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Creative Types, Learning to Be Business-Minded

June 24, 2010

by Kara

Ahhh… to be creative is living the dream. Running a business? Not always so much fun for us creative-types.

Creative-types, myself included, are not into balancing checkbooks. Not so much.  Instead, we find someone who does.

The best thing I ever did was find Susan Hancock – our APR “Money Mama.” Call it divine intervention – or whatever – but Susan has kept our business financially solvent and I have removed  that “worry” off of my to-do list.

If there are things you don’t like about running a business – don’t sweat it. Just find people who are smarter than you to handle the tasks where you don’t  excel. Go with your strengths and hire good people!

Read this article from the New York Times about how creative-types are getting entrepreneurial training. Not rocket science but makes sense.

 

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