Converge: The Business of Creativity Podcast with Dane Sanders

Exploration has to be part of the creative process. You have to be lost before you can see the way out. As creatives we are aware of the body of work we are producing and sharing with the world but are we as intentional with our creative process and how that can inform our personal [...]

Have you ever had a big idea that you were sure would be a success if only you acted on it? That s exactly what Spencer Boerup, creator of MagMod, did. He acted on his big idea and the result has been wildly successful. Join Spencer and Dane as they talk about innovation, getting curious, having [...]

Buster Benson has been around the block a few times in the online space. As a former Amazon employee and current Twitter employee he has had his hand in all kinds of online projects including six or more of his own personal projects. Some of them have translated into viable businesses and some of them [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]