#78 - Making Art for a Living with Becky Simpson

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🗓️ 28 June 2016

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Today we're welcoming illustrator and author, Becky Simpson, who has just launched Chipper Things, a product line based on her art. So today we're talking about what it really looks like to make a living creating art, self doubt, and naming your business.-Becky's decision to become an illustrator and author (6:22)-Diminishing your early dreams and goals as a creative entrepreneur (12:00)-Embracing your style (13:47)-The hard parts of the "dreamy" artist process (17:43)-Using your personal name vs. a business name (26:50)-Tips and logistics for illustrators and makers who are just starting out (36:43)-Focusing on creating the work you want more of (39:32)-Advice for people who want to get started with their creative passion (42:45)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Boss episode number 78.
0:05.0	This episode is brought to you by Fresh Books Cloud Accounting. Being Boss in work and life is being in it. It's being who we are, doing the work,
0:20.0	breaking some rules, and even though we each have to do it on our own
0:24.0	Being Boss is knowing we're in it together.
0:28.0	I'm so excited because today we have my very good friend
0:32.0	and just one of my favorite people in the whole world
0:34.7	Becky Simpson with us. Becky is an illustrator and author but she also just launched Chipper Things which you can
0:42.1	find at chipper Things.com, which is a website full of her
0:46.9	amazing work that you can actually purchase and buy. So Emily and I are especially excited to have
0:52.3	someone who is not only an artist, but a maker and selling physical things on the show.
0:57.8	I know that we talk to a lot of people who offer services, but today we are talking to a boss who is using her hands to make things and sell
1:05.8	them and she's also just launched a book called The Rumeit Book.
1:11.7	Her second book, her first book is called I'd Rather Be Short and I love that
1:16.2	one and I'm so excited to dig it into the roommate book. So first. I want to take a second here to read this email that we got from a listener.
1:27.0	Hey bosses, I just wanted to share this positive start to my week.
1:31.0	Fresh books is awesome. I'm in the process of switching
1:34.6	from the dreaded Quick Books over to Fresh Books this week. Here's why Fresh Books is
1:39.0	awesome. One, a real person answered the phone on the first ring.
1:44.0	2. He didn't make me feel stupid.
1:47.0	3. He told me exactly how to do what I needed to do next.
1:51.0	Essentially my next steps.
1:53.7	And four, he told me that they'd walk me
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