jarvis, Sue Bryce, and the…
Running a business usually means spending a great deal of time surrounded by walls. Whether those walls are in a business complex, your home office, or a nearby coffee shop,…
Never before in history have we experienced such a rapid growth in the number of young entrepreneurs who’ve begun working for themselves. From app developers, to freelance content marketers, business…
As a creative professional with your own business, setting goals is essential to getting your work done. But when your goals start to overwhelm instead of excite, when they start…
An elevator pitch is like a first impression for your business; when you give it, you want people to like your business and feel confident about it. To do that, you…
Do you feel like your market is really crowded? Do you have a hard time making a name for your brand or products? The real problem I want to address with…
Arguably one of the most misunderstood elements of doing creative business, protection of intellectual property (IP) is, to most sole proprietors, freelancers, and small business owners, deeply unsexy – not…