May 2016 Tasks
What Are You Worth? This month, we’re talking pricing. How do you price your time? How do you price your work? More importantly, how do you describe your value to those around you? There’s a math way (which is […]
More Than Math: Part 1
Quick – What is your hourly rate? If you had to think about it too much, or if the answer is too complicated, or if you aren’t entirely sure, it might be time to revisit your pricing model. […]
More Than Math
Quick – What is your hourly rate? If you had to think about it too much, or if the answer is too complicated, or if you aren’t entirely sure, it might be time to revisit your pricing model. […]
It’s Not That Bad
You know those weeks when things get away from you? When you start out with, maybe, eighteen things to do and by the end of the week, you’ve finished two of those things and forty-seven other things? Last week […]
April 2016 Tasks
To persevere. To continue, even in the face of difficulty. To persist with determination. To carry on. To follow through. Perseverance is powerful. It is important. It is why we continue to do the important work we do, even—and […]
Business Tips You Missed in Art School
Chances are, you missed some considerable business learning while you were in school pursuing a creative degree. So here, in no particular order, are the five most important business lessons you may have missed in art school. It’s worth noting […]
Spring Tax Update
It’s no secret that I love doing our taxes. I love the excuse to sit quietly, without interruption for a prolonged period of time. I love the excuse to look back on 2015. I love seeing how the business has […]
“Rich Kids” Money Tips
Originally written by Elaine Grogan Luttrull for the Clark Hulings Fund‘s striving artist series (“The Financial Secrets of Rich Kids“) and re-posted with permission. “What are the rich kids doing that I’m not?” I paused for a long […]
March 2016 Tasks
Welcome to March, a month of celebrating women’s history (and our future), college basketball, and the welcome arrival of spring. If you only do one thing this month, you should probably fill your bird feeder. Or plant a butterfly garden. […]
If It Bleeds, It Leads
There’s an old newsroom trope that is generally thought to have originated in a 1989 cover story for New York Magazine by Eric Poole. The piece, “Grins, Gore, and Videotape: The Trouble with Local TV News,” was a sweeping critique […]
