Converge - The Business of Creativity Podcast

In this episode�Dane Sanders�talks with�John Lee Dumas, host of the Entrepreneur on Fire podcast. Some of the topics covered: How to provide value for your audience. Diving into failure. How to launch a podcast series. �John Lee Dumas John Lee Dumas is the Founder and Host of EntrepreneurOnFire, an award winning Podcast revealing the [...]

Author, Allison Vesterfelt joins Dane Sanders to talk about her story of selling almost all she owned to set out to fulfill her dreams. Some of the topics covered: Taking the leap to follow your dreams. Overcoming fear. Navigation criticism. Becoming your true and best self. Allison Vesterfelt Allison quit her job, sold most of [...]

In this episode Dane is joined by marketing authority Scott Stratten. Some of the topics covered: Dont care about the rules, only care about your audience. How to identify and leverage the one core marketing tactic that works every time. Why you dont need social media. How to find your customers online. How to take [...]

Dane is joined by author and media strategist�Ryan Holiday�to discuss practical tactics for marketing and personal discipline. Some of the topics they cover: Different perspectives and approaches to marketing and which ones work best. How to break into a new market and stand out in your current market. Ryan’s note taking and writing process. [...]

Dane is joined by Andy Petranek, co-founder of Whole Life Challenge, to talk about creating a thriving business from your life resume. Some of the topics they cover: How to avoid trading time and talent for money. How to build a real business model that scales. Gamification and how it changed everything with Andys business. [...]

Jeff Goins,author of The Art of Work, is a gifted writer and creative. From his highly popular blog to his online course for writers, the amount of quality work Jeff produces leaves you wondering how he pulls it off. In this episode Jeff shares how he manages the tension between work and life and what [...]

In this episode Dane is joined by Tony Stubblebine, co-founder of Coach.me (formerly Lift.do), to talk habit hacking. They explore the difference between fixed mindset and growth mindset and how your belief in this area affects how optimized you are for growth. The discussion ranges from the best time to wake up in the morning, [...]

David Trotter got into filmmaking by being in front of the camera as a pastor. As his interest in filmmaking grew so did his compassion for orphans in India after his experiences on frequent visits. This led to his involvement in co-producing a documentary about orphan awareness in India. More recently he has produced the [...]

Dane is joined by Erwin McManus, author of The Artisan Soul, to dig into the topic of being creative humans created by a creative God. Erwin suggests that creativity is what we are made for even if you dont label yourself as a creative or artist. Being creative = being human. Episode Sponsor: GO: The [...]

Is it possible to successfully integrate art and commerce without loosing your soul? In this episode of Converge, Dane Sanders�talks with�Tucker Nichols�about�how he went from studying the history of Chinese painting to becoming�an artist himself. Not satisfied with a single medium,�Tucker�explored everything from drawing and painting to large and small installations to video, fine art [...]

Have you ever considered invention a creative pursuit? Dr. Tim Brown is an accomplished athlete, medical professional and inventor. What began as a fascination with sports chiropractics and learning how to treat the source of injury versus the symptoms lead to the invention of Intelliskin. In this episode of Converge Dane and Dr. Brown explore [...]

Cliff Ravenscraft, a.k.a. the Podcast Answerman, knows what it takes to start�a successful podcast. He has directly influenced 30 – 40% of the top 100 podcasts in the Business category on iTunes. Pretty impressive. In this episode Dane and Cliff talk about why audio is the most visual of all art mediums, how podcasting has [...]

Though she initially wandered into design out of curiosity, Veronica Corzo-Duchardt became very intentional once she decided to move forward on the path to become an artist. Veronica is a designer, artist, avid podcast listener, curator and teacher. She has her hands in a lot of creative projects, yet she sees common thread lines in [...]

Ryan Delk of Gumroad joins Dane in this episode of Converge. Ryan shares his journey that eventually landed him the position as Head of Growth at Gumroad. He is intentional about working for people that strive to make the world a better place and Gumroad was the perfect fit. Gumroad is on a mission to [...]

Processes are part of being a business owner and creative. We could even make the case that its part of being human. Whether we are aware of them or not we have a method�for how we do things. Those systems�may not be efficient but they exist. Creative and developer Nathan Kontny has shaped his entrepreneurial [...]