Category Archives: Interviews

Jennifer Mott and the 3 Creative Entrepreneurs

Are business plans necessary? Jennifer Mott, SMU Arts Entrepreneurship student, attempts to find out. Renee Rhyner Renee Rhyner and Co. Commercial Art Representation Company Did you have a business plan when you started your business? à “No, I didn’t have … Continue reading

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Do Entrepreneurs Create Business Plans?

Dan Dannenbaum I run a family law practice in Northern Virginia. I work mainly with cases of divorce and separation, marital and family law, alimony, child support, and domestic violence. Did you have a business plan when you started your … Continue reading

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Anna Vittoria Magagna Interviews Creative Entrepreneurs

Arthur Pena  Oak Cliff-based artist has directed many projects for the city of Dallas from the exhibition center WARE:WOLF:HAUS and the music venture Vice Palace.                                                                                                     Did you have a business plan when you started your business? All of my … Continue reading

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Jett Monroe & 3 Entrepreneurs: Plans and Planning

The following interviews were conducted by Jett Monroe, arts entrepreneurship student at SMU. Monroe was attempting to identify if the creative entrepreneurs he interviewed believe business plans are necessary and to assess if they had one when they started.  Meredith … Continue reading

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Clara Loeb Asks if Planning is Necessary

Adam A. Anderson is an actor and the founder of “The Striped Heart,” a graphic design and photography agency in the DFW area. Did you have a business plan when you started your business? I did not have a business … Continue reading

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Autumn Langston and the Creative Entrepreneurs

The following three interviews were conducted by Autumn Langston, SMU student of music therapy and arts entrepreneurship. Kathleen Coleman  Kathleen Coleman, MMT, MT-BC has been a music therapist for 36 years.  Over the course of her career, she transitioned from … Continue reading

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Daniela Aguin Interviews Creative Entrepreneurs

The following interviews were conducted by Daniela Aguin. The goal was to identify if creative entrepreneurs began with a business plan and if they think plans are necessary. Mousumi Tanha What was the name of your company? -“It was Ruptan…which … Continue reading

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Rosie Roberson Interviews Creative Entrepreneurs

Gavin Mulloy  Creative Director of Bomb Factory & Trees Live Music Venues Did you have a business plan when you started your business? 
 Yes. Do you think business plans are necessary for entrepreneurship? 
 I don’t think anything’s necessary … Continue reading

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Creative Entrepreneurs: Plans and Planning

Brittany Harrington-Smith, the founder of the Breaking Winds BassoonQuartet 1.Did you have a business plan when you started your business? 
 No, we didn’t. Basically, we did it for fun. Then we started getting popular, and we thought, oh, we … Continue reading

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Lauren Morgan Interviews 3 Creative Entrepreneurs

Satori Ananda  Satori Ananda (Chief of staff at War Media & Co-Founder of Social Werk), did not have a business plan when she became an entrepreneur. Like many arts entrepreneurs have explained, the purpose behind having a business plan is

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