Supporting the Business Side of Creativity

I’m totally exhausted. Not the kind of exhausted that comes from hard physical labor… I’m mentally burnt out from all of the “follow 4 follow” notifications I’ve received in the past week. I joined Facebook groups because I am looking for communities of entrepreneurs who genuinely want to share and learn from each other. I did not join because I want to spend my days following people I don’t even know just to push some ineffective short-term algorithm. Based on my own burnout

I’ve always been turned off by the icky aggressive hard sell approach. I just didn’t realize that it had such an innocuous sounding name. What I mean is – and you can call me old fashioned if you want – “bro” used to be a sign of camaraderie and respect. Maybe it’s because I’ve always just kept moving past those types of ads and onto the authentic marketing that I respond to. Are we as humans becoming so numb to everyone else that we believe these aggressive tactics still wor

that I make mountains out of molehills. She’s right in some cases. But, when it comes to real data that affects real people and their ability to create a sustainable business that withstands time and gives them the life they want, I don’t see being too dramatic as a bad thing. It’s often difficult to explain the importance of a business plan to creators who know they have a great product / voice / talent / vision. Most creative entrepreneurs don’t see the need because they kn