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Pursue your muse.
Do what you love.
Build a thriving business out of your creative talent.

LET US SHOW YOU HOW.

Developing Your Creative Business is an 8-week online programme designed to help content creators, designers, artists, and musicians launch and grow their business while pursuing their passion.

This includes:

  • first-person accounts
  • live workshops
  • pre-recorded videos, and 
  • supportive group work.
Resident in the UK 3+ years? Join our FREE programme starting 11th May.
Music
Publishing
Film
Performing Arts
Architecture
Broadcasting
Game Development
Events
Journalism
Social Media Content
Advertising
Design

This is for you if . . .

  • You have a hobby that you want to turn into a business
  • You are ready to level up and earn from your skills
  • You want to fortify your systems and make sure you have all bases covered,
  • You’ve already started a business but are looking for ways to widen your reach
  • You are in the creative industry and want to make passive income from teaching and mentoring others
THIS IS ME. I WANT TO LEARN WITH THIS COMMUNITY

In creative businesses, 
the relationship between creator and consumer 
is not just a commercial transaction; 
there is also a personal dimension.

Here's what you'll will learn when you enroll:

Top features

  • Defining what a creative business means to you
  • Articulating the problem that you’re solving
  • Getting to know your customers and where to find them
  • Setting goals to get you where you want to go
  • Recognizing patterns and strategies from competition
  • Pricing your products and services
  • Strengthening the legal framework of your business
  • Executing marketing and promotion strategies that work
  • Analyzing your progress to ensure you’re on the right path
  • AND MORE
LET'S SUMMARISE.

Here is everything you'll get when you enroll

  • Access to the Developing Your Creative Business learning portal
  • 20 hours worth of pre-recorded videos
  • Member-only access to worksheets and action plans that support your growth
  • Exclusive video interviews with creative business owners
  • Create a business plan
  • Learn about KPIs and how to track them
  • Network of like-minded entrepreneurs to collaborate with
  • A 1:2:1 mentoring session with Suzanne, Mark or one of our business advisors
  • Weekly group exploration & collaboration sessions held via Zoom
Fill in the application form and join our next programme starting 11th May

This programme is supported by the GLA & Learn Ealing. If you’re currently resident in London for three or more years, funding is available to support your place on the course. SEE IF YOU QUALIFY FOR ONE.

Your mentors and facilitators

SUZANNE NOBLE

Suzanne Noble spent over 20 years working as an entertainment publicist, household names such as Led Zeppelin, The Who, Gladys Knight and many more. Her agency was responsible for launching Harry Potter on DVD. For six years, she worked as a freelance for the children's TV series LazyTown as their global PR & Marketing Director. In 2018 she resumed her singing career and, alongside co-founding Startup School for Seniors, performs jazz and 'dirty blues' in London's clubs and pubs. Her TikTok channel, Sex Advice for Seniors, has been featured in UK's Metro, the Sun, Independent and further afield, such as Brazil and Poland!

MARK ELLIOTT

Mark Elliott is a leading business coach and advisor who has supported multiple young designer-makers through his relationship with Goldsmiths and the business support services he provides to local councils such as Hammersmith & Fulham, Barnet and Haringey. Mark's first business was as an online art dealer, and he has a passion for helping creatives realise their ambitions. He says, "My sweet spot is founders who know their subject matter but are still determining how to achieve sufficiency, sustainability or growth." Many of Mark's clients have gone on to win awards, export internationally and achieve recognition for their innovation.

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