Everything we do is rooted in our community. That’s why we regularly host events to bring you together with fellow creatives and our wider supportive network. Think insight-packed talks by industry experts; convention-flouting workshops with cultural disruptors; peer group brainstorms in buzzing breakout rooms. So clear your calendar – our events diary will give you serious FOMO.
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Breaking into the music industry takes patience, dedication, resilience, hard work – and a brilliant marketing strategy. If you’re serious about up-levelling your music career, book onto our Zoom Dive with music marketing expert Tahnee Shakerley. You’ll learn how to develop your brand, leverage PR and radio, build a winning social media presence and create content your fan base will love.
RegisterBreaking into the music industry takes patience, dedication, resilience, hard work – and a brilliant marketing strategy. If you’re serious about up-levelling your music career, book onto our Zoom Dive with music marketing expert Tahnee Shakerley. You’ll learn how to develop your brand, leverage PR and radio, build a winning social media presence and create content your fan base will love.
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Wondering what happened to NFTs and whether there are still opportunities for creative entrepreneurs looking to build a business on blockchain technologies? Join us for an insightful Zoom Dive with digital marketing expert Kristina Dimitrova to learn everything you need to know about the metaverse, Web 3.0, NFTs, the gaming space and fashion technology.
A good way to prepare for the rollercoaster of creative entrepreneurship is by learning from a business founder who’s walked in your shoes and achieved success. In this Zoom Dive, Sophie Billi-Hardwick, the Global Chief Marketing Director for DesignScene, tells her entrepreneurial story, including what worked for her and what didn’t. You’ll also learn how Sophie experienced failure and bounced back even stronger.
Gen AI and machine learning are big topics right now – not a day goes by when they aren’t making the headlines. As a creative entrepreneur, you may be worried about the impact of Gen AI and whether it’s a threat or an opportunity for your business. Join us for a talk with Gen AI expert Paul Dowling about how Web 3.0 has revolutionised art in the digital world and the implications Gen AI is having on art today. You’ll also discover how Gen AI will facilitate an explosion of creative talent and how to use Gen AI tools to enhance your own business.
Need funding to get your creative business off the ground? In this Zoom Dive, Kata Ovari will explain several alternative funding models that will let you grow your business at your own pace, in line with your values and beliefs – without racing to turn a profit quickly just for the sake of investors. If building a socially conscious and sustainable business is important to you, this is one online event you shouldn’t miss!
Got a brilliant creative idea but need the know-how to turn it into a thriving business? Don’t miss our Zoom Dive with Alison Grade, an expert on transforming creative concepts into business reality. You’ll learn how to fine-tune your idea, monetise it and set the direction for growth. Plus, get tips on understanding your value, finding clients or customers and being open to new opportunities that come your way.
Email is a highly effective marketing channel, especially if you create brilliant content your audience will find interesting to read. Join us for this Zoom Dive where email marketing expert Alex Fearon will explain why creative businesses should tap into the power of email and treat their subscriber list as an asset. Join us to discover what happens behind the scenes when you hit ‘send’, how the get the most value from your email campaigns and why you should use tools such as automation and integration.
Want to build buzz and community around your creative business? The trick is to get your target audience as invested in your brand or product as you are. In this Zoom Dive, storytelling expert Amanda Harrison explains the ‘5 Stories’ methodology which you can use as a framework for telling meaningful business stories in a relatable way. Whether you’re a startup or established business, this Zoom Dive is one not to be missed.
Google Analytics is a valuable insights tool that’ll help you understand your website visitors’ browsing behaviour. In this Zoom Dive with marketing and technology professional, Dimitris Zotos, you’ll learn how to get the best out of Google Analytics – including which metrics and reports are the most important to keep an eye on, how to read the data presented and how to use this data to grow your creative business. You’ll also discover some further resources that’ll help transform you into a Google Analytics pro.
