num_pages: 128
description: The Creative Entrepreneur was voted Winner in two categoriesCraft and Business of the 2009 IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) Benjamin Franklin Award which recognizes excellence in publishing.This book is for the large audience of artists crafters and creative individuals from all walks of life who desire to make a livelihood from their creative work or who possibly have achieved some success but dont know how to replicate it or move to another level of accomplishment. These crafty DIY artists are everywhere--they are holding alternative craft fairs they advertise in the pages of Bust and ReadyMade and Craft they are selling online by the thousands at Etsy.com and are blogging at Typepad LiveJournal and Whipup.com. But many of them do not have the skills needed to take their business ideas to the next level.The Creative Entrepreneur takes readers on an inner journey of creative exploration to discover how to make their dreams of creative livelihood real as they craft their own Artists Business Journal. The Artists Business Journal is a visual project-oriented step-by-step approach to business development for artists from all walks of life who are mystified and possibly frustrated by how to make a business out of their creative work.
language: English
title: The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real
publisher: Quarry Books