You've Already Started, But You're Doing It Alone
You've built something real — maybe a shop, maybe a following, maybe a body of work you're proud of. But you've been figuring it out all by yourself.
I have an opinion about that. Let's talk!
Book Your Free CallThe women who thrive with me aren't the ones who had it all figured out first. They're the ones who decided to stop doing it in isolation.
You're not short on ideas. You're short on someone to think it through with.
So you read the blog posts and take the courses and save the things you mean to get to. You make progress, then you stall. You circle back. Some weeks it's moving; some weeks it isn't, and you're hard on yourself about the weeks it isn't.
Here's what I need you to know: that's not a character flaw. That's what building something real looks like when you're doing it by yourself.
What You Actually Want
You don't need a bigger hustle. You need a guide, a roadmap, and a small room of women who get it — so the work stops feeling like guesswork.
Something meaningful, built on your own terms, without burning down the rest of your life to do it.
Introducing
The Creative Business Studio
a small-group coaching program — a year of building your creative business with me as your guide, alongside a handful of women doing the same.
Here's what that looks like:
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Working Sessions
We go deep on one part of your business at a time: your strategy, your ideal customer, your email list, your offers, your launches, and how you actually deliver the work.
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Office Hours
Live coaching where you bring what you're stuck on and we work through it together.
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Guest Experts
Women running real creative businesses, showing you how it really works behind the scenes..
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Private Community
With access to me by email on weekdays. You're not left alone with your questions for a month at a time.
Guest Speakers
Some of the amazing guest speakers from prior years! New guests are invited each year to ensure you're getting the best and most current information to move your creative business forward.
Megan Flatt
Author and creator of the Do Less Better method that helps you reclaim your time and ditch the overwhelm.
cody burch
Serial entrepreneur, author of One Hour Funnel and the founder of the Laid Back Business Blueprint.
amy small
Founder of Knit Collage and creative entrepreneur running a 7 figure business while fully embracing her role as a wife and mother of three.
ellen johnson
Author and founder of Serendipity Needleworks, a multi-six figure creative business covering all things needlepoint.
Here's what nobody tells you
Another year of doing it alone costs more than you think
✔ Progress stalls. You second guess yourself or get stuck doing too much thinking and not enough doing.
✔ You lose belief. When it's slow and solitary, 'maybe I'm not cut out for this' starts to feel true.
✔ It's harder to make decisions. Which offer, which price, what to build next — the questions pile up when there's no one to think them through with, so you keep circling instead of choosing..
✔ It's lonely. The people around you are proud of you, but they don't quite get it — and doing something creative and hard in isolation slowly wears down the part of you that started.
You are cut out for this. You've just been doing it the hard way.
Don't just take my word for it.
Hear directly from the women who have transformed their creative passions into successful businesses through the Creative Business Studio program. Their stories are a testament to the powerful impact this unique mastermind can have on your entrepreneurial journey.
Lizzie Clark
“The Creative Business Mastermind was exactly what I needed to move forward. The program’s structure, covering essential topics like list building and launching, was invaluable—even as a product-based business. The intimate group size provided a supportive environment that I hadn’t found in larger programs. Starting with 'The Big Leap' set the perfect tone for my journey, and I appreciated the encouragement to be gentle with myself along the way. This group has been a transformative experience, and I'm grateful to have been in it."
Rocio Castellanos
"The Creative Business Mastermind has been incredibly valuable to me, especially with the guest experts that Anne invites to the sessions. Having access to successful creative entrepreneurs adds tremendous value to the group. I also appreciate the private community—it keeps me informed about everything, even when I’m not actively participating. The sharing sessions where everyone discusses their progress are fantastic, as they help me connect with others and know exactly who to reach out to for support."
Virginia Wygal
“Having someone like Anne, who's been there and paved the path, has given me the confidence to build my creative business. Her guidance provides a solid foundation, allowing me to focus on my creativity while knowing I'm on the right track. Anne sets the rails that keep my ideas grounded, making sure my business stays on course while I play and create within those boundaries.”
Read more from Studio graduates...
These women are walking the same path you're about to embark on.
Monique Johnson
“The Creative Business Studio has given me a place to talk through my business challenges and gain clarity. Knowing I have a supportive community to turn to is invaluable. As a creative, I don’t always focus on the business side, but this has given me the accountability and knowledge I needed to move forward strategically."
Pat Brubaker
"Listening and learning from other people's struggles and what they're doing is great. One of my purposes is to help keep me on track, and even though I had personal challenges this year, I showed up for the group because it was important to me to be there for others and to stay connected."
Lorraine Selman
"Being in this coaching program has been about more than just taking action. It's given me a space to bounce ideas off others and feel less overwhelmed by the many directions I could go in my creative business."
Hi, I'm Anne.
I spent 30 years in strategy and business development before I built my own creative business — so I know both sides. I know the strategy that actually moves a business forward. And I know exactly what it feels like to start over and bet on your own creativity, because I did it in my late 50s after my corporate job was eliminated out from under me.
That's the seat I sit in with you. Not a guru with a formula. Someone who's done the reinvention herself and can walk it with you — the wins and the failures both.
When I let you into this room,
I don't forget you
I keep this group small on purpose — and part of the reason is that I actually follow the lives of the women who join it. For years. Not just while they're enrolled.
Maria found me back in 2019. She's a watercolor artist — and she lives in Sweden, half a world from my studio in California. We worked closely together, and even after her season in the program came to a close, we never really stopped. We still check in all the time.
A few years later, I was on my annual trip to Paris, and I thought: I have to go meet her. So I flew up to Copenhagen, she took the train across, and we spent three days together — two women who'd never once been in the same room, laughing like we'd known each other our whole lives. Because, in every way that counts, we had.
That's what this is really about. It's a small room. I pay attention. And the people who come through it don't become strangers to me when it's over.
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The Next Studio Starts in January 2027
I take a small group each year — kept small on purpose, because the access is the point. I'm having conversations with women during the first two weeks of December to decide, together, who's the right fit to start in January.
If that might be you, the next step isn't an application. It's a conversation.
Book Your Free CallCurious whether this is right for you?
Let's just talk. No application, no pitch — a short, relaxed call where you tell me where you are and what you're working toward, and I'll tell you honestly whether the Studio is the right next step for you. If it's not, I'll say so, and I'll point you toward what is.
That's genuinely how I do this. The conversation comes first. Always.
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