100% CANADIAN-MADE RESOURCE COMMUNITY
FOR Creative entrepreneurs & Freelancers
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Ready to Join the First Canadian-Made Resource Community Specifically for Creative Business Owners? We’re passionately focused on building a positive creative community for Canadian entrepreneurs supporting growth, education, and balance in your professional and personal life.
Do you ever ask yourself how does everyone know what they are doing?
What if you had an older sibling or friend you could just ask any creative business question to—without it feeling like a huge deal? Enter the Creative Roots Community!
Being a Canadian business owner is hard. But the good news is you don’t have to do it alone. Over here at Creative Roots we are working tirelessly to curate a robust library of Canadian-focused business resources and be here to answer all those burning questions.
We Share ALL the Tips & Tools We Use to Run a
PROFITABLE CREATIVE BUSINESS
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No, seriously. ALl of it.
Decades worth of mistakes made, remedies found, hours of google searches and countless conversations with other creative business owners collected into ONE single resource that has all of the answers.
Three Ways We can support you
1 | FREE Resource Catalogue
A FREE on-line resource with 12 different categories and hundreds of sub-categories. Every resource is a clickable link. We’ve even noted our tried + tested favourites so you can save time.
2 | LIVE Creative Conversations
Quarterly on-line conversations where we tackle hot topics and share personal experiences. You get to take part in the conversation and ask any burning biz questions that are keeping you up at night.
3 | Supportive Facebook Group
Access our Facebook group where you can network with like-minded creative business owners, search past conversations and ask the community questions – anytime of the day!
Get Back to Doing What You Actually Love Doing!
Does running a creative business feel like more trouble than it’s worth?
Are you tired of spending more time on proposals, contracts, invoices than actually creating?
What if you had one single resource to answer all of these pains?
Welcome to the Creative Roots Community
What our Community is Saying:
MEET THE FOUNDERS
Of the Creative Roots community
Kelly Davidson
CR Co-founder &
Creative Director at
frontporchstudio.ca
Marlo Biasutti, RGD
CR Co-founder &
Creative Director at
m81creative.com
Why we started Creative Roots
Together we have a combined 15+ years of successfully running our own design studios and 25+ years in the design industry. When we started our creative businesses, it was exciting and empowering… and a little bit scary.
As creative business owners, we’re all, well… pretty creative people. However, when it comes to spreadsheets, calculating taxes, and knowing what goes into a proper legal contract—I think most of us tend to agree it’s not our forte.
After years of stitching things together through late night Googles, a few mistakes and a lot of luck we finally realized that it shouldn’t be SO hard. What if there was one place that you could go to find tested and tried processes PROVEN to help you grow your business roots?
We want to share with you all of the resources that helped us grow our business roots. We want to build a community so that you never have to go at it alone, again.
Put down your roots with us!
Who is this community for?
Graphic Designers
Web Designers
Creative Directors
Photographers
Videographers
Illustrators
Calligraphers
Writers
Interior Designers
Jewelry Designers
Studio / Boutique Owners
Any Creative Business Owner
What topics will we cover?
Accounting
Time Management
Planners
Pricing & Contracts
Printing
Books & Workshops
Courses & Education
Community
Legalities
Graphic & Web Design
Illustration & Photography
Social Media
READY TO
PUT DOWN YOUR ROOTS WITH US?
Did you know that by joining our community you are helping the next generation of entrepreneurs?
Every quarter Creative Roots donates 5% of their membership sales to PowerPlay Young Entrepreneurs. This incredible charity is committed to helping young Canadians prepare for the future of work.
