The Creative Entrepreneur by Sonora Beam (2008, Paperback)

The Creative Entrepreneur is an innovative, visual method of business development for all creative types who want to turn their passions into viable business opportunities.

The Creative Entrepreneur takes readers on an inner journey of creative exploration to discover how to make their dreams of creative livelihood real, as they craft their own Creative Entrepreneur Journal.

I'm a pretty pragmatic person, not a real touchy-feely artist so I approached this book with a bit of skepticism. Five minutes into the book I threw out my preconceived notions of what this book would be and got into the exercises.

The author, Lisa Sonora Beam, obviously knows how creative types think and also knows business. She has developed a unique method for us creative types to put both halves of our brain together...the left side, practical side, and the right side, creative side, in order to build a highly successful business.

I highly recommend this book. Not only is it visually pleasing, it is full of practical, down-to-earth information that will help you grow your creative business in the way you want it to move.

Full of sidebars, visuals, case studies and strategies, this is one of the best business books for creative individuals I have read in a long time.