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Crafting Your Path: A Business Start Up Guide for Creatives | May 2026

  • May 22, 2026 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM
  • Center for Craft

    Asheville, North Carolina 28801
Ticket Price $125.00 Register Now
Description

Discover how your personal working style shapes your approach to business. In this in-person, interactive workshop, we’ll explore your mission, vision, and values—then apply them to real-world business structures using the Business Model Canvas. Together, we’ll dive into pricing strategies, marketing approaches, and sustainable models tailored to your goals. Expect engaging group discussions, practical takeaways, and a supportive space to refine your current business—or bring a new idea to life. Come ready to dig in and collaborate!

The class will include a one-hour lunch break. Please bring your lunch, or plan to grab a quick bite at a nearby restaurant.

Admission price includes access to four self-paced online courses, so that you can continue working on your business skills after the workshop: 

  • Pricing Your Work

  • Photographing Your Work

  • Optimizing Your Web Presence

  • Grant Writing for Artists

Instructor Bio: Liz Kantner is passionate about working with independent jewelry artists to help them to define their voices and thrive in the modern marketplace. After making her mark as Marketing Manager for Todd Reed, Liz left to found her own company, Stay Gold, and also curated brands for JA New York’s New Designer Gallery. Liz now works exclusively for Stay Gold, where she dedicates herself to a select roster of fine jewelry clients, nurturing them to success through digital marketing, trade show strategy, sales-driving techniques, and branding. 

Date & Time

Fri, May 22, 2026 10:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Venue Details

Center for Craft

Asheville, North Carolina 28801 Center for Craft
Mountain BizWorks
Mountain BizWorks is Western North Carolina's resource for small business success. We help entrepreneurs start, grow, and thrive through an innovative blend of lending and learning. When small businesses succeed, we all prosper.

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