1. Presented by: Monika Sapielak
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2. My Entrepreneurial journey
CREATIVE
ENTREPRENEURS ACADEMY
ARTCONNECTED
CENTRE FOR CREATIVE PRACTICES

3. CREATIVE BUSINESS C'EST PAS VRAI! = NOT-FOR-PROFIT?
Centre for Creative Practices
Set up Sep 2009 in Dublin
The first cultural organisation in Ireland dedicated to integrating, promoting and mentoring migrant, experimental and emerging artists
Home to the Creative Entrepreneurs Academy
+1,000 events
Engaged over 1,500 creatives
Welcomed over 16,000 audiences
CREATIVE
BUSINESS
AWARDS
Arthur Guinness Fund Main Award in 2012,
Named in the Purpose Economy 100 for Europe in 2014
Multicultural Company of the Year in 2011
Shortlisted as Dublin’s Gallery of the Year in 2011
Received financial support from the Arts Council of Ireland & Dublin City Council
= NOT-FOR-PROFIT?
C'EST PAS VRAI!

4. available only for social enterprises or businesses
MENTORSHIP A
MENTORSHIP RECEIVED
available only for social enterprises or businesses
• Social Entrepreneurs Ireland
• Arthur Guinness Fund
• Microsoft Executive Mentoring Scheme
• HiStart Programme – “Get your business investors ready”
• New Frontiers Phase 1 – Enterprise Ireland & Local Enterprise Offices
There is no support for Creative Entrepreneurs!
I don’t know how to add in powerpoint extra space in front of 2nd lines in bullet-pointed list 

5. Entrepreneurial Thinking
CHANGE YOUR VOCABULARY
FOR IMPACT instead of Not For Profit
MESSAGE – Mission Statement
INVOLVE – Inform
ON BOARD – On the Board
PRESENT AN OPPORTUNITY –Ask for money
YOU ARE
IN SALES!
THE FORMULA FOR SUCCESS
Why - Purpose
What – Mission
How - Unique Value Proposition
Who - Target Market
Every organisation is perfectly designed to get the results they are getting! (Tim Kight)
GET OVER IT!

6. GAINS FROM THE MENTORSHIP
EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING first hand from people who are experts in their field
RESULTS ORIENTED – their methods and theories had to bring very clear results
EXPERIENCED ENTREPRENEURS – set up businesses or organisations; raised millions in donations or investment
RELEVANT TOPICS - real and not just exercise topics from any business book
INSPIRING - creative, daring, engaging, innovative and inspiring people
FROM THE MENTORSHIP
To do in the future: Icons beside every point

7. CAN HE ADDRESS the massive inefficiencies in
HE & ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION
ENTREPRENEURIAL EDUCATION
practical knowledge
gained in an applied environment
developed further through real-world successes and failures
needs to be taught by people who actively run creative businesses
CAN HE
ADDRESS
NECESSARY CHANGES
Open up the teaching to experts who gained their knowledge through practical work.
Change our attitude towards making money – nothing wrong with making money (not only making a living!)
Change our attitude towards failure as they are at least as educational as successes!
Encourage students to set up and run businesses during their studies. Reward it, support them & invest in them!
Develop a network of entrepreneurial academies, incubators and accelerators.
Develop resources & culture of investing in the Creative Start-Ups/Businesses.
the massive inefficiencies in
how creative talent aquires
entrepreneurial skills?
To do in the future: Icons beside every point, horizontal layout

8. 3% 30mln EU: 7mln of the global GDP or $2,250 billion
WHY IT MATTERS?
30mln 3%
people work
in the global
Cultural & Creative Sector
of the global GDP or $2,250 billion
EU: 7mln
3.3% of the EU’s active population
CCI – entrepreneurial by nature
85% of people working in CCI are Freelancers and SMEs
Only 12% of creative businesses have more than 10 employees

9. THANK YOU & PLEASE GET IN TOUCH! Monika Sapielak monika@cfcp.ie

10. 30mln
30mln
30mln

11. ARTCONNECTED