Converge - The Business of Creativity Podcast

Jen Adrion and Omar Noory call their creative business an accident, but is it really? In this episode Dane talks with Jen and Omar about their seeming haphazard beginnings, the success that has followed and how you can do the same. Discover how they have made a living making the art they love. The [...]

A peek into the life of one extraordinary individual who is living the life of his dreams traveling the world by working remotely. In this episode of Converge Dane Sanders is joined by creative entrepreneur Jake Jorgovan who up and moved to Mexico to live the life of his dreams. Dane and Jake explore the [...]

�There is no denying the creative landscape has changed and is continuing to change. The tools needed to create are available to anyone able to scrape up a few hundred dollars. In this episode of Converge join Dane Sanders as he talks with marketing genius�Seth Godin about what it takes to market yourself in a [...]

What does it look like to model your life around creative, meaningful work? Maybe you are working a non-inspiring nine to five job that you desperately want to trade for a life of freedom and creativity that feeds your soul and your family. Perhaps you are a professional creative that is trying to negotiate monetization [...]

It seems everyone wants to change something grand in their lives (professional and personal). But what if changing one thing in just one part of your life had a disproportionate effect on the greater whole? That idea is precisely what Dallas and Melissa Hartwig investigated in their book, It Starts with Food, and you won’t [...]

On this episode of�Converge, I had the chance to spend some time with Todd Henry, author of The Accidental Creative as well as his new book, Die Empty: Unleash Your Best Work Every Day. Seth Godin calls it one of the best books of the year, and he’s right. I loved our conversation and hope [...]

Your Platform is Your Authority Dane Sanders interviews Michael Hyatt about the importance of establishing your brand platform and offers tips and strategies on how to set your business up to win. It turns out your platform may be the most important context you can establish yet is one of the last considerations for many. [...]

Everybody gets that building a business is not for the faint of heart. What’s common is to start-up on enthusiasm and not establish the core of what’s needed to become viable. What’s amazing is when it comes to mindset, there’s really only one critical element to do that. Just one. This�mini-episode of Converge aims to [...]

Why does your story matter? What would it take for you to tell a bigger story? Perhaps the biggest reason why the best narratives compel us to action is because they invite you and me into a bigger story of our own. Our latest CONVERGE episode is all about discovering and telling your brand narrative [...]

How do you become a PRO�photographer? Whether you are new to the photography industry or a seasoned veteran, the story you tell yourself often has more impact than anything else. It impacts whether you stay in the newbie mindset or grow into a pro mindset. �Join me and my guest as we talk substantively about [...]

If you made it out to WPPI in Las Vegas last week you no doubt came home having met a ton of new people and took in lots of new ideas and information. Is it possible that you also came home feeling low despite all the things you learned and experienced? How is that possible?? [...]

Do you ever feel like all your passions don’t align into a neat cohesive box? Many of us don’t. Tamara Lackey joins me�as I�dive into a question about navigating a passion filled life and how decide where to focus those passions and how it relates to your business. By the way, her�All-In-One Life creativeLIVE [...]

What does it mean to be a pro? In the photography world it’s not uncommon to equate pro equipment with claiming pro status. But is that really true? Track�one guy’s honest question about full frame cameras to a deeper investigation around what it really means to be a pro. I hope it helps you negotiate [...]

In this brief episode Converge host Dane Sanders explains a little more in depth what the�Converge: The Business of Creativity Podcast�for photographers and creatives interested in business is all about. *Update: We are not currently taking call in questions.

Dane Sanders and Grant Baldwin, author of Reality Check, explore ideas around freedom, career change and dealing with fear.