{"id":2990,"date":"2012-08-12T22:38:46","date_gmt":"2012-08-13T03:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/?p=2990"},"modified":"2022-05-29T08:16:16","modified_gmt":"2022-05-29T13:16:16","slug":"832-creative-business-seminar-series-starting-a-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/12\/832-creative-business-seminar-series-starting-a-business\/","title":{"rendered":"#832 Creative Business Seminar Series &#8211; starting a business&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"float: right; margin-left: 10px;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-count=\"vertical\" data-url=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/blog\/2012\/08\/12\/832-creative-business-seminar-series-starting-a-business\/\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p>We&#8217;ve been in business a long time and made many, many mistakes. I&#8217;ve also taught many photographers and helped them start their creative businesses.<\/p>\n<p>The photography is hard but easier to learn than the business side.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Why?<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Because most new photographers LOVE photography but don&#8217;t love the challenges presented in business.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ve shaken up our long running &#8220;Creative Business Seminar&#8221; into smaller different segments to help people answer:<\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 What&#8217;s involved in starting a business?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 What do I need to succeed?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 I have artistic skills&#8230; but how am I ever going to sell my work?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 How am I ever going to manage my own collection of artwork?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u2022 How can the web help my business?<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Our new Creative Business Seminar Series allows photographers and other creative people answers to these questions! We&#8217;ve gathered some experts to help you answer these types of questions.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong><a title=\"Creative Business Seminar Series - help for small business\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_business_seminar_series.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_business_seminar_series.htm','Creative+Business+Seminar+Series+-+help+for+small+business')\">Creative Business Seminar Series<\/a><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>\u2022\u00a0<em>&#8220;<a title=\"Is a business right for me?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.harrynowell.com\/workshops\/workshops_business_seminar_starting.htm\" onclick=\"return TrackClick('http%3A%2F%2Fwww.harrynowell.com%2Fworkshops%2Fworkshops_business_seminar_starting.htm','Is+a+business+right+for+me%3F')\">Is a Creative Business Right for Me?<\/a>&#8220;<\/em><\/p>\n<p>September &#8211; In this seminar we provided questions and insights to help you find answers. 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