The Business of Making Things
The only book you need to start and grow your creative services business
The Business of Making Things is part pep talk, part playbook, and part behind-the-scenes diary of what it really takes to build a creative business from the ground up. Whether you’re a freelancer plotting your escape from a 9–5 or a solo creative ready to grow a team, this book gives you the tools, stories, and systems you need to stop winging it and start building something sustainable.
Over ten conversational chapters, I share the lessons learned from bootstrapping my way from broke freelancer to leading multi-million-dollar projects with household brands. You’ll learn how to:
Turn your skills into services that clients actually want to buy.
Sell without feeling like a sleazy salesperson.
Build project pipelines that keep you sane (and keep clients coming back).
Hire and lead people without turning into “corporate HR.”
Price your work with confidence (and maybe even profit).
Manage money like a business owner, not a starving artist.
This isn’t another dusty business textbook. It’s packed with real stories (the good, the bad, and the awkward), practical tools you can actually use, and the kind of honest encouragement you’d get from a mentor over coffee.
Starting and growing a creative business is hard—but it doesn’t have to be lonely, confusing, or boring. Think of this book as your creative companion, giving you the roadmap you wish you had before you leapt out on your own.
The book is available now on Amazon.