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Turn your fandom into cash : a geeky guide to turn your passion into a business (or at least a side hustle)  Cover Image Book Book

Turn your fandom into cash : a geeky guide to turn your passion into a business (or at least a side hustle) / Carol Pinchefsky ; foreword by Jennifer Frazier, cofounder of ThinkGeek.

Pinchefsky, Carol, (author.). Frazier, Jennifer, (author of foreword.).

Summary:

Carol Pinchefsky teaches fans how to power up their own geeky businesses, harness the power of their fandom, and shield themselves against the wrath of intellectual property holders. This book is filled with advice: what kind of education and financial outlay is required to start your particular geek business; what kind of work you can legally create, even without a license; and practical tips on getting your products and services noticed by fans. An ins-and-outs of making money involved in the worlds you love to immerse yourself in or one you want to create. Print run 10,000.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781632651976 (paperback)
  • Physical Description: xvi, 202 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm
  • Publisher: Newburyport, Massachustts : Career Press, 2022.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:
Includes bibliographical references (pages 214-241) and index.
Formatted Contents Note:
Chapter 1: you already have what it takes to start a business -- Chapter 2: your fandom is someone else's intellectual property: deal with it - legally -- Chapter 3: the business of geek business -- Chapter 4: selling your work and selling yourself -- Chapter 5: funding your business like a boss -- Chapter 6: the pros and cons of cons -- Chapter 7: get a geeky job -- Chapter 8: lessons learned -- Chapter 9: geek-centered work
Subject: New business enterprises.
Entrepreneurship.

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