Carolyn Dailey is the author of the #1 New Release on Amazon US, "The Creative Entrepreneur", published by DK Penguin Random House.
"The Creative Entrepreneur" is an essential guide on how to build a creative business from ten of the world's most inspiring entrepreneurs, including culinary legend Ruthie Rodgers, Emmy-winning producer of The Crown, Andy Harries, and multi-awarded architect Thomas Heatherwick. Their stories, actionable advice, and recommendations will help your business thrive and fuel your life potential.
Carolyn is also the founder of Creative Entrepreneurs, https://creativeentrepreneurs.co/, an international community empowering creatives to succeed personally and professionally. She has championed creative lives in the fields of design, music, architecture, film, fashion, publishing, and gaming—and in the heart of government at No. 10 Downing Street. Dailey has been named by Creative Review as one of the Top 50 Creative Leaders, 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 spent over 20 years as Time Warner’s top executive in Europe, expanding the reach of HBO, CNN, Warner Bros. and Time Inc. She has given lectures at institutions including Cambridge University and Central St Martins, and regularly appears on Sky News.
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Projects
- My Debut Book: "The Creative Entrepreneur.”“The Creative Entrepreneur” tells the untold entrepreneurial stories of ten of the world’s most inspiring creative icons across music, fashion, art, film & TV, design, gaming, cuisine and more. Their beautiful portraits grace our cover, their names are below. This book was born from first-hand interviews I’ve had the pleasure of conducting around the world over the past few years with these extraordinary people. It has their advice, their wisdom and some amazing, unexpected stories. And a lo
- 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
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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.7
- 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 ‘88166
Work history
AuthorDK
London, United KingdomFreelance
My debut book is “The Creative Entrepreneur.”
It tells the untold entrepreneurial stories of ten of the world’s most inspiring creative icons across music, fashion, art, film & TV, design, gaming, cuisine and more. Their beautiful portraits grace our cover, their names are below.
This book was born from first-hand interviews I’ve had the pleasure of conducting around the world over the past few years with these extraordinary people.
It has their advice, their wisdom and some amazing, unexpected stories. And a lot of heart.
Nile Rodgers says: “This is a handbook of incalculable brilliance. You’ll instinctively know the lessons that resonate with you.”
THE10 EXTRAORDINARY PEOPLE FEATURED:
Nile Rodgers, Co-Founder, The Chic Organization
Roksanda Ilincic, Founder, fashion label Roksanda
Yinka Ilori, Founder, Yinka Ilori Studio
Andy Harries, Founder, Left Bank Pictures (The Crown)
Priya Ahluwalia, Founder, fashion label Ahluwalia
Thomas Heatherwick, Founder, Heatherwick Studio
Matthew Slotover, Co-Founder, Frieze
Ruthie Rogers, Founder, The River Cafe
Strauss Zelnick, CEO Take-Two Interactive (Grand Theft Auto)
Nick Jones, Founder, Soho House
FounderCreative Entrepreneurs
London, United KingdomFull Time
Carolyn is the founder of Creative Entrepreneurs, a first-of-its-kind online community empowering creatives to grow brilliantly successful businesses. CE provides – for the first time in one place – learning resources, inspiration, mentoring and opportunities for entrepreneurial creatives, translated into language creatives understand.
She launched CE at No. 10 Downing Street in 2016 with the endorsements of launch ambassadors architect Zaha Hadid, fashion designer Anya Hindmarch, grime music leader Jamal Edwards and Second Home founder Rohan Silva. CE has further collaborated with Charlotte Tilbury, Roksanda Ilincic, Bella Freud, Ajaz Ahmed (AKQA), Matthew Slotover (Frieze), Col Needham (IMDb) and other creative founders to champion aspiring creative entrepreneurs.
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Skills
- Entrepreneur
- Creative
- Busines Strategy
- Business Development
- Creative Direction
- Public Speaking
- Production