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The Creative's Guide to Starting a Business

How to Turn Your Talent into a Career

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The Creative's Guide to Starting a Business

By: Harriet Kelsall
Narrated by: Harriet Kelsall
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About this listen

Winner of the Best Start-Up Inspiration Book award at the 2019 Business Book Awards.

Do you have a passion for making beautiful objects? Are you wondering whether you can take the next step and turn your creativity into a career?

This inspirational guide offers easy-to-follow advice from talented and creative industry experts. There are practical exercises that will help you sell your creations, choose the right time to start your business and guide you through as you do so.

With The Creative's Guide to Starting a Business, you will discover the best way to:

  • Create pieces that sell.
  • Write a business plan.
  • Identify and reach customers.
  • Research the competition.
  • Price products and test the market.
  • Promote the business successfully.

Packed with interviews, encouraging real life stories and tips from successful entrepreneurs who started with a passion and turned it into their own successful, creative business, this practical guide will take you through the very first steps of defining creative and financial success to ultimately establishing a rewarding start-up.

©2020 Harriet Kelsall (P)2020 Hachette Audio UK Business Development & Entrepreneurship Creativity Entrepreneurship Personal Development Small Business Business Career Success

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An in depth business plan for a crafty business startup such as sculptor, jewelry Maker etc

in depth business plan for a crafty business.

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I really enjoyed the case studies, real scenarios, tasks and mistakes. The narrator was the writer so made the discussion genuine and warm

brilliantly written brilliantly read

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