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Are you looking for a way to turn your artistic passion into a viable business? Grow Your Creative Business is a results-oriented program for creatives who struggle with traditional business methods. Whether you are an artisan, designer or creative entrepreneur, this book will empower you and help you take the steps needed to make your vision a reality. Award-winning ""Creativepreneurs"" Mark Burwell and Cheri Larson help creatives to tap into their creativity and innovation. They have worked with thousands of entrepreneurs, teaching them how to overcome obstacles and take the steps needed to successfully launch or grow a business using proven techniques. With easy-to-implement business tips, tools and resources, you will have the confidence and solid business guidance needed to either start or grow your business. It's time to start turning your passion into profit with your creative business!

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As an award-winning serial entrepreneur, mentor, author, business architect and senior executive, Mark draws on over 35 years of working with over 3,000 entrepreneurs in launching and growing their businesses. As CEO, he built a Midwest fashion apparel firm into a nationally recognized menswear retail, catalog and internet business. He has led as National Director of Urban Hope Entrepreneur Center (known as E-Hub) since 2002 where he has been the architect for creative programs and entrepreneurial concepts in practice. Mark received the Innovation Champions Award from the University of Wisconsin Innovation Center for his work in advancing innovative entrepreneurship in Wisconsin. The University of Wisconsin Stout presented him with the Distinguished Alumni Award for his career, business and civic achievements. He was honored as Wisconsin's Small Business Advocate of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration for creating a level playing field for small business. As president and owner of Evolutions Business Group, Mark has studied, lectured and consulted nationally as well as internationally. He empowers entrepreneurs with his energy and wisdom in the understanding of their businesses, customers, and communities. As a compelling author and speaker, Mark informs, challenges, inspires and leaves audiences with a new and powerful understanding of business, community and our everyday lives. Cheri is an artist and creative entrepreneur who has launched and operated a number of successful businesses over the past 35 years. 

As a marketing professional, she ran a successful advertising agency and video production firm for over 20 years. She then followed her passion for jewelry design and founded a national direct sales business in 2003, employing over 200 consultants in 28 states. In 2006, she was recognized by the Green Bay Chamber of Commerce as Entrepreneur of the Year for Azante Jewelry. She was selected by the U.S. State Department in 2010 for a cultural exchange program where she traveled to Israel and Jordan to mentor female entrepreneurs. Cheri creates mixed media art, jewelry, and a line of eco-friendly products which she markets on her company's website and also through Etsy and Amazon. She is an artisan who understands both the right-brain and left-brain dynamics necessary to run a successful creative business. She has sold and exhibited her various artistic creations throughout the U.S. and was a competitor on a national television program, Craft Wars (TLC Network), where she won. Cheri encourages entrepreneurs to reach higher in developing themselves and their business. Through mentoring, teaching and creative expression, she helps others to follow their passion. Grow Your Creative Business is used as a workbook in many business, entrepreneurship, and arts programs.

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