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We Need More Startup Resources for Creators Are you a creative entrepreneur, or “creator,” and wondering where all the love is? Where are the startup accelerators, investors, and boot camps for creative startups? Despite contributing over $700billion to the US economy, creative entrepreneurs struggle to find support that meets their unique needs as founders of high growth ventures. As professional designers, musicians, filmmakers, many creatives …
Short answer: Because unrequited love sucks. If you are like most of us creative entrepreneurs, you probably spend time fantasizing about getting your label taken up by a market leader. Or getting on Target’s shelves. Or being called out at the Oscar’s as “the world’s most brilliant new designer”. Which is ok because it keeps the dream alive! Fantasies like this give us the push …
Vocabulary for Creative Startups (Part 1 of 10) “We needed a vocabulary list. I didn’t know what you were talking about when you first talked about ‘IPO’s”. Yesterday I published a post on the definition of entrepreneurship. And the minute I hit “Publish” I recalled the above piece of feedback we got about our accelerator. Duh. I should have realized that. (One of many things …
If you read this blog you know that I helped found Creative Startups, a startup accelerator designed for creatives. I don’t have loads of experience launching accelerators, heck I don’t even know very much about them compared to, say, David Cohen, or Dave McClure. So, the reflections I’m sharing here are based on relatively little experience. But, to be fair to myself, I do make …
January 19, 2015
Entrepreneurship
3 reasons why creative entrepreneurs own the future. 1.) Entrepreneurs Get More Done with Less. And, usually, a *lot* more, with much less. More what? More innovation, more efficiency, more customer delight. More CHANGE. Less what? Rules, norms, money, supporters, staff, time…you get the idea. Creative entrepreneurs in all fields – music, education, design, film, digital tech, biosciences — must be scrappy to succeed. Why? …
