Good Boss

Welcome back to Coco Studio, thank you for listening in! This week I am doing the first edition of FREELANCING STORIES, my brand new podcast series. This is a chance for all of us creative business owners to share our mishaps, horror stories and funny tales just as a reminder that we all deal with some pretty crazy stuff and really it’s just to have a laugh. Being a solopreneure can get quite lonely so I hope that this can remind you that you’re not alone and that we’re all part of the same community. In today's episode we hear the stories of 7 different creative business owners, and honestly some of it makes me sad and some makes me laugh my butt off.

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This week in the studio we have Cahlia from South Co Studio! She is a Melbourne based graphic designer specialising in brand strategy + brand and website design. She shares so much about her journey and how she went from working in a design agency to working for herself full time. We also chatted about how she managed to niche down and how she attempts to have a work life balance. If you enjoy please leave a review and subscribe on Apple / Spotify.

This week in the studio we have Eb from Ebby Designs ! Eb has been her own boss and running her own branding and website business for 4 years and she has so much wisdom and golden nuggets to share. I am so excited to chat with her about all things life, business, mind set, morning mantras and so much more.

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Welcome back to the studio. This is such a hot topic in the creative field... should creatives work for free? I find this topic so fascinating so I wanted to dive deep into my own personal perspective from experiences that I have had working for free. I would love to hear what you think so don’t hesitate to send me a message to continue the conversation. Hope you all enjoy this episode and please leave me a review if you did :)

Welcome to the studio! Today I am chatting all about contracts... why are contracts important ? What do you need in your contract ? I am going to chat you through it all and what I see as the most important clauses to make sure to include in your contract as a creative. I hope you all enjoy ! 

** this is not legal advice, I recommend that everyone gets their contracts reviewed by a lawyer **

Season two HERE WE GO !!! This time we are doing things a little differently. I will be sharing my musings (thoughts and reflections) over the next few months as I start a new chapter, leave my part-time job and become a full time creative designer. This is probably going to turn into weekly therapy sessions, hope you are ready (I'm not) !!!

Yikes this episode is a little embarrassing I'm not going to lie! But today I'm going to take you back in time to when I first started my design business, and give you an insight into how one of the most important stages of my creative process has drastically changed: the questionnaire. Although it hasn't even been that long since I put together my original questionnaire, so much has changed since and thank god it has! I hope that you will find some value in listening to my mistakes and what changes I've made so that you can improve on your own personal process.

This week I sat down with one of my all time inspirations and personal role model, my sister! I think this episode is incredibly inspiring to hear from someone who quit their 9-5 comfort zone to start a brand new creative adventure. Not to mention doing it all with a newborn. We talked all about how she started her business to her process behind wall paintings and wedding invitations.

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