ASLU 123: Embracing The Business Side of Creating with Sara Roach-Lewis
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The inner struggle between artist, maker, creative and female business owner is real for many of us. But as this week's guest, creative business coach and advisor, Sara Roach-Lewis, likes to remind us... if you earned money this year but didn't get a T4... you're a business owner.
So how do we learn to embrace the business side of creating for a living while still being the creators we want to be? That's our conversation this week!
Sara Roach-Lewis is a coach and advisor to creative business owners based out of Prince Edward Island. She teaches the strategies creative entrepreneurs need to claim their confidence, scale their businesses, and make more money. Her first book, She Rules: What you didn’t know is holding you back in business is available for purchase on Amazon.
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This Episode Is For…
This is a great episode for creatives who:
struggle with acknowledging they're a business owner
wishes they could just create without having to worry about all that other "stuff"
knows they're a business owner but doesn't feel like they know how to be a business owner
needs an easier way to manage the logistics and admin of running their own business
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work within the system to disrupt the system
in this episode we discuss:
Sara’s journey to becoming an entrepreneur and coach for creative and female led businesses
the language of war that we use every day in business and how that doesn’t resonate with many women or creatives
what is a business owner??
reconciling the purity of art and creating with earning money
unlearning as well as learning what a business owner is
understanding that as business owners, we can create the environment we want to work in and it doesn’t have to fit the established narrative
working within a capitalist and patriarchal system intentionally and knowingly to change those systems through disruption
recognizing that we’re the boss and we can make the rules/decisions
using simple systems to make it easier to run a business and still be able to put most of your attention towards creating
systems give you freedom
make a 90 day plan and refer back to it regularly
get your money in order - use a spreadsheet, software, a bookkeeper - whatever works and review those numbers
have a system to build your email list as your marketing cornerstone
systems give you freedom
don’t get so wrapped up in the systems that you forget to create!
it’s important to be kind and gentle with yourself but.. it’s also important to be firm with ourselves. How do you do that?
having a support network for your business
recognizing the patriarchy we are surrounded by and working to dismantle that by supporting other women, collaborating with other women and recognizing the abundance available to women when we support one another
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