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Taylor Smalls: Taking the Leap from Architecture to Full Time Art

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Taylor Smalls: Taking the Leap from Architecture to Full Time Art

Taylor Smalls is a contemporary painter who runs her own studio practice based in California.  

In today’s episode, Taylor joins me to chat about how she made the shift from working in architecture to being a full-time artist and what she’s learned along the way with pricing and business structure. 

Join us in this episode as we share valuable tips on making the leap from corporate to creative entrepreneur and how you can learn to communicate the value of your art when selling. 

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Phrases to use for Boundaries & Pricing with your Clients

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Today I’m talking about a subject that can trigger people and bring up a lot of emotions: pricing. 

In this follow up to episode 20, where I spoke about my personal pricing journey, I’m sharing the pricing phrases and boundaries that have helped me as a creative entrepreneur.  I’m also giving you some actual wording that I have used in past business interactions that you can use as a template for yourself when you are talking with clients. 

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Tax and Year-End Planning

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Tax and Year-End Planning


As year-end approaches, I’m sharing how you can create a financial end of year strategy for yourself as a creative entrepreneur and how you can plan for your taxes to maximize the amount of cash you make.  

Join me in this value-packed episode to learn how to get a head start on your taxes now.  

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Pricing and Business Lessons

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In today’s episode I’m reflecting on my business and some of the lessons I’ve learned while being a creative entrepreneur including some of the pivots I’ve made to my flagship program, how my pricing has changed over the years and my reasons behind it.

Join me in this episode to hear more about the backend of my business and how you can find the perfect pricing that aligns with you.

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Imagine (Sneha Shrestha): Street Art, Authenticity, and Connecting Savings to Creative Freedom

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Imagine (Sneha Shrestha): Street Art, Authenticity, and Connecting Savings to Creative Freedom

Imagine (Sneha Shrestha) is an artist, educator and social entrepreneur from Kathmandu, Nepal. She established Nepal’s first Children’s Art Museum and worked at Artists for Humanity. Sneha recently graduated from Harvard Graduate School of Education with a Master’s degree in Education.

Sneha is also known as IMAGINE in the art world and has established herself as Nepali street artist meshing the Nepali alphabet and the Boston graffiti scene. Imagine has redefined the Nepali alphabet and given it a new identity through graffiti. Being the first to mesh American Graffiti with Nepali Alphabets, she has shown her work in several exhibitions, commissioned works and public walls around the world including Boston, San Francisco, Bali, Istanbul, Geneva and Copenhagen.

On today’s episode, Imagine joins me to talk about her art and her entrepreneurial journey including managing her money as an artist and creative entrepreneur. We talk about being real, what savings opens up for your creativity, and what success actually looks like.

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