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Entrepreneurship is hard as it is without adding the element of creativity to it. Once you start viewing yourself as a creative entrepreneur, along can appear various challenges related to for example putting yourself out there with heart and soul, struggling with pricing something that is deeply personal, or discovering that turning a hobby into work can remove the joy of it.
Whether you are new to creative entrepreneurship or a seasoned small-business owner, I may have input that can help you find fresh perspectives, reconnect with why you started in the first place, and grow stronger in the knowledge that honest creative work bringing value to customers is worthy of monetary value to your firm in return.
Depending on your needs, I bring different types of conversations to the table: business coaching (Master Certified Professional Life Coach, MCPLC), consulting and mentoring. Let’s get you to a new level—on your own terms!
Creative Entrepreneurship Coaching
Success in business is usually not an accident, but a series of intentional goals broken down into actionable steps, all in alignment with the business strategy and business model. When the novelty wears off, it is time to dig deep and roll up the sleeves for real. Learning to listen to your own voice, to register the wisdom it carries, then take intentional action is the best thing you can do to show up for your firm.
Are you interested in thought-provoking questions (mine) and clearly authentic answers (yours)?
Read more about my business coaching service for creative entrepreneurs here.
Consulting
A business clearly driven by its purpose will stand out positively in the market. I am here to help you implement sustainable marketing and find ways to respond dynamically to changes. We can also outline how to minimise risk by expanding your offerings into the digital landscape.
Ready to stop trading hours for money?
Read more about my consulting service for creative entrepreneurs here.
Mentoring
If you are starting out as a creative entrepreneur, or haven’t worked as one for very long yet, a mentor can help you navigate business a bit faster. It is also important to grow in a manner that keeps you separated from your firm, since what is good for you may not always be good for the business, and vice versa. Crucial then is to identify the sweet spot that is great for both!
What will you build with deeply meaningful insights?
Read more about my mentoring service for creative entrepreneurs here.
Facts About Me
Maybe you are curious about my background? Currently I own a sole proprietorship (this one, since 2011) and a limited-liability company (since 2018). They include selling handmade products, products made by others, digital products as well as services, and my customers are both B2B and B2C.
So far I am personally in charge of five websites, and I have developed the concepts for the WordPress + WooCommerce combination myself based on a purchased template (with the principle “Done is better than perfect”, they will get upgrades by professionals eventually). They have a healthy mix of new and return customers, which is one of my main focus areas right now.
I am mostly self-taught at business, but did sit through every single lecture on marketing basics at the open university of Hanken School of Economics in 2019. This turned out to change the course of my life permanently in that one of the topics was sustainable marketing. Which is informed by sustainable business strategy.
I also have a Master’s Degree in biochemistry, and am now working towards receiving an ACC credential by the International Coaching Federation. Coaching is the hardest form of communication I have ever encountered, but oh so enjoyable!
In addition to the heavy focus on handicrafts on this website, in terms of creative activities I have an extensive training in classical music. It started in 1986 with lessons in piano, grew through many years of musical theory, some with the flute added, and at two different stages also singing in girls’/women’s choirs.
The once-weekly piano lessons came to an end when I finished my studies almost two decades later with a certificate that would allow me to give lessons to beginners. The studies should have continued at a professional level, which wasn’t in my cards, but I still enjoy music a lot! I don’t miss the compulsory matinés at all, though.
Creative stuff can be cute, warm and fuzzy if you want, but for a firm to stay afloat it still needs to be treated as a (cute, warm and fuzzy) business aka profitable, not a hobby or non-profit. Finding a healthy balance in creative entrepreneurship can take time and also external help, which I am definitely here for.
Let’s make your creative entrepreneurship a prosperous endeavour!
Photo credits: Joanna Kosinska (white canvas), Marissa Grootes (desk), Yoksel Zok (white lilacs). Last edited: 27 October 2024.