• Creatives, your money plan doesn’t have to be dull... it can be colorful, steeped in story and measured in meaning. When we get to the finance module of @illustratedbusiness we ditch the grayscale stack of boring spreadsheets (for a few beautiful ones) and pack our BUSiness up for a Revenue Roadtrip because the path to profitability isn’t a magic formula... it’s a journey (with a few formulas along the way) - When I realized this... I actually began enjoying navigating the numbers of my business. And anyone who knows me knows that might be the eighth wonder of the world. But it’s possible… To do what you love creatively and nail your numbers - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart
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    Creatives, your money plan doesn’t have to be dull... it can be colorful, steeped in story and measured in meaning. When we get to the finance module of @illustratedbusiness we ditch the grayscale stack of boring spreadsheets (for a few beautiful ones) and pack our BUSiness up for a Revenue Roadtrip because the path to profitability isn’t a magic formula... it’s a journey (with a few formulas along the way) - When I realized this... I actually began enjoying navigating the numbers of my business. And anyone who knows me knows that might be the eighth wonder of the world. But it’s possible… To do what you love creatively and nail your numbers - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart
  • This little guy wakes me up every morning with snuggles, makes me laugh 500% more than I would on my own, wraps his paws around my neck to be held and reminds me regular play breaks are good for the soul. Could not be more grateful for the love gift he is. And he guards the pillows on my bed... it’s the small things that make a life, the little things that are huge and the everyday, ordinary moments that offer miracles when we slow enough to see. You are loved friend. More than you know - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart #poodlesofinstagram
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    This little guy wakes me up every morning with snuggles, makes me laugh 500% more than I would on my own, wraps his paws around my neck to be held and reminds me regular play breaks are good for the soul. Could not be more grateful for the love gift he is. And he guards the pillows on my bed... it’s the small things that make a life, the little things that are huge and the everyday, ordinary moments that offer miracles when we slow enough to see. You are loved friend. More than you know - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart #poodlesofinstagram
  • Right? Anyone else wish you could #Konmari your bills away? Hmmm... That one doesn’t spark joy for me right now, I think I’ll shred it 🤣 - Obviously not a solid finance strategy, but what if your biz planning and strategy could spark such amazing joy every single time you look at it, sit down to work on it, need to refer to it. Now that friend is what I’m talking about. That’s part of what @illustratedbusiness is all about. Helping you create MBA-worthy biz strategy in the form of an art journal you LOVE as we #makebusinessart together. Coming 02.25.19 ✨ Now I’m off to tidy my closet - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart
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    Right? Anyone else wish you could #Konmari your bills away? Hmmm... That one doesn’t spark joy for me right now, I think I’ll shred it 🤣 - Obviously not a solid finance strategy, but what if your biz planning and strategy could spark such amazing joy every single time you look at it, sit down to work on it, need to refer to it. Now that friend is what I’m talking about. That’s part of what @illustratedbusiness is all about. Helping you create MBA-worthy biz strategy in the form of an art journal you LOVE as we #makebusinessart together. Coming 02.25.19 ✨ Now I’m off to tidy my closet - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart
  • Hey guys, it’s been forever so I thought I’d show my face for #fridayintroductions - I’m Michele, creator of @illustratedbusiness, and I am a brand strategist, designer, and business educator for creatives & entrepreneurs - My mission is to get creative entrepreneurs, like you, to fall in love with the business side of your creative business by providing the wholehearted business education & creative resources you need to build a purpose-fueled brand that thrives from the inside out in the place where #purposemeetsprofit - I am a shameless puppy snuggler, think espresso should have its own food group and am pretty sure mascara qualifies as a survival tool. I lived 7 years in a warzone without running water or electricity, but my idea of camping is still a day spa. I also create custom watercolor wedding stationery and am a watercolor & lettering artist. I go for big dreams, quiet nights and scenic road trips. I believe in relentless encouragement, creative resilience and a love that never fails. Last year a traumatic brain injury cost me one business and became part of my story in building another. Above all this I know, your story matters because you matter friend. Period - 📷: @lisasilvaphotography - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart #bestgoals2019
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    Hey guys, it’s been forever so I thought I’d show my face for #fridayintroductions - I’m Michele, creator of @illustratedbusiness, and I am a brand strategist, designer, and business educator for creatives & entrepreneurs - My mission is to get creative entrepreneurs, like you, to fall in love with the business side of your creative business by providing the wholehearted business education & creative resources you need to build a purpose-fueled brand that thrives from the inside out in the place where #purposemeetsprofit - I am a shameless puppy snuggler, think espresso should have its own food group and am pretty sure mascara qualifies as a survival tool. I lived 7 years in a warzone without running water or electricity, but my idea of camping is still a day spa. I also create custom watercolor wedding stationery and am a watercolor & lettering artist. I go for big dreams, quiet nights and scenic road trips. I believe in relentless encouragement, creative resilience and a love that never fails. Last year a traumatic brain injury cost me one business and became part of my story in building another. Above all this I know, your story matters because you matter friend. Period - 📷: @lisasilvaphotography - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart #bestgoals2019