You might think goal setting is all hype – plain bureaucracy, a block on flexibility or just not that relevant for creative businesses. Anna Kowalska joins us in this Zoom Dive session to prove otherwise. You’ll discover why setting goals is essential if you want to pave your way to real, tangible success. Expect to hear what goals can do for your business, an introduction to the OKR goal-setting framework and plenty of practical tips to help you set ambitious yet meaningful objectives.
Starting a podcast is a brilliant way to grow your creative business – it acts as a valuable promotional tool, helping you extend your reach, be more visible and build authority in your niche. In this Zoom Dive, we’re talking to podcast expert, David Pérez, about how to start a successful podcast, including what equipment is required, the tasks that need doing (aside from creating content) and how to understand your target audience. You’ll also discover how to monetise your podcast and avoid the most common pitfalls of podcasting.
Following the incredible popularity of his previous Zoom Dive event, NFT expert Tim Jarvis is back to answer all the burning questions creative entrepreneurs have about making their mark in the NFT space. Tim will talk about the various forms NFTs can take, how NFT ownership and authenticity works, how to create a collection, and much more. This event will also be of interest to newbie NFT investors – as you’ll find out how to assess a good NFT project to invest in.
NFTs are big news at the moment – both huge brands and little-known creators are grabbing the incredible opportunities this exciting new world presents. And there is a formula for success, as Pavan Bahl will explain in this insightful Zoom Dive event. Join us to learn what makes NFT projects stand out and why branding and community building in Web3 is crucial. You’ll also pick up plenty of hints and tips as to what works from real-life case studies of successful NFT launches.
Financial acumen isn’t something you’re born with, but it’s a necessity when you’re building and running a creative business. Luckily, good money management isn’t about maths ability. It’s about understanding basic financial and accounting principles and recognising the role your mind plays when making economic decisions. Join our Zoom Dive with Krystle McGilvery for a fascinating conversation about connecting money to the mind and the key accounting concepts you must get right for business growth.
NFTs (non-fungible tokens) are being hailed as the next big thing – the digital answer to owning collectables. But what exactly are they? And why do you, as a creative entrepreneur, need to know about them? We’ll be talking with Tim Jarvis,co-founder of Fabrik, to learn about NFTs: what they are, how they work, and how you can get involved in the NFT space and leverage them to your advantage.
Developing your entrepreneurial strategy can help you not only stay on course your entrepreneurial journey, but also reach your milestones more quickly. It’s a key component of planning for growth, enabling you to take action based on a proactive strategic timeline versus reacting to changing circumstances as they occur.
In this Zoom Dive Jannik Roth, Managing Director of Planisphere, will give you the 101 of what developing an entrepreneurial strategy means and explain how he went about developing a strategy in his business and how he leveraged that along the way.
Marine Tanguy is the founder of MTArt Agency, the first talent agency in the world of visual arts which empowers visual artists and connects them with collectors, brands and cultural projects. In what promises to be a fascinating Founder File event, Creative Entrepreneurs founder, Carolyn Dailey, talks to Marine in-depth about her business journey, how she’s been an advocate for artists from a young age and her passion for integrating art into our daily lives.
Every successful creative business needs an effective team. Yet, finding and landing the right talent to help your business grow can be frustrating, overwhelming and fraught with complexities. If you’ve already founded your business and are now looking to hire key team members (e.g. head of marketing), this Zoom Dive session with Maria Hvorostovsky (founder of HVO Search) is for you. You’ll discover how to hire the right people first time, the most common hiring mistakes to avoid, and much more.
Sam Conniff is an international best-selling author, public speaker and documentary maker. He’s currently working on an online interactive documentary called the Uncertainty Experts. Uncertainty is something that every creative business owner will face at some point – and left untackled, it can stifle creativity and cause fear and unproductivity. This is a must-attend session, where Sam will talk you through the science of uncertainty (why it freaks us out) and teach you how to embrace uncertainty to make you more resilient, energised and creative.
