Carolyn founded the membership-based movement Creative Entrepreneurs to
empower creative people to turn their ideas into successful businesses.
Previously, she spent two decades with entertainment giant Time Warner, helping HBO, CNN, Warner Bros. and Time Inc. expand their reach in Europe.
When it came to starting her own business, Carolyn felt completely at home on the creative side, but quickly found she ‘didn’t know what she didn’t know’ about the startup business side. Finding that all of her creative sector friends faced the same challenge, she came up with the idea for Creative Entrepreneurs.
Launched in 2016 at No. 10 Downing Street, it brings together - for the first time in one place – the business resources, inspiration and networks creative people need to thrive.
These include events showcasing creative founder role models, regular mentoring and networking events, training courses with industry experts and workshops at London’s leading creative universities, plus a bank of curated online business support.
Carolyn has been named by Creative Review as one of the Top 50 Creative
Leaders for 2018, by WIRED Magazine as one of the Top 10 Women Digital
Powerbrokers and by BIMA as one of the Top 10 Entrepreneurs progressing the
creative industries. She is a Life Member of BAFTA.
Projects
- How Creative Entrepreneurs is supporting creative businessCreative Entrepreneurs was founded to help creatives set up their own business. Its founder Carolyn Dailey talks to Creative Review about the challenges that creatives face when starting their own venture – and how Creative Entrepreneurs is hoping to provide some much-needed support. Read the full article here. See more about Creative Entrepreneurs here
- Design Museum Startup Essentials with Creative EntrepreneursHow do you turn a creative idea into a successful business? Discover the basics in starting up a business on this practical course. What to expect Curated by Creative Entrepreneurs, this three-part course will cover several essential aspects of setting up a creative business: how to network effectively, legal basics, and finance. Through seminar discussions led by experts and hands-on activities, participants will learn the skills and knowledge they need to begin to turn their creative ideas int
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Projects credited in
- Preparing for a PitchWatch our brand new film on how to prepare for a successful creative pitch featuring Carolyn Dailey, founder of Creative Entrepreneurs. Creative Entrepreneurs is the one-stop shop for people looking to turn their creative vision into a startup success. Hear Carolyn's top pitching tips.5
- This International Women’s Day 2019, meet 100 trailblazers redefining the creative industryDiscover our 2020 list here This International Women’s Day, we’ve launched our latest ‘10x10’ – asking 10 influential industry icons to each nominate 10 trailblazing women and non-binary people who they believe are redefining the creator landscape. The result? An incredible list of 100 trailblazers inspiring change. Our list will be accompanied by a takeover on The Dots – look out for brilliant profiles and projects on the platform as we aim to inspire, as important as ever when considering ‘88164
Skills
- Entrepreneur
- Creative
- Busines Strategy
- Business Development
- Creative Direction
- Public Speaking
- Production