The Start Up way by Eric Reis, is a book for a different audience then that we try to reach. This looks for a corporate audience to impress, and the content has no real application for small or medium business or creative industries.

We Find so much of our information and ideas on Social media and as it is a goal of mine to ensure that you get the best information available we will review a second set of instagram art business influencers that we found in our for you page.

See here who you should be following and why!

The Get things Done book takes a lot of great ideas models and methods that have been supporting businesses big and small for years and boils them down to bite size simple tangible models for the average reader to pick pup and benfite from with just the right amount of training and guidence.

Read more on our review here.

The Gift of Imperfection by Brené Brown is the next book in our collection of Creative Battles Reviews. We are looking at the best books to support the creative entrepreneur as they go through the challenges and issues of running and setting up their own businesses, while doing so alone and in doubt.

Does this book help us or not, read our review to find out.

The Secret Thoughts of Succesful Women by Valerie Young, is a great resource for those that are stuggling with Imposter Syndrome, to both understand their internal experiences and concerns, along with the very relevant and often not discussed perspective of the environmental and external forces that help manifest and perpetuate the conditions that specifically impact women in professional spaces. These male create and dominated spaces have a clear impact on creating and fostering the conditions for why imposter syndrome is not just a personal issue but a contextual one as well.

Looking to understand Imposter Syndrome, and how it impacts the vast majority of our solo entrepreneurs, artists, and professionals is key focus for Department45. We are seeking to learn how to help our clients and supporters and Imposter Cure has been a great resource to expand our own knowledge on what defines imposter syndrome and tools for dealing with it, which we are now using daily to share and work with our clients.

Read our review for more details, and perspectives.

The War of Art, by Steven Pressfield, gives us a great villian and hero story to outline the challenges of creating and being creative, with this famous authors own framing of the overall challenges as a collective personification. The book is often set as a good illustration of the challenges in creating, read our review to see if it holds water.

Relationships are huge for our businesses and reaching the point of being not just someone that solves problems but supports your client in working through the challenges they face by becoming an advisor as the book calls it. This book seeks to show you how to build yourself into that for your clients and how. Does the book do that well and is it helpful, find out in our review.

Never Split the Difference by Chris Voss, is a top recommendation for all manner of business professionals and gives a wide range of examples, tips and tricks to consider in your next negotiation, we review this book in our Business Book review series two.

Show you work is the second book by Austion Kleon that we review. Steal like an Artist, is one of our favorites from the last round of reviews and was a simple and effective way to communicating in a visual and thought provoking way. Is Show your work the more of the same clever messaging or something different. Read our review to learn more.

Selling online is an important market for most small businesses and choosing the right strategy will have a huge impact on your businesses early success when resources and time are limited. Department45.eu has reviewed the current vendors and gives strategies for how to approach online retail. See here our method and process for our analysis.

Selling online is an important market for most small businesses and choosing the right strategy will have a huge impact on your businesses early success when resources and time are limited. Department45.eu has reviewed the current vendors and gives strategies for how to approach online retail. Read our article to find the best strategies and options for your business.

As part of the second book review series here on Department45.eu, we tackle another common small business recommendation in Mike Michalowicz’s Profit First. A book that presents the reader with an interesting way to manage their money in their business that may change the way you see your companies finances. Is it worth a read we review both the book the content and the model presented within, in our latest review.

The E-Myth Revisited by Michael Gerber, is one of the most commonly recommended Small business books when you google for recommendations. An institution and flagship of an empire that Gerber has built around his flag ship this book is written in the 1995 and still remains well recommended. Considered something of a cornerstone of small business guide books does this book live up to the hype as well as the test of time? Find out in our review up now.

Department 45 Does a lot of reviews of knowledge resources, podcasts, books services and tools that are relevant for our Small business creatives. On their behalf we will look for the best, most relevant and supportive products out there. As part of these reviews we feel having a clear and transparent review policy is important and critical to guide you the audience and us the reviewer. this is to ensure the most fair and clear analysis of the reviewed subject.

Department45.eu is reviewing podcasts to see if they can help artists and creatives on their art business journey. Ask an Artist, is a UK focused interview podcasts, that hosts artists, for discussions on topics and themes. Does it provide the listeners with good ideas and knowledge? Read our review to find out.

Clients and customers, are the lifeblood of your business, and building a relationship with them is a critical stage to success for any small business owner. Review our article to see why that is and what you can do to develop a relationship in this world of more and more disconnection.

The Art Biz Podcasts is a very professional and interesting mid length podcast that has interviews and solo discussions covering a lot of Art Small business information. The host Alyson Standfield, interviews artists and creators and focuses on the business of art. Read our full review on Department45.eu.

Paying yourself a salary should be a goal for any small business, and doing so is a major milestone for most creative and art business owners. Read here for why this is important.

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The business of Art podcast is hosted by US based artist Mark Mckenna, where he interviews established artists in longform interviews. What do they cover in these interviews and what can we learn. We review in detail in our newest podcast review in our series of podcasts.