Join us for our regular Members’ Social, an informal and fun virtual meet-up where you can get to know other Creative Entrepreneurs members and talk about everything creative and entrepreneurial. We’ll also be joined by special guest Lucy Werner, founder of The Wern, the hottest PR, design and marketing agency for startups, and author of Brand Yourself, to get some top tips on building your profile and growing your business. So grab a glass of your favourite refreshment and zoom in!
Founders without experience in technology are reliant on people with technical skills to create and grow their products. But why does it feel like that knowledge is locked away, kept only for a small group that’s in the know? In this session, we unpack the building blocks to designing your own tech product, even if you don’t have any experience in tech! In this conversation with the founder of Techniclarity, Sophie Hebdidge, we discover why she built a business that aims to empower others to build great tech products.
Egbe is on a mission to disrupt the legal space and bring it into the 21st-century. She is a lawyer and the founder of Manton Legal, a legal consultancy that offers simplified, affordable legal guidance to entrepreneurs and SMEs. In this session, Egbe will help demystify basic contracts, nondisclosure agreements, and how to negotiate deals that work for your own business. This is a crucially important session for any entrepreneur who is starting to work with other businesses big or small to deliver projects, products, and services.
In this informal members-only event, we’ll be joined by Phil Askew, a coach who helps creative entrepreneurs get to the heart of their mission and create an inspiring and memorable personal brand. You’ll also meet other Creative Entrepreneurs members and hear about what everyone’s working on. It’ll be a fun session – click the button below to register.
In this event, we learn from expert buyer Nicole Higgins what it takes to have your product ready to sell to retailers. Across the 60-minute discussion, we will unpack how to create a dynamic selling strategy that will get your items on the shelves without damaging your production lines, brand, or cost. Nicole has worked as a buyer for over 18 years for retailers such as Primark, M&S, and Debenhams sourcing products globally and now helps emerging brands get in front of the biggest names in the business.
The three key qualities of a thought leader include being able to cite expert insights from original research, having a strong personal brand or social influence, and most importantly a stance, or strong opinion on how your industry works or conducts itself. If you are innovating or disrupting within your industry you may well be a thought-leader. In this session from talent agent Deborah Rey-Burns, we uncover the specifics of thought leadership in the creative industries, and how to monetize your knowledge and spread key industry insights further than ever before.
Daniel Peters is a creative polymath, the founder of multiple creative businesses including the fashion minority report; a culture change-making agency that helps fashion brands to create inclusive workplaces for all, Power of Festival; a festival dedicated to celebrating the power of diverse voices and finally YSC or ‘your sample collective’ a premium British menswear brand. In this Zoom dive, we hear about how Daniel became a master multi-tasker, and why diversity and inclusion are at the heart of all his businesses.
Experiential Design is essentially the art and science of shaping the customer experience. Every single customer touch point influences the way consumers feel about what you’re offering. Experiential design is the art and science of shaping these moments so that people walk away feeling good about your brand. In this session with designer Ioana Iliesiu, we demystify how to apply experiential thinking and design to your own product or services in order to boost engagement and sales.
This week we meet Phil Askew, a practicing coach who helps solopreneurs, companies of one and start-ups get to the heart of their mission, value, and purpose all with the view that these pillars should shape and guide your personal brand: including how you lead, your tone of voice and your headshots. In this event, Phil will unpack how you can use some of these principles to build a strong and coherent brand that can support the promotion or marketing of your business.
Dan Simmons believed that the old ways of gaining investment for your business are out of date which is why he launched Propelia the only accelerator in the UK designed around and dedicated to Founder Market Fit, as opposed to ‘product-market fit’ they enable new types of founders that are identified as “Propellers” rapidly get off the ground and build their business. In this 60-minute session, Dan will run through why he decided to launch a ‘record label for ideas’ and how he thinks we should be funding creative businesses.
Join us for our next Members’ only event which will be all about meeting each other and socialising! Do grab a glass of your favourite refreshment and zoom in for an informal get-together, where we’ll get to meet everyone and compare notes on all things creative and entrepreneurial and just plain fun.Look forward to seeing you there! Register via email by clicking the button below.
