The Craft Lake City Business Academy is a professional development program designed to educate and support local makers as they build creative businesses.
Are you ready to elevate your creative business but need help figuring out where to start? Our newest Business Academy Course is for you.
Presented by Celtic Bank, the “Take Your Business to the Next Level,” program is tailor-made for small business owners looking to develop their businesses and make smart financing decisions.
This personalized five-week workshop series will guide business owners through workshops on the essentials of business planning and funding. Register soon as there are just 25 spots available!
Grow Your Business Plan Online Course
Taught by creatives for creatives, the Grow Your Business Plan program equips emerging entrepreneurs with the skills needed to successfully develop a strategic growth plan to launch their creative business or take it to the next level.
Our course relaunch includes an affordable five-part, flexible, fully online format that guides building an effective growth strategy through a business plan. In this now pre-recorded, à la carte series business owners will learn how to build a brand, sell products online and in-person, manage inventory and finances, master customer service and much more.
Introduction to Building an Online Shop
A user-friendly online storefront is a key component to success in your creative business. In the Building and Online Shop workshop , local makers Quinell Dixon and Sarah Anderson lead this introductory online session on the benefits and logistics of creating a web store through an online marketplace versus a standalone web store. Anderson and Dixon provide a basic overview of their preferred services (Etsy and Big Cartel) as well as insider tips and tricks they’ve picked up along the way. You’ll leave the workshop with the information and inspiration to launch your first online shop!
Boost Your Business with Brand Licensing:
A Course with Katie Mansfield of Tragic Girls
In this intro to brand licensing course with Katie Mansfield of Tragic Girls, up-and-coming makers will learn about licensing their work to reach a wider audience and increase profits. Katie walks participants through the reasons to license your art, the different types of licensing agreements, and how to negotiate your licensing terms.
