100 episodes

I’m Sean Low, and I’ve been lending practical business advice to those in the business of being creative since the early 2000s, including accomplished notables such as Preston Bailey, Vicente Wolf, Nate Berkus, Sawyer Berson, Style Me Pretty, Marcy Blum, Michelle Rago, and Sylvia Weinstock--to name a few.

The key to my own success has been my ability to help artists build their businesses in a way that most honors the art that is behind them. I’ll give you straight up, no holds barred advice on handling what happens from deal to done. The journey with your client begins when they first connect with you, whether digitally or in real life. And from that moment until the project is finished, you have the power to manifest an experience and journey with them that’s transformative for all.

Everyone should be creative. Whatever your art is, it should invigorate you and bring you joy. And if it happens to be your business, it should bring you the money you need to KEEP being creative. Hopefully, I will challenge you each week to do just that.

So, let’s not just think outside the box… Let’s erase it!

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    • 5.0 • 17 Ratings

I’m Sean Low, and I’ve been lending practical business advice to those in the business of being creative since the early 2000s, including accomplished notables such as Preston Bailey, Vicente Wolf, Nate Berkus, Sawyer Berson, Style Me Pretty, Marcy Blum, Michelle Rago, and Sylvia Weinstock--to name a few.

The key to my own success has been my ability to help artists build their businesses in a way that most honors the art that is behind them. I’ll give you straight up, no holds barred advice on handling what happens from deal to done. The journey with your client begins when they first connect with you, whether digitally or in real life. And from that moment until the project is finished, you have the power to manifest an experience and journey with them that’s transformative for all.

Everyone should be creative. Whatever your art is, it should invigorate you and bring you joy. And if it happens to be your business, it should bring you the money you need to KEEP being creative. Hopefully, I will challenge you each week to do just that.

So, let’s not just think outside the box… Let’s erase it!

    Erase The Box

    Erase The Box

    When we contemplate what is next, too often we want to be derivative of what has come before. Sure, we need to acknowledge the benefit of history, ultimately though we have to stretch beyond the realm of possible. Let’s talk about the movie War Games. Listen in…
    Original Episode Number: 19 | Original Air Date: 9/15/2020

    Links & Resources: Link to Sound File for Visually Impaired: Click Here
    Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
    Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
    Follow Sean on social media:
    Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
    Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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    Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
    Production House: Flint Stone Media
    Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.

    • 15 min
    Design First, Judgment, Risk, A Placebo And Ralph Lifshitz From The Bronx

    Design First, Judgment, Risk, A Placebo And Ralph Lifshitz From The Bronx

    In the midst of the existential crisis we find ourselves in, all creative business is being upended.  Sure, some are busy, but most are suffering from a prolonged winter — actors, musicians, event professionals, chefs, just to name a few.  So the house is coming down.
    To rebuild it, design first. For design to come first, you must be judged, you must take concentrated risk.  Enter a discussion about placebos and Ralph Lifshitz from the Bronx. Listen in…
    Original Episode Number: 9 | Original Air Date: 7/7/2020

    Links & Resources: Link to Sound File for Visually Impaired: Click Here
    Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
    Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
    Follow Sean on social media:
    Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
    Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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    Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
    Production House: Flint Stone Media
    Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.

    • 19 min
    Change Is Overwhelming

    Change Is Overwhelming

    We all might say that we want to make real change, but the inertia to change is real. We hope that yesterday will carry us forward and doubling down on the old will prevail against the new. Let’s talk about solar lamps in rural India, the Phoenix and the outliers of success. Listen in…
    Original Episode Number: 27 | Original Air Date: 11/10/2020
    Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
    Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
    Follow Sean on social media:
    Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
    Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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    Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
    Production House: Flint Stone Media
    Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.

    • 24 min
    What Will You Take With You Post-Pandemic?

    What Will You Take With You Post-Pandemic?

    COVID has shifted our culture and forced us to rethink what and how we do what we do. The question is what will you take with you. Let's talk Zoom, Project Management, Cash Flow and Marketing.
    Original Episode Number: 43 | Original Air Date: 3/16/2021
    Links & Resources: Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
    Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
    Follow Sean on social media:
    Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
    Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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    Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
    Production House: Flint Stone Media
    Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.

    • 24 min
    Art And Culture At The Cross Roads

    Art And Culture At The Cross Roads

    Art is shaped and shapes culture. If you are in the business of creating art, what does that exactly mean for you? How are you to incorporate this responsibility into touchstones of your work? Defining a market is nothing new, but defining culture with the market? Getting paid to honor culture and shift it? That is new. Enter Loving v. Virginia, The Ivory Trade, and End of Life Services. Listen in...
    Original Episode Number: 15 | Original Air Date: 8/18/2020
    Links & Resources: Link to Sound File for Visually Impaired: Click Here
    Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
    Talk Back Voicemail Guest: Sarah Wiley of Huger Memories, Inc. | Have your own opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn or record a voice message directly through his show's site!
    Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
    Follow Sean on social media:
    Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
    Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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    Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
    Production House: Flint Stone Media
    Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.

    • 18 min
    The Power Of Niche, Scarcity and The Long Tail

    The Power Of Niche, Scarcity and The Long Tail

    What does the long tail, scarcity and niche have to do with your creative business? Umm, everything. Oh, and if you are not sure what the long tail, scarcity and niche even mean in this context, that is ok, I will just tell you the story of Blue Bottle Coffee and it will all make sense. Listen in...
    Original Episode Number: 2 | Original Air Date: 5/26/2020
    Links & Resources: Link to Sound File for Visually Impaired: Click Here
    Host: Sean Low of The Business of Being Creative
    Link: Join Sean's Collective of Business Creatives
    Follow Sean on social media:
    Instagram: @SeanLow1 | Facebook: Facebook.com/Sean.Low.35 | LinkedIn | Twitter: @SeanLow
    Have an opinion on Sean's tips and advice? Talk Back!! Email Shawn.
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    Podcast Network: The Wedding Biz Network
    Production House: Flint Stone Media
    Copyright of The Wedding Biz, LLC. 2020.

    • 14 min

Customer Reviews

5.0 out of 5
17 Ratings

17 Ratings

Shannon Griffin Photography ,

Hitting creatives right where they need to be hit

Sean never fails to hit me right in the gut, when I need it the most. This podcast is always inspiring me to push myself into a different sphere of creativity and the way I run my business.

CSDesign2020 ,

Amazing

Wish I had found Sean’s insight sooner!

Tony Fisher! ,

Sean rocks!

I follow Sean and everything he does via my wife and partner, Andrea Eppolito. She has been a member of Sean’s private group, the Business of Being Creative (commonly referred to as the “BBC”). It has changed her business, and her outlook on business. Sean forces you to see things from a different perspective. That doesn’t mean that you have to agree with him. He forces you to THINK and evaluate your position and arguments and whether or not they are the correct ones for you. I love that Sean is finally doing a Podcast - this is simply a taste of what you can get in the BBC. If you want to be pushed outside your comfort zone, grow and develop your business senses - then listen to Sean and subscribe!

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