Marine Tanguy managed her first gallery at age 21 and opened her first art gallery in Los Angeles at age 23. After seeing the restrictiveness of the traditional gallery model, Marine launched MTArt Agency in 2015. MTArt is the first talent agency for visual artists worldwide widely recognized as the go-to agency for what’s new and up and coming in the art world. Learn how she did it, in this week’s Zoom Dive.
In the first of our Summer Series, we speak to the founder of social enterprise Art Clubbers Ajay Paibal. Ajay spotted a gap in the market for a business that could support young people from minority groups and disadvantaged social backgrounds in making a career in the creative industries. Since then, Ajay and his team have worked directly with policymakers and councils to produce programs that bring about real change to the lives of those that participate. In this session, we will hear more about the vision for Art Clubbers and the highs and lows of building this value-driven business.
In this week’s Zoom Dive we talk to Clara Heimerdinger, founder of Nice and Spiky comedy, to demystify working in the entertainment industry. Clara is a live entertainment booker, promoter, and producer who cut her teeth working for the prestigious BBC for over 15 years whilst building ‘Nice n Spiky’ as a side hustle. Two years ago Clara decided to make her side hustle, her full-time job, and has since worked with some of the biggest names in the comedy industry from Jimmy Carr, to London Hughes.
Have you ever dreamed of opening your own shop? Full of carefully thought out pieces that you truly love? Well in this week’s Zoom Dive with Jo Johnson we will find out how she did exactly that, Jo took her love of fashion one step forward when she opened her business, FORM Se15 on Peckham’s most sensational street, Bellenden Road. Learn how you might approach curating your own shop in this 60-minute chat, hosted by Carolyn Dailey.
Join us for our next Members’ only event 11 May, 17:00GMT which will be all about meeting each other and socialising! Do grab a glass of your favourite refreshment and zoom in for an informal get-together, where we’ll get to meet everyone and compare notes on all things creative and entrepreneurial and just plain fun.Look forward to seeing you there! Register via email by clicking the button below.
This week we talk to Verity Babbs about how creative people across industries can improve their online presence. The session is perfect for anyone looking to amplify their creative work to get noticed by collectors, curators, and consumers alike. Sound up your street?
ARC Club is a co-working space designed by Hannah Philp and Caro Lundin two women who completely pivoted their careers in finance and design to create Arc Club: workplaces for the entire neighbourhood. How? By championing local talent and businesses, providing access to professional resources, and working with grassroots and community-led organisations. In this week’s event, we talk to founder Hannah Philp about her business journey and how she managed to secure investment for her business.
We talk to Kevin Osborne, Founder and CEO of MeWe360, a new type of business incubator and venture fund for the creative industries. MeWe360 works with untapped talent, especially from Black and Asian communities, who have traditionally found it difficult to access high-quality development and investment opportunities. Join us for what will be a fascinating evening of insights covering diversity, equality, equity, and investment.
Mo Lishomwa is an award-winning, result-driven Senior Digital Business Leader with a passion for people & technology with extensive global experience, She is also a key member of the BIMA; The voice of the digital and tech communities. In this 60 minute session, Mo will discuss the results of their recent white paper on diversity in the tech industries whilst also sharing her own experiences working in the sector.
Practice was founded by Nick Maynard, a Chartered Accountant, and strategist who has worked in the creative industries for over a decade across retail, e-commerce, tech, and not-for-profit. He noticed a gap in the market for a radically new sort of support system for start-up founders in the creative industries. Recognizing the need for professional services to evolve and support the booming creative economy, in this session we will unpack how you can get behind the numbers to grow your business and meet your potential.
This week we talk to the founder of Blue Shop Cottage, a gallery space and so much more! its mantra? To ‘Help artists grow.’ Since opening Founder Ocki Magill has curated a number of highly successful exhibitions and shows, as well as having 19 artworks purchased by Soho House for their permanent collection.
