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S02 Episode 10: What mistakes do you wish you would have known when you started?

The shop owners this season should have some wisdom they can pass along to those of us trying to make it in the world creatively.

So this week I ask the question:
What mistakes do you wish you would have known when you started?

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If you create things in your spare time, you've probably thought about trying to do it for a living or maybe you're just trying to get the guts to put it out there for the first time.

So what would it take to follow through and actually do it?

To help understand what it's like, listen to what these local creatives say about what they do.

Here's a list of the places I talk to in each episode.
Each week I ask one question and find out where the conversation takes us, to learn more about how these people decided to take their process one step further.

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