You might wonder why a filmmaker or creative professional would build and leverage business credit utilizing an "unstable" career and industry. Here’s the short answer: creative professionals who navigate the business like professionals, use capital to invest in the tangible and intangible assets of their craft that can make money inside and outside of Hollywood, as well as invest in additional revenue streams to support their art, which ultimately becomes their business. I breakdown exactly how I've been able to do this.

Here's a truth that many people don't know: you don't need good personal credit in order to establish and build business credit. However, there are ways and times in which the two may intersect, and it will all boil down to your personal and business goals and the timeline you've created to meet them. Learn all the ways in which your personal credit might intersect with your business credit, and how to avoid touching or using your personal credit at all. Conversely, you'll also learn how to leverage your personal credit to your advantage to receive bigger amounts of credit or to invest in certain assets.

As a bonus, you'll get access to sample scripts for increasing your approval chances of receiving funding, as well as bonus scripts for disputing incorrect inquiries or marks on your credit account, if needed.

From self-employment taxes to thousand dollar tax credits and deductions, I break down every single thing you need to know and understand about taxes as a new entrepreneur, and how to make the system work FOR you, and not against you.

You'll also learn the difference between the most relevant types of 1099s, and exactly how and when you should be using them to stay compliant and maintain legitimacy in your business that helps you to gain more access to funding.

The most expensive mistake small business owners and creatives make is choosing the wrong entity and not setting up their business(es) correctly to prove themselves legitimate to lenders and investors.  

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This guide shows you how to properly create the foundation for your business so that you can position yourself and your business for funding and tax savings.

People won't tell you this, but there are specific reasons you should be leveraging that will greatly increase your chances of receiving funding. This guide outlines the top reasons for receiving funding that will improve your acceptance and approval chances, and how to use them to your advantage.
 
Additionally, you'll learn all of the secret perks that lenders often won't advertise, which you can request to help you build, scale, and better manage your finances over time. 

Unlike personal credit, which is closely integrated with our personal lives and can be affected by almost everything that we do, can be difficult to rebuild, and can take years to establish a trustworthy foundation, business credit is much simpler, easier, and distinctive than that.
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You'll learn about the Tier credit system, which you can leverage to rapidly grow your business credit in less than 9 months, and how to open free Vendor accounts to acquire supplies and assets with no money down, and up to 90 days to pay back.

So, how exactly does a creative professional leverage their art for their business and leverage their business for their art?

Outside of providing you with free strategies, you'll be provided with a list of creative revenue stream ideas to help grow and scale your creative business, including streams I currently employ for mine.