Are Creative Professionals Entrepreneurs?

I went to college at a Big 10 university in pursuit of a music degree. I would say that 95% of my time during those years revolved around practicing, classes, performing and hanging out with other musicians. I did have a few friends who were in the business school, and they urged me to take Business 101, but I flatly refused; In my youthful folly, I believed with all my soul that all I needed was my creativity and experience to get me where I was going.

Le Collage C'est Fou!! 1997 Record Release Party @ SOBs, NYC

Like many musicians, authors and artists, I willingly accepted the role of starving artist, believing it was the only way to find the true essence of my creativity. Unfortunately, when my creativity finally manifested into a marketable product, I was completely lost... I had zero information about how to market and sell my first CD, and my music was way outside the radar of the music industry.

After putting my heart and soul into this project, not to mention borrowing money to get it done, and enlisting the help of many people to introduce it to the world, it was an absolutely devastating experience to have this CD go absolutely NOWHERE; sell almost no copies; because I had zero experience with marketing and sales. That business 101 class would have come in real handy!

The shame and failure of this flop led me on a very long journey that taught me the power of entrepreneurialism. It's a hard word to say, and some people shy away from it for that reason, but it's the best word we have to encapsulate our ability to transform our creative ideas into income on our own terms.

How many creative professionals are out there who can relate to my story? Musicians? Artists? Performers? Authors... People who have the juices flowing to create beauty out of their experience, but no understanding of how to get their product out into the world, on their own terms. I sigh when I think of how many people I know personally who fit this description. 

Many people believe that creativity and business are diametrically opposed; that the two have no relation, but I am here to prove different. The system I have created with IDEABASH is about empowerment and community building; it's about expanding your reach in ways you never could have dreamed of. It's about inspiration and collaboration and education. It's about making an excellent annual income so that your mind is free to concentrate on making more art, or music, or words that add value to the world.

With IDEABASH, I have eliminated the mediocre morass of business as usual; the middle man, the paperwork, the limitations. Instead, I offer a simple method to creating a global community of entrepreneurs who support your work, as you offer a new product every year. Probable income for digital products is almost $100,000 annually, and you earn 100% of every sale you make. It's virtually impossible to lose money with IDEABASH, but it could end your financial stress forever. 

What would a world be like, with artists who had the freedom to create without worrying about paying rent, or finding the money to fund their next project? I think it would be an extraordinary world, indeed.  

Come on over and take a look! Join one of our upcoming calls to find out how others are finding success  in this infant stage of IDEABASH. Imagine yourself a year from now, debt-free and absolutely empowered to do your greatest work. 

We're looking forward to it!

Wishing you many blessings of love and gratitude and abundance,

Meg Montgomery, founder
ideabash.org