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SEA Conference Lecture: Dream Or Die – How Business and Imagination Feed Each Other

Benjie Hughes
Benjie Hughes is a musician and entrepreneur based in Aurora, IL. He is the owner and operator of Backthird Audio, a production and music industry services company, as well as a working guitarist and pianist.
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In this excerpt from a lecture delivered at the Self-Employed Artists Conference in 2008, Benjie Hughes, a musician and music business entrepreneur based in Aurora, Illinois, discusses the day he "jumped off the cliff" and launched his first serious entrepreneurial effort. He then shares some advice based on his experiences for other artists who are considering taking a similar leap.



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March 2008
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Advice | Entrepreneurship

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Backthird Audio | Coleman Foundation | S.E.A. (Self Employment in the Arts)

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