Hosted by Kevin Chung · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 173 episodes
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Feel stuck in the endless juggle of running a creative business? I'm Kevin Chung, your creative business host, and this podcast is your guide to thriving without losing your spark. This podcast is for you if you find yourself asking questions like:- Are you juggling creative work and the demands of running a business?- Do you feel overwhelmed by launching a product or course?- Struggling to find a marketing strategy that feels authentic to you?- Looking for ways to grow without burning out?- Wondering how to balance business success with your creative passion?Each episode dives into practical strategies, inspiring stories, and actionable tips from fellow creative business owners—whether you’re prepping for a big launch, scaling your business, or simply trying to sell with integrity. Learn how to stand out, grow with intention, and build a business that feels as good as it looks.(Formerly known as Cracking Creativity Podcast)
Kevin Chung hosts Standout Creatives: Business, marketing, and creativity tips for solopreneurs launching their ideas, a business show with 173 episodes published.
What if the book you never planned to write became the business you were always meant to build? Cathy Derksen didn’t grow up wanting to be an author. She wasn’t a writer. She’s dyslexic. Books weren’t even on her radar,
What if the secret to creative success isn’t your portfolio... but your people? Melquea Smith is a children’s book illustrator and artist who creates clip art of black and brown kids. Her journey from side-hustling artis
What if your biggest breakdown became your creative breakthrough? Maya Sarin didn’t plan to become a poet. Her journey began in beauty marketing. And she wrote consistently but never quite found her voice. Then illness f
What if the book you were meant to write has been sitting inside you for years and all you just needed someone to help you bring it out? That’s the question underneath everything Anita Henderson does. She calls herself t
What if the thing that makes you feel like an outsider is actually your greatest business asset? Danielle Anderson figured that out after 15 years as a paralegal. She didn’t have an English degree. She’d never worked at
What if the genre you dismissed as too dark was actually the most honest thing you could read? Lee Murray has spent twenty years writing horror from the edge of the world. She’s won five Bram Stoker Awards, a New Zealand
How does a daughter’s simple wish become a full creative enterprise? Osayi Lasisi didn’t set out to launch a product line. She set out to find a brown plush doll for her daughter. When that search came up empty, her daug
What if understanding money was the thing that finally set your creative work free? That’s the quiet truth running through my conversation with Hannah Cole . She’s a tax educator, an artist with over 20 years of experien
What if the stories you grew up with weren’t just entertainment… but training? Dr. Bailey Lang didn’t become a book coach and editor by accident. Her path moves from hyperlexic child… to marketing professional… to PhD… t
What if the book you want to write isn’t waiting for the “perfect time” but for a version of you who’s willing to start messy? Jennifer Locke helps people turn ideas into books. Not someday books. Real books that get wri
What if the thing you thought was pulling you away from writing was actually preparing you for it? Andy Hodges didn’t set out to follow a single creative lane. His path winds through anthropology, academia, fiction editi
What if the thing you’ve been taught to ignore is actually the thing guiding you? In this episode, I talked with Julia Carmen , a curandera, spiritual healer, and founder of the School Without Walls . Julia has spent her
What if writing the story you’re afraid to tell is the exactly what your readers have been waiting for? Leigh Carron , author of Fat Girl and other body positive romance novels , didn’t set out to follow trends, chase al
What if the thing you’ve been trying hide is actually the reason people remember you? Rachel Lee is a brand stylist and designer who built her business by doing the opposite of what she thought “serious” creatives were s
What if the story you’ve been holding onto is the one someone else has been waiting to hear? Marc Cordon and I had a great conversation about the upcoming Book Summit . It will be a creative space built for writers, not-
What if the thing that makes you feel “different” in business is actually the thing that makes you magnetic? In this special conversation, I sit down with Aicila from the Business as Unusual , where we talked about what
What if growing your business didn’t require grinding harder, but actually slowing down , tending to your nervous system, and building something that feels human and sustainable? Heidi Weiland is a holistic business coac
What if finding your creative voice wasn’t about adding more to your plate, but about slowing down, listening inward, and allowing yourself to realign with what feels true? Britta Buchanan is the founder of Aligned and U
What if the secret to impactful design isn’t talent or aesthetics, but responsibility to your community, the planet, and the people you’re building for? As the co-founder of Reny, a certified B Corp agency, Ben Rennie ha
What if standing out means showing up fully and not shouting the loudest? Felicia Iyamu ’s creative journey has taken her from architecture and economics to Google, burnout, and back into the arms of poetry. Along the wa
Anita Henderson
author of 'The Minimalist Entrepreneur', The Author's Midwife · The Right Image Consulting
1 appearance on this show
Danielle Anderson
nonfiction book coach and editor · Step & Stone
1 appearance on this show
Lee Murray
Let Loose
1 appearance on this show
Hannah Cole
artist, accountant, and tax educator · Sunlight Tax
1 appearance on this show
Jennifer Locke
Author Coach & Ghostwriter
1 appearance on this show
Heidi Weiland
Service with Soul
1 appearance on this show
Ben Rennie
designer, author and creativity activist · Reny
1 appearance on this show
Heather Vickery
Transformation Coach and Community Builder · Vickery and Co
1 appearance on this show
Heather Black
speaker strategist, event expert · Supermums
2 appearances on this show
Bob Baker
podcast barman · Missouri Alliance for Animal Legislation
3 appearances on this show
Brian Perry
singer-songwriter, clarity coach, copywriter · Direct Supply
1 appearance on this show
Melissa Dinwiddie
Juilliard-trained dancer, jazz singer, improviser, author of The Creative Sandbox Way, creativity consultant
3 appearances on this show
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