The Creative Entrepreneur was voted Winner, in two categories—Craft and Business, of the 2009 IBPA (Independent Book Publishers Association) ...
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May 15, 2009
Jenny
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This book outlines a great approach to thinking about business, whether it's one you're already running or just thinking about. Notice I said "thinking about business." This book isn't about the mechanics of starting or running a business. So, no checklists, no discussions of branding or legal issues, and no marketing tips. This book is far more esoteric than that, which is helpful if you've lost your way in your business or you just know you want to strike out on your own but you're n
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Dec 08, 2010
Jillian
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This is one of those books that seems like it was made by someone like me, for me, and I found it at just the right time. I'm a writer that's working on a t-shirt line, and I don't know why I never thought of creating a visual business plan for my apparel company...when I created one for my book outline. I suppose when it came to shirts I was all business, like, "Okay, gotta get a business plan, gotta set deadlines..." and now I realize why I felt so stuck. I sucked ALL the fun out of
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Apr 16, 2009
Dianne
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I am really interested in visual journaling now and have read a handful of books on the topic. This book is different than most. Beam has a biz background so she uses business strategies and art journaling to help cultivate your business plan. It's very different to what's out there for collage and artist's sketchbook-type books. This is NOT a book for those wanting to use visual journaling for hashing out personal issues. There are plenty of other books out there for that.
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Jan 02, 2010
Sheri
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This book helps guide through the process creating your ideas to bring your business through fruition. Of course I recommend that a person who thinking about starting a business to read this book. You can always get detail information of starting and running your business through the Nolo series and Entrepreneur Magazine online site. I happened upon this book through an interview on Craftcast with Allison Lee interviewing the author, and purchased the book to help with the creative and ideas
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May 22, 2011
Robin
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This was an excellent resource for writing a business plan. Many of the exercises were geared toward visual exercises that could then be left for further introspection later. The key is to get the ideas down on paper which I was hindered by anytime I approached the idea of writing a business plan.
Highly recommend! I actually worked through it with a group of artists and we blogged about it over on http://www.creativebizmarathon.blogspot....
Highly recommend! I actually worked through it with a group of artists and we blogged about it over on http://www.creativebizmarathon.blogspot....
Mar 22, 2011
Webfrau
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At the beginning, this book says it's not a self help book but it is. On the surface it's a bit touchy feely but if you actually sit and read it, it poses some very thought-provoking and insightful questions. I really enjoyed all the accompanying artwork and inspiring quotes. A really good tool for the creative person, whilst aimed at business a lot of it can be applied to personal goals too.
Feb 14, 2011
Becky
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It's not for me at the moment, but this is a guide to helping creative people visualize and carry out the "hard facts" of business creation and marketing. It gives tools to help them basically access the left side of their brain. :)
May 16, 2011
Vanessa
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A creative approach to business. I got new insight into my goals, business vision, and skills through the gathering of images. I don't think I could've realized these things through a classic writing approach.
Jul 15, 2010
Kessler345
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Fantastic! Grab a napkin when you read this book, because the creative juices will flow!
Eagerly awaiting a second book by the talented lisa sonora beam.
Eagerly awaiting a second book by the talented lisa sonora beam.
Jan 23, 2011
Halle
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I took Lisa's workshop in Mexico in November 2010 - I cannot recommend her book and especially her workshops highly enough!
Mar 27, 2010
Kaarin
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Would recommend it to any right-brained person who is thinking of starting a business. An excellent resource.
Jun 20, 2009
Theresa
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A visual journal process. The book has creative prompts. It gives help on what to write in your journal too.
Oct 31, 2010
Tammy
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Mixed thoughts on this book - it's beautiful - but not a big value-add for those with a business or analytical background as the concepts are fairly straight-forward. The journal pages are gorgeous, and I like that they are about concepts that we don't always see in art journal pages.
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