Tag Archives: SMU
Three Nonprofit Leaders on Raising Funds
The following interviews, conducted by Swikriti Shahi, seek to understand: If creative entrepreneurs typically seek capital in starting their organization If leaders of nonprofits, rather than entrepreneurs, how they raise funds What ways they may have done so, if applicable … Continue reading
How Nonprofit Leaders Fundraise & Advice They Have to Offer
You don’t necessarily need to be an expert in what your fundraising for, but you need to be passionate about it. Continue reading
Coco Bonvecchio & the Entrepreneurs
When someone is investing in your company, they are investing in you. Continue reading
Is Attracting Capital Necessary for a Startup?
Q: What three pieces of advice do you have for aspiring arts and creative entrepreneurs, regarding raising funds?
A: Cast vision, what are you doing that is unique? What are you doing that strikes at the center of your personal passion? People always invest in people. Go to… Continue reading
Callie Nelson asks, “Are Business Plans Necessary?”
The following interview series and analysis was conducted by Callie Nelson, an Arts Entrepreneurship student at Southern Methodist University, Meadows School of the Arts. The goal of this project was to assess if creative entrepreneurs typically start with a business … Continue reading
Rodman Steele with Creative Entrepreneurs on Plans and Planning
The following interviews were conducted by SMU student Rodman Steele. Cary Pierce – Founding member of Jackopierce, musician Did you have a business plan when you started Jackopierce? We Probably had a business plan for our first record… One page … Continue reading
Briana Long and the Creative Entrepreneurs
Char McGaughy, Gold Dust Tattoo: Did you have a business plan when you started your business? I didn’t have a definite financial business plan, but I had an idea and a goal. I didn’t have a lot of money, I … Continue reading
Are Business Plans are Necessary…Stewart and the Entrepreneurs
Matthew Stewart is an Arts Entrepreneurship student at Southern Methodist University’s Meadows School of the Arts. In this series of interviews, Stewart seeks to identify if the three creative entrepreneurs he interviewed began with a business plan and if they … Continue reading
Plans and Planning? Vogel Inquires
Dann Zinn Please describe art or creative business venture you developed. My name is my business, Dann Zinn is how I’m known in the professional world and I am my own brand. I teach at four colleges around the bay … Continue reading
Julia Batlle Interviews 3 Creative Innovators
Julia Batlle is an Arts Entrepreneurship student at SMU, Meadows School of the Arts. For the class Developing an Arts Venture Plan, Ms. Batlle attempts to identify whether business plans are really necessary for the process of entrepreneurship and whether … Continue reading