  • Big brave daring risky messy wonderful goals. Startup to success is a path filled with ups & downs, twists & turns, obstacles & opportunities. I'm the girl who has dreamed big pretty much her whole life-- until in the middle of my biggest dream ever, I had to walk away. It crushed something on the inside of me that will never be the same again. But just because I can't go back, doesn't mean I can't go on, and that onward won't be mind-blowingly incredible - Broken dreams make breathtaking mosaics. Shattered dreams can become seeds to grow something even greater than what was lost. I hold on to that lifeline as I'm saying yes to dreaming big and diving deep. I'd for sure love you to come with me - GOAL: In 2019, I'm launching Illustrated Business™, my signature program featuring a premium member community, the Illustrated Business Creative Incubator™ and a 9 module Course Framework. The beta version of the Creative Incubator goes live in 6 weeks... I've been building a cozy space where over the next 9 months, you can have access to all the content in completion as rolls out monthly... for less than you probably spend at Starbucks locked in for life. Not to mention the opportunity to become a part of building something together I truly believe will be a game changer for the creative economy - So that's my crazy big cliff-diving goal. What goal are to saying yes to that scares you, even just a little? The more we are made for is hanging out just past our comfort zones and I for one am cheering you on to go find it #bestgoals2019 - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart
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    Big brave daring risky messy wonderful goals. Startup to success is a path filled with ups & downs, twists & turns, obstacles & opportunities. I'm the girl who has dreamed big pretty much her whole life-- until in the middle of my biggest dream ever, I had to walk away. It crushed something on the inside of me that will never be the same again. But just because I can't go back, doesn't mean I can't go on, and that onward won't be mind-blowingly incredible - Broken dreams make breathtaking mosaics. Shattered dreams can become seeds to grow something even greater than what was lost. I hold on to that lifeline as I'm saying yes to dreaming big and diving deep. I'd for sure love you to come with me - GOAL: In 2019, I'm launching Illustrated Business™, my signature program featuring a premium member community, the Illustrated Business Creative Incubator™ and a 9 module Course Framework. The beta version of the Creative Incubator goes live in 6 weeks... I've been building a cozy space where over the next 9 months, you can have access to all the content in completion as rolls out monthly... for less than you probably spend at Starbucks locked in for life. Not to mention the opportunity to become a part of building something together I truly believe will be a game changer for the creative economy - So that's my crazy big cliff-diving goal. What goal are to saying yes to that scares you, even just a little? The more we are made for is hanging out just past our comfort zones and I for one am cheering you on to go find it #bestgoals2019 - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativeatheart #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #shetheroar #creativeatheart
  • For years I have told clients and friends, and myself... because let's face it, sometimes the person who needs reminding most is looking back at me from my mirror, that it is impossible to own your yes if you can't first own your no. There is no yes without a no - I spent years working with women who had been trafficked or who were vulnerable to being trafficked. They taught me so much. Their bravery and strength and fortitude and resilience and beauty humbled me and called me higher. They taught me the power of two little letters to change everything. N O - There is no yes without a no. We can never own our yes without first owning our no. And NO is a part of some pretty amazing things. InNOvation says NO to the status quo. HoNOr says NO to shame. ENOrmity says NO to scarcity and small thinking. ENOugh says NO to striving. NOw says NO to living in every moment but the present one - For my #bestgoals2019, I'm saying no to losing 2x by embracing fearing future loss and yes to celebrating every moment as the gift it is. I am saying no to playing small, hiding my heart and being afraid to succeed and yes to wholehearted investment against myself and just going for it. I am saying no to confusion and chaos and yes to workflows and intentionality, no to distracted spending and yes to investing with intent over impulse, no to the tyranny of the urgent and yes to stewardship of time, no to social media overload and yes to connecting more face-to-face over coffee - What no are you choosing to make way for your yes? #goalforit - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #creativeatheart
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    For years I have told clients and friends, and myself... because let's face it, sometimes the person who needs reminding most is looking back at me from my mirror, that it is impossible to own your yes if you can't first own your no. There is no yes without a no - I spent years working with women who had been trafficked or who were vulnerable to being trafficked. They taught me so much. Their bravery and strength and fortitude and resilience and beauty humbled me and called me higher. They taught me the power of two little letters to change everything. N O - There is no yes without a no. We can never own our yes without first owning our no. And NO is a part of some pretty amazing things. InNOvation says NO to the status quo. HoNOr says NO to shame. ENOrmity says NO to scarcity and small thinking. ENOugh says NO to striving. NOw says NO to living in every moment but the present one - For my #bestgoals2019, I'm saying no to losing 2x by embracing fearing future loss and yes to celebrating every moment as the gift it is. I am saying no to playing small, hiding my heart and being afraid to succeed and yes to wholehearted investment against myself and just going for it. I am saying no to confusion and chaos and yes to workflows and intentionality, no to distracted spending and yes to investing with intent over impulse, no to the tyranny of the urgent and yes to stewardship of time, no to social media overload and yes to connecting more face-to-face over coffee - What no are you choosing to make way for your yes? #goalforit - #designedtothrivecreative #courageouscreativity #purposemeetsprofit #designedtothrive #creativepreneur #creativebusinessowner #risingtidesociety #calledtobecreative #creativityfound #communityovercompetition #jaxcreatives #wearethecreativeeconomy #beingboss #womenwhowork #createcultivate #madetomatter #makersgonnamake #thelittlevictories #dowhatyoulove #creativebusiness #illustratedbusiness #dontquityourdaydream #withgritandgrace #goalgetter #goaldigger #creativeatheart