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A non-profit economic development firm created by the City of Philadelphia has recently created an investment fund targeted toward attracting "creative economy" businesses - design, planning, video, architecture, digital media, etc. Does Columbus have anything like this? Given the City's ambitious goals, now would be a great time to push for it, don't you think?
http://www.bizjournals.com/philadelphia/stories/2007/10/29/daily33.html
Ryan Morgan
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this is brand new so we're still in beta and hammering out the details...
but i'm the newly-crowned director of a newly-founded division within our agency, which i created -- sort of an agency within an agency -- and our services and function will be geared towards designing insurance programs and providing support exclusively for:
cultural entrepreneurs + independent small businesses
collectives + non-profit cultural organizations
self-employed, creative individuals...
...who create products, services & experiences of social & cultural meaning.
for us, after 50 years, this marks a re-newed investment in the local cultural economy and thus the future of columbus.
and i couldn't be more psyched.
because make no mistake: there's a direction connection between a healthy cultural economy and prosperous economic growth. and cultural distinction is a competitive advantage to retaining and attracting creative talent and young professionals.
really, this is what i've been doing all along unofficially within the context of a mid-sized agency -- working with whom i've been working with -- but now it's official and i've got resources and i'm building it from the ground up, on my terms, with whom and how i wanna.
so this won't be your momma's insurance agency.
meeting with treefort yesterday to partner on this, adam mentioned how great it'd be if there were a one-stop shop for small businesses with professional services like insurance, an attorney, an accountant, a real estate agent, etc etc etc. that's my hope for the future. so we're looking to partner. until then, we're ready to press forward with a like-minded coalition of the willing.
LauraA
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is there anything like this in atlanta or on a national level? my sister and her husband have a design company, but can't get independent insurance because she has multiple sclerosis and no insurance company will cover them, not even for $1000 a month. any ideas or leads would be extremely helpful.
Ryan Morgan
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i'll check with one of our health specialists and see if they can offer some guidance. but knowing how broken the system is and how carriers think, i suspect that's going to be a tough one.
i'll get back tomorrow.
Ryan Morgan
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laura:
sent you a direct email on this from my work address, which almost always get's junked. the subject was: "CU; your sister; MS; insurance."
if you don't get it, let me know.
myliftkk
Columbus, OH
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putneyswope wrote this is brand new so we're still in beta and hammering out the details...but i'm the newly-crowned director of a newly-founded division within our agency, which i created -- sort of an agency within an agency -- and our services and function will be geared towards designing insurance programs and providing support exclusively for:
cultural entrepreneurs + independent small businesses
collectives + non-profit cultural organizations
self-employed, creative individuals...
...who create products, services & experiences of social & cultural meaning.
for us, after 50 years, this marks a re-newed investment in the local cultural economy and thus the future of columbus.
and i couldn't be more psyched.
because make no mistake: there's a direction connection between a healthy cultural economy and prosperous economic growth. and cultural distinction is a competitive advantage to retaining and attracting creative talent and young professionals.
really, this is what i've been doing all along unofficially within the context of a mid-sized agency -- working with whom i've been working with -- but now it's official and i've got resources and i'm building it from the ground up, on my terms, with whom and how i wanna.
so this won't be your momma's insurance agency.
I know we had a unusual time finding the appropriate people willing to underwrite Rivet. It's amazing how certain words send the industry running for cover when they don't understand their meaning in context.
putneyswope wrote meeting with treefort yesterday to partner on this, adam mentioned how great it'd be if there were a one-stop shop for small businesses with professional services like insurance, an attorney, an accountant, a real estate agent, etc etc etc. that's my hope for the future. so we're looking to partner. until then, we're ready to press forward with a like-minded coalition of the willing.
Back along, I actually did mental exploration on how what Adam suggests above could be achieved. It's not really that unachievable, but it requires some coordination and likely a strong digital presence. I was actually researching it more in reference to far-flung businesses/creative types operating in a particular niche market and how they could compete against larger corporate players in a environment where the playing field is skewed towards those who marshall the largest resources.
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