The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Visual Guidebook for Making Business Ideas Real - Softcover

Beam, Lisa Sonora

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1592534597 ISBN 13: 9781592534593

Publisher: Quarry Books, 2008

Synopsis

The Creative Entrepreneur was voted Winner, in two categories--Craft 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 don't know how to replicate it or move to another level of accomplishment.

The Creative Entrepreneur takes readers on an inner journey of creative exploration to discover how to make their dreams of creative livelihood real.

 It's a visual, project-oriented, step-by-step approach to business development for anyone who is mystified and possibly frustrated by how to make a business out of their creative work.

About this title

About the Author

Lisa Sonora is an American artist living in Mexico, who wants to live in a world where following your heart's desire is considered practical, and making a living from your gifts is a no-brainer.

Her first book, The Creative Entrepreneur: A DIY Guidebook to Making Business Ideas Real (Quarry, 2008) won two independent publisher awards and launched a movement that has helped thousands to make their creative business ideas real. 

The Creative Entrepreneur is used as a textbook in many business, entrepreneurship, and arts programs, including University of Madison School of Business.

A sought after facilitator, she's led international creativity workshops on five continents for the past 20 years: at schools in Africa, inside tech companies, coach training programs, churches and zendos, and at retreat centers and universities. She trains others to lead creativity workshops in her Creative Journey Facilitator Training, and has a Creative Entrepreneur School in the works.

Her 30 Day Journal Project brings together a global audience twice a year to celebrate the power and magic of creative journaling.

When she's not consulting or in the studio making stuff, you can find her journeying to foreign lands in search of textiles, trying to take better photos, and adding to her visual journal sketchbooks in cafes around the world.

Lisa lives in Oaxaca, Mexico with her partner Alex, where they host artist retreats and residencies. 

She blogs about creativity + travel + courage at lisasonora.com. Lisa's memoir, Sketchbooks: My Personal Creative Practice, is comprised of journals she kept during her move to Mexico.


Lisa is a graduate of DePaul University's School of Music, and has professional degrees in Music Therapy and an MBA from New College of California in Sustainable Enterprise.

Edition details

• Publisher: Quarry Books
• Publication date: 2008
• ISBN 10: 1592534597
• ISBN 13: 9781592534593
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Number of pages: 128