Inclusive design is a method that shifts our creative focus from product to process and one that embraces diversity from end-to-end. In this enlightening talk from designer Jessica Ryan-Ndegwa, we hear about how her personal journey has shaped how she approaches design, and how these processes are now informing other creatives and makers on a macro level.
The Stationers’ Company is the birthplace of copyright and therefore the starting point of commercialising creativity in 1710. It hosts our founder Carolyn Dailey on a panel of experts as they aim to answer the questions: What are creative startups and entrepreneurs? How do they innovate within the content and communications industries? What support is there for emerging creative and social enterprises?
Learn the secrets to doing your own PR, from creating your killer narrative and pitching to journalists, to becoming the industry expert. PR guru Jessica Barlow teaches you how to reap the rewards without spending thousands on freelancers and agencies.
So you have the idea, you’ve built and tested your product and you have your first customers. But now you want to scale up and get your vision into the hands of the masses. In this hour-long session, we’ll be speaking to Pip Brook, who has spent her career turning startups and challenger brands into major success stories through marketing strategies, including taking the Vita Coco coconut water from scrappy startup to the UK’s leading coconut water brand
As the founder of experience design studio Heaps + Stacks, Keziah Wildsmith masterminds installations, workshops and masterclasses for brands from Jo Malone to Facebook. She shares her experiences in this hour-long dive, from building her brand to using freelancers and learning the fine art of pitching.
Mills Miller is the co-founder of digital design studio ustwo, creator of multi-award-winning videogame ‘Monument Valley’, and is also an investor in creative startups. He will be joining Creative Entrepreneurs founder Carolyn Dailey in-conversation to share how he grew ustwo from a passion project between two childhood friends into a global business. You’ll also have the chance to ask Mills your questions directly.
Do you want to work in sustainable fashion, or simply care about what you wear? Jodi Muter-Hamilton, founder of sustainability consultancy and editorial platform Black Neon Digital, explains the ins and outs of the business in this hour-long dive – from starting your own brand to raising consumer awareness.
Lucy Werner, founder of creative agency The Wern and author of Hype Yourself, shares her startup-friendly tips on getting the word out fast, from PR hacks to ‘newsjacking’ and building hype on social media. For an even deeper dive, she is also the co-host of a Masterclass on the same subject.
Get to know your fellow creatives at the first of our regular members’ networking sessions, hosted by team CE.
Taking place once a month, these sessions offer you an opportunity to share stories, find collaborators, seek advice and swap contacts with like-minded members of your new creative community.
Nicolas Roope has been a pioneer of the design world for more than two decades. An original member of the game-changing Antirom digital art collective in 1994, he co-founded the influential Poke digital agency in 2001, and created the Lovie Awards to celebrate the best digital creative work in Europe. He also founded the Hulger product design company, best known for the Plumen sculptural lightbulb in 2011, which is now part of the permanent collection at MoMA and the V&A. In this members-only deep dive, Nicolas shares what he’s learned in a wide-ranging career with Creative Entrepreneurs founder Carolyn Dailey.
Albert Azis-Clauson, the CEO and co-founder of freelancer platform UnderPinned, shares his top tips for success in this free one-hour lesson – from how to create a virtual office to building your network and finding your dream role. A must for anyone navigating the tricky world of freelancing.
Digital marketing expert Kim Darragon connects with us for a free, one-hour dive into the innovative marketing strategies that creative businesses have turned to – and prospered with – over the past chaotic year. A great session for anyone looking to futureproof against challenges lying ahead.
Patreon’s very own Gee Linford-Grayson joins us for a free, online Q&A on the powerful creator platform. Hear inspiring stories of how creators are using fan subscriptions to fund their work, and take away some ideas of how to monetise your creations.
This three-part virtual course – in partnership with The Design Museum – uncovers the marketing basics needed to turn creative ideas into successful businesses. You’ll learn how to define your brand, grow with social media, and handle PR and communications. Essential for any startup!
