#86 - Being Boss for Makers and Artists Nicole Stevenson

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🗓️ 23 August 2016

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Today's episode is for makers and artists. We're talking with illustrator, artist, writer, and co-founder of Dear Handmade Life, Nicole Stevenson. We dive into pricing your products, making money as an artist, and that when you go into a business as an artist or maker, you're selling more than just your art.-Nicole's entrepreneurial journey (3:06)-Pricing your products as an artist or maker (14:20)-Putting the burden of making money on your art (19:03)-How to "give it all away" as a maker / product-based business (23:42)-Selling a lifestyle/story/feeling vs. strictly selling a product (27:49)-The importance of artists and creative thinking (31:27)-Scaling as a maker (36:05)-How to hold yourself accountable to your art (43:34)

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to Being Boss episode number 86. This episode is brought to you by Fresh Books Cloud Accounting.
0:07.0	Being Boss and work and life is being in it.
0:16.0	It's being who we are, doing the work,
0:19.0	breaking some rules, and even though we each have to do it on our own, being boss is knowing we're in it together.
0:27.0	All right, makers and artists, this episode is for you.
0:31.0	We've been wanting to talk to you all more about
0:33.7	being boss and being a maker. So we're bringing on Nicole Stevenson to chat
0:38.7	just about that. Nicole Stevenson is an illustrator and artist at Nicole Stevenson Studio.
0:44.8	She's a writer, teacher, and creative business consultant as well as the co-founder of
0:49.0	Dear Handmaid Life, Patchwork Show, and Craftication Conference.
0:54.0	Her path includes time as a street artist on the Venice Beach Boardwalk,
0:58.0	costume designer, DIY workshop instructor,
1:01.0	co-founder of a nonprofit that produced art shows benefiting charities,
1:05.2	owner and designer of Random Nicole, an art-inspired clothing line that was carried at over 250 locations, and owner of Craft Workshop Studio and Retail Store
1:16.6	the Craft Kitchen. She has a B. A and M.A. in creative writing and is currently
1:20.9	working on a non-fiction book about her crafty adventures.
1:25.2	We are so excited to talk about or to talk with Nicole today and we think that you guys are
1:30.7	going to get a lot out of it whether or not you're a crafter or maker. This one is for you guys.
1:37.4	Hey guys, I want to take a second and pause here and talk about charging what you're worth.
1:43.3	So you know that we work with Freshbooks Cloud Accounting
1:46.0	and they sponsor this podcast.
1:47.5	And one of the things that they are all about
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