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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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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.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
How you can reduce your taxable income 7:08
Itemized deductions 9:14
What you need to do at year end 11:53
Why you should start planning for your taxes now 13:58
1099’s and how to get ready for them 18:41
How to prepare for taxes with W9’s 21:20
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Year-End Tax Planning Checklist: 2022 Edition
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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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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.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Taxes are the part of business you can’t avoid 5:37
Why pricing is so difficult to get right as an entrepreneur 11:13
How raising your price can help get you the perfect clients 14:37
Why I lowered my prices 20:19
How I tested new ways of teaching 32:25
Group coaching sessions vs. live classes 35:00
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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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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. Imagine 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.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Imagine’s background 1:10
Learning fast and failing fast for success 8:17
Perfectionism and why it’s holding you back 20:13
How street art is different than gallery art 26:24
What Imagine has found most useful when managing her money as an artist 32:04
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https://www.instagram.com/imagine876/
Gretchen Carder: Prestige is Not Payment: Textiles, Covid Pivots + Bookkeeping as Self-Care
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Gretchen Carder: Prestige is Not Payment: Textiles, Covid Pivots + Bookkeeping as Self-Care
Gretchen Carder is the owner of Good Quilt and a member of Money Bootcamp. Gretchen joins me to talk about her experience transitioning from corporate to working with textiles as a creative entrepreneur, how her decision to join Money Bootcamp helped her gain clarity and confidence in her finances, and why bookkeeping is such an essential part of entrepreneurship.
Gretchen Carder is the owner of Good Quilt and a member of Money Bootcamp. Gretchen has a background in graphic design and now works with textiles as a quilter.
On today’s episode, Gretchen joins me to talk about her experience transitioning from corporate to working with textiles as a creative entrepreneur, how her decision to join Money Bootcamp helped her gain clarity and confidence in her finances, and why bookkeeping is such an essential part of entrepreneurship.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Gretchen’s background 1:48
Her decision to join Money Bootcamp and what made her join 2:25
What Gretchen’s business looked like prior to joining Money Bootcamp 5:38
How bookkeeping can be considered self-care 10:15
How Money Bootcamp has helped Gretchen gain sustainable income 12:51
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What it Costs You to Wait: Money School
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What it Costs You to Wait: Money School
In today’s final episode of the Money School Bonus Series, I’m sharing why waiting costs you money when it comes to building financial security and how you can start investing to grow your wealth today.
Join me to learn how you can push past your perfectionism, take action and start growing your money to gain financial freedom.
In today’s final episode of the Money School Bonus Series, I’m sharing why waiting costs you money when it comes to building financial security and how you can start investing to grow your wealth today.
Join me to learn how you can push past your perfectionism, take action and start growing your money to gain financial freedom.
Also mentioned in today’s episode:
Why waiting costs you money 2:15
Why perfectionism is holding you back 2:40
Why financial security is so important 6:25
What is a cost curve? 7:47
Why investing is a long term game 9:25
The power of compounding 12:03
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