Dial in to our live Zoom call with leadership expert Gillian Davis, as we examine what it takes to inspire and support others. Learn how to identify your leadership style, and how your approach can impact your team and culture. It promises to be a fascinating hour for any current or aspiring leader.
A free, one-hour virtual chat with record label owner and marketing specialist Gilbert Johnson, as he shares his top tips on creatively getting your music noticed with DIY techniques. Fresh, relevant and timely ideas await.
In this live Zoom Dive session, cultural consultant Amy Daroukakis shares her secrets from her career uncovering opportunities for major brands such as LVMH, Unilever and Target. It’s a must-watch for anyone intrigued by how they can use cultural insights to get a jump on the competition – and create products and services that are in the right place, at the right time.
In this free, one-hour Zoom Dive, creative strategist Fiona O’Brian reveals her insights into building memorable brands through graphic and copy-based creative direction, drawing on her experience in the advertising industry, as well as co-founding her own successful coffee roastery, Girls Who Grind.
Erica Wolfe-Murray on building a resilient business and leveraging your creative assets to differentiate revenue streams.
In this chapter of our Zoom Dives event series, growth expert Daniel Johnson shares his expertise on using SEO/SEM to scale your business.
Head of Growth at Curio, Hannah Parvaz shares her knowledge on growing your audience and business through paid advertising on different social media platforms.
A comprehensive overview of the investment landscape after the covid outbreak and how to approach fundraising with Carmen Alfonso Rico, Partner at Samaipata VC.
Isabella Ghassemi-Smith, Ecosystem Manager at SeedLegals, set the record straight on the legal admin necessary to fundraising.
A three-part course in collaboration with the Design Museum, that will arm you with the range of skills that will bring your vision into life.
Jes Bailey, founder of Crowdfund 360, guides us through the steps of setting up and running a successful crowdfunding campaign for your creative business.
Visual Artist Enrica Masi shares her insights on how the design world has been adapting to lockdown and where the future is heading for visual artists post-pandemic.
Founder and Director of PressLoft, Nicola Snell walks us through some easy PR tips that everyone can master to generate press coverage for your products.
Stephanie Melodia, founder of startup marketing agency BLOOM, discusses how to leverage the different marketing channels available to build brand awareness for your business.
Storytelling mastermind Kim Willis shares her knowledge on how to tell the story of your business through engaging content.
Mind The Ad co- founder, Sila Nur Isik discusses how to use creative technologies and create a winning digital marketing strategy to promote your business.
Fashion Futurist Karinna Nobbs gives her unique insight into the potential and future for the creative sector in the digital sphere.
Iconic London fashion designer Bella Freud explores her fascinating entrepreneurial journey, from launching her eponymous fashion brand in 1990, to collaborating with creative heavyweights.
Founder of creative inspiration platform It’s Nice That, Will Hudson joins us to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, from launching a graduate passion project to developing a cluster of companies dedicated to celebrating creativity.
Pioneering creative, digital innovator and founder of multi-award winning global ideas agency AKQA, Ajaz Ahmed joins to uncover the story of developing his successful creative business.
In partnership with the Design Museum, fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic shares the story behind the company and iconic brand for which she is known today.
Matthew Slotover shares the story of how he and he and co-founder Amanda Sharp have grown Frieze into the world’s most influential contemporary art brand.
IMDb founder, Col Needham tells us the story of how his passion project became a multi-million dollar company that made him the ‘most powerful Brit in Hollywood’.
Beauty icon Charlotte Tilbury recounts her venture from world’s most sought after make-up artist to founder of the fastest-growing beauty brand.
Efe Cakarel shares his journey bringing cult cinema to every home since founding indie film-streaming service MUBI in 2007.
Matt ‘Mills’ Miller recounts the story of how he and co-founder John “Sinx” Sinclair turned their longterm passion for design into four global businesses across three continents.
