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T-Shirts and Suits Coffee Club - Preston, UK

December 8, 2009 from 4pm to 6pm – Northern Lights, the Media Factory, UCLan, Preston

David Parrish. Business Adviser for Creative Entrepreneurs

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Creative Speciality (eg Designer, Photographer)

Creative Industries Entrepreneur and Business Adviser. T-Shirts and Suits Ltd.

Briefly describe your creative business - or your interest in creative businesses

Creative Entrepreneur :: Business Adviser for Creative People :: Creative Industries Consultant :: Trainer :: Speaker :: Writer

Tell us more about your creative business...

I am a business adviser, management consultant and trainer working internationally to help creative businesses and cultural enterprises become even more successful.
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I have a background in setting up and running creative enterprises and still invest in creative businesses as an entrepreneur. After learning lots from practical experience I went to business school to learn more, then adapted smart business techniques to the needs of creative enterprises.
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I wrote the book 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity'.
It's available free online as an eBook:
http://www.tss-ebook.com
And it has been published in China, Taiwan, Colombia and Spain as well as in the UK:
http://www.tss-translations.com
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I specialise in helping creative businesses and cultural enterprises with business development, business plans, innovation, marketing, intellectual property, raising finance, business growth, collaborations and innovation.

Your website address - if you have one

http://www.davidparrish.com

Information, ideas and contacts you'd like, to help you become even more successful in your creative business

I want to hear from creative enterprises using smart business thinking that we can share internationally. Please contact me with examples of clever marketing, use of intellectual property to protect and commercialise your ideas, organisational structures that help you succeed, and other ways you have made your creative enterprise even more successful by using smart business techniques.

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Free eBook version of 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity'

The book 'T-Shirts and Suits: A Guide to the Business of Creativity' is also available online as a free eBook. It's the complete version and you are allowed to copy it, print it, redistribute it (including adding it as a resource to your own website), provided you don't change it or sell it.

It's a book written especially for creative industry practitioners, creative entrepreneurs, creative businesses, cultural organisations, artists, photographers, designers, musicians, marketing professionals… Continue

Posted on February 13, 2009 at 1:28pm —

Free online 'Creative, Cultural and Digital Industries Guide'

Free Creative Industries Guide now available online:
www.creativeindustriesguide.com

Posted on February 8, 2009 at 8:30pm —

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At 9:02pm on December 3, 2009, Tom Clarke said…: Hey David - thanks for coming to Access A.A again! I've just ordered your book from Amazon :)

At 11:12am on November 27, 2009, Lord Whitney said…: Thanks for a great talk in Leeds last night- really inspirational and the clear examples made the ideas of business a lot easier to grasp! my brain is now ticking a bit harder...

At 11:20am on November 8, 2009, Pandora Melly said…: What a brilliant site! Thank you. Pandora

At 9:34am on October 30, 2009, Sharon K Mathews said…: Hi David, thanks for your advice and support yesterday. You provided some clear thinking for me. The network is a great idea. Thanks

At 9:39pm on September 30, 2009, TOM SUTTON said…: Hi David, glad to be part of the network, I hope other members will enjoy looking at my Aero-organic designs. Cheers Tom

At 12:05pm on September 29, 2009, Irene Lofthouse said…: Hi David
Thanks for invite. Have just done an MSc in Social Entrepreneurship course (completed to diploma) and thought your book was one of the most accessible I read. Should be mandatory reading for all arts centre Boards!
Cheers
Irene

At 3:19pm on September 16, 2009, Begomaite J.O. said…: Hellooo (kaixo !!!)
could u please tell me where i could buy ur book in Bilbao or by Internet? because i have been in few bookshops in Bilbao and they haven't hear about it and in Newcastle (in waterstones) it was run out.

so please if u dont mind to send me the information, i am looking forward to find it and read it hehehe

thanks, Agur :D