The Creative Entrepreneur

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Carolyn Dailey is the author of the internationally bestselling and award-winning book The Creative Entrepreneur (DK Penguin Random House), and the former top executive at Time Warner in Europe, working across HBO, Warner Bros, CNN, Time Inc. magazines and Warner Music. She is the founder of The Creative Entrepreneur platform, dedicated to revealing the untold stories of how creative lives are truly built, through rare access to creative icons such as music legend Nile Rodgers, fashion designer Roksanda Ilincic, designer Thomas Heatherwick and River Café pioneer Ruthie Rogers. Providing much-needed role models and learning - while showing how creativity shapes contemporary culture - Carolyn is a sought-after speaker and has lectured at major cultural institutions including Cambridge University, the Serpentine Galleries, Central Saint Martins, the V&A and No. 10 Downing Street.

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Winner of the Global Book Awards 2025 and the Paris Book Festival 2025

"This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You'll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you." Nile Rodgers

"I wish I had this book years ago when I started my business." Thomas Heatherwick

"The book itself is a design marvel-featuring a visual buffet." Air Mail

Discover the secrets to building a thriving creative business and unleashing your full creative potential with The Creative Entrepreneur. Learn from ten of the world's most inspiring entrepreneurs, including Grammy winner Nile Rodgers and Emmy-winning producer Andy Harries (The Crown), as they share their stories, actionable advice, and recommendations to help you succeed in business and fuel your life potential.

Unlock your creativity and transform your career with a new, mission-driven perspective from these industry icons in design, fashion, art, film, music, and more.

Featuring transformative wisdom from creative leaders:

• BUILD A CREATIVE BUSINESS: An insider's guide to building a business with advice on branding, intellectual property, networking, and more.
• CASE STUDIES FROM INDUSTRY ICONS: Exclusive insights from leaders across creative fields, including Nile Rodgers, The River Café's Ruthie Rogers and Soho House founder Nick Jones.
• FOR AMBITIOUS PROFESSIONALS: Perfect for those looking to start a business, build a brand, secure investment, harness creativity to succeed at a company or turn a hobby into a side hustle.
• RAPIDLY GROWING ECONOMIC SECTOR: The creative sector is one of the fastest growing contributors to the global economy.

Included in the book:

• Unheard stories and exclusive interviews with inspiring creative entrepreneurs.
• Key takeaways to reinforce and easily review important points.
• Lessons learned from the journey of creative leaders.
• Essential business topics, such as building a brand and marketing.

Buy now and take the first step towards unlocking your creative potential and building a successful creative business or career.

Features interviews with:
Nile Rodgers, Co-Founder, The Chic Organization
Roksanda Ilincic, Founder, fashion label Roksanda
Yinka Ilori, Founder, Yinka Ilori Studio
Andy Harries, Founder, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown)
Priya Ahluwalia, Founder, fashion label Ahluwalia
Thomas Heatherwick, Founder, Heatherwick Studio
Matthew Slotover, Co-Founder, Frieze
Ruthie Rogers, Founder, The River Cafe
Strauss Zelnick, CEO Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto)
Nick Jones, Founder, Soho House

Zusammenfassung

*This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You'll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you.
***Nile Rodgers
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*I wish I had this book years ago when I started my business.
***Thomas Heatherwick
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An essential guide on how to build and run a creative business from ten of the world's most inspiring entrepreneurs, including multi-Grammy winner Nile Rodgers, culinary legend Ruthie Rodgers, and Emmy-winning producer of The Crown, Andy Harries. Their stories, actionable advice, and recommendations will help your business thrive and fuel your life potential.

The Creative Entrepreneur is a call to adventure, inviting you to think from the perspective of a mission-driven creative professional. This thinking can help you form a new business, or transform an existing one, and provide a ready frame for life and your career helping you take your creativity to unprecedented heights. Featuring interviews with ten visionaries from across the fields of fashion, art, film, design, music, gaming, and more, all of whom wed business acumen to a way of seeing the world, and including recommendations to fuel your creativity, support your business vision, and liberate you from old-school thinking.