Is your relationship with business fuelling your full creative potential?

Ten creative icons share advice and wisdom for building a successful business and a blueprint for achieving your goals.

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This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You’ll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you.

Nile Rodgers

Music Legend, Entrepreneur

I wish I had this book years ago when I started my business.

Thomas Heatherwick

Multi-award winning British architect and designer

Who this book is for

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The Creative Entrepreneur is a call to adventure, inviting you to think from the perspective of a mission-driven creative professional. This thinking can help you form a new business, transform an existing one, or re-imagine a corporate role and provide a ready frame for your life and career, helping you take your creativity to unprecedented heights. Featuring interviews with ten visionaries from the fields of fashion, art, film, design, music, gaming, and more, all of whom wed business acumen to a way of seeing the world, consider this book your guide to success. It also includes recommendations to fuel your creativity, support your business vision, and liberate you from old-school thinking.

Featuring

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Nile Rodgers

Co-Founder, The Chic Organization

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Coachella 2024, Nile Rodgers performing with K-Pop sensation LE SSERAFIM, wearing custom looks designed by Louis Vuitton’s Artistic Director, Nicolas Ghesguière

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Roksanda Ilinčić

Founder, fashion label Roksanda

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Beyoncé on the opening night of her Renaissance Tour in London wearing Roksanda's custom Yves Klein Blue gown

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Yinka Ilori

Founder, Yinka Ilori Studio

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The Flamboyance of Flamingos playground in London by Yinka Ilori

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Andy Harries

Founder, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown)

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Claire Foy (the young Queen Elizabeth) and Matt Smith (the young Prince Philip) in The Crown, 2017

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Priya Ahluwalia

Founder, fashion label Ahluwalia

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Ahluwalia AW23 Collection “Symphony” in St John’s Smith Square, a London church converted to a concert hall, set to music Priya called “the soundtrack to my life”

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Thomas Heatherwick

Founder, Heatherwick Studio

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“Seed Cathedral”, the UK Pavilion for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010 designed by Heatherwick Studio

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Matthew Slotover

Co-Founder, Frieze

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Over 290 galleries from all over the world display their work at Frieze in London’s Regent’s Park

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Ruthie Rogers

Founder, The River Cafe

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The River Cafe interior with its open kitchen, beloved clock and pink pizza oven

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Strauss Zelnick

CEO, Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto)

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Grand Theft Auto VI, due to drop in 2025, is one of the most highly anticipated game releases in history

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Nick Jones

Founder, Soho House

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Nick at Shoreditch House, his first foray into East London. Based in a former tea-packing plant, it also provided one of London’s first rooftop pools

When you’re an entrepreneur you have to prepare yourself for the unknown which is one good reason to invest in this book and absorb the positivity and advice it offers from people who have already done it successfully.

Wendy Hammett

FSRA, former Director Centre for Fashion Enterprise

... I am hooked, inspired and energised to want to create something for myself... would highly recommend to anyone looking to start or rebuild their own creative business or simply to be inspired.

Cory Barret

...honest explorations of how these innovators navigate the delicate balance between artistic vision and business reality, offering readers the kind of practical wisdom that usually only comes from late-night conversations with experienced mentors.

Imwen Eke

...practical takeaways that resonate with the challenges and aspirations of the creative path. For anyone who has ever dreamed of building an innovative business or taking their existing one to new heights, this is a timeless resource.

Library Journal

...In a world where uncertainty is the norm, this book graciously reminded me that: creativity is always a winning strategy. Highly recommend for creatives looking to build something meaningful on their own terms!

Ely Anne Vedar

A beautiful book inside-out! It's like having a panel of brilliant mentors that have been there, done that within your reach at all times. ...packed with real world advice on turning your creative passion into a thriving business.

Amalia A

Through candid conversations, the book explores the challenges of balancing artistic vision with business reality. It blends personal stories with "Business Essentials," providing practical wisdom on turning creative ideas into sustainable businesses.

Mel G

...a comprehensive roadmap for navigating the business side of creativity. If you're a creative at a crossroads, whether you're launching a new venture or pivoting your career, this is the book to guide you toward your next big leap.

Maria L

Business Essentials

Actionable summaries of key business topics every creative entrepreneur needs to know about, including:

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The Business Plan

Building Your Brand

Intellectual Property

Marketing

Team and Culture

Networking

A word from the author

I hope the wisdom and advice from the amazing people in this book help you take your creativity to a whole new level, both in your career and in your life in general. I wrote the book because I saw the stunning lack of creative role models and a gaping hole in business advice that speaks to creativity. So I hope it propels your success, as you define it. Most of all I wish you luck, because, selfishly, I want to see the creativity you put into the world.

Carolyn Dailey

Founder, Creative Entrepreneurs