What can I deduct? Do I bring receipts to my accountant? Is my art a business or a hobby? What is a Schedule C? How do I deduct my home studio? Why do freelancers have to pay taxes quarterly, and how do I do that? Hannah Cole, artist, tax expert, will discuss the basic tax
Economists would have us believe that money is neutral. But if you've ever negotiated a price increase in your business, had a fight with your partner or remembered what caused stress in your parents, you know that money is anything but. Money can be your relationship with your father, your self-image in society and your
You can join this class in person following strict COVID protocols outlined below* or via Zoom. How do you determine your value in the marketplace and in your own company? Brett Binford, co-founder and CEO of Portland based Mudshark Studios, will share the story of how he started his first business and overcame obstacles along
**Due to the risks and challenges posed by COVID-19,we have postponed the remainder of the Craft Your Commerce Spring 2020 Workshop Series. We are working on adapting the events for online delivery or providing suitable alternative, web-based programming to support our crafters and makers in navigating this new economic landscape.** Facilitated by Lisa Zahiya of
**Due to the risks and challenges posed by COVID-19,we have postponed the remainder of the Craft Your Commerce Spring 2020 Workshop Series. We are working on adapting the events for online delivery or providing suitable alternative, web-based programming to support our crafters and makers in navigating this new economic landscape.** What do buyers look for
How do you determine your value in the marketplace and in your own company? Brett Binford, co-founder and CEO of Portland based Mudshark Studios, will share the story of how he started his first business and overcame obstacles along the way to go on and eventually found other successful, thriving companies. Specific to making, Brett
What can I deduct? Do I bring receipts to my accountant? Is my art a business or a hobby? What is a Schedule C? How do I deduct my home studio? Hannah Cole is a tax expert who specializes in working with creative businesses and artists. A long-time working artist with a high-level exhibition history,
Join us for a relaxed networking event that brings together makers and creative entrepreneurs. As a sneak peek of the first Craft Your Commerce workshop of the year, Hannah Cole of Sunlight Tax will drop in and give a brief, jargon-free guide on how artists and small creative businesses can get their ducks in a
**Due to the risks and challenges posed by COVID-19,we have postponed the remainder of the Craft Your Commerce Spring 2020 Workshop Series. We are working on adapting the events for online delivery or providing suitable alternative, web-based programming to support our crafters and makers in navigating this new economic landscape.** Craft Your Commerce is a
Celebrate Another Year of Small Business Success with Mountain BizWorks
In the wake of the successful Invested crowdfunding course and with new NC legislation enabling non-accredited investors to purchase equity stakes in companies, Mountain BizWorks invites you to join for WNC's first equity community crowdfunding pitch event. The event will highlight one local company kicking off their equity crowdfunding campaign and two previews of upcoming listings
Thursdays: April 26th – May 24th, 2018 from 9:30am– 12:30pm This 5-week cohort experience will guide existing artists and makers through a comprehensive assessment of their experience producing and selling to date, while also addressing the opportunities and challenges currently at hand. It is designed to offer the accountability and support necessary to both clarify
Artists and makers with a growing audience often wrestle with whether, when, and how to scale their operations. This panel discussion and workshop will explore this topic with the founders of Bloodroot Blades (Athens, GA) and East Fork Pottery (Asheville, NC), moderated by Annie Milroy Price of Mountain BizWorks. The focus will be on exploring
Positioning is one of the most important "business" decisions you will make. In this workshop, Regina Connell, former Director of Communications at Heath Ceramics, will share why positioning is foundational for your business, how to do it, and how it will inform everything from your strategy, your brand, your pricing, your partnerships and your communications.
Entrepreneur's Workshop: Craft Your Commerce is a series for makers led by the Center for Craft in partnership with UNC Asheville, Mountain BizWorks, and area creative entrepreneurs. It aims to connect, elevate and advance craft-centered companies of all kinds through a series of three maker-led, interactive workshops and a special Mountain BizWorks Alpine cohort. Explore an overview
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