Katherine Pomerantz, Director of Photography

This 5-step, action-based framework focuses on the implementation of your custom-built financial system. More than 50% of small business owners in the U.S. said they were just 3 months away from closing down if there was a crisis. All BKA services are customized and start with a discovery call. Let’s get on a FREE 30 minute call and review where you’re at with your business to see if I can help. We will work together to identify your goals, put together a plan of action, and create the business you desire.

• Maybe you’re a solopreneur now, but you have a dream about taking your creativity a step further and becoming entrepreneur.
• Everyone’s Money Map will be different and that’s actually the purpose of the Chaos Money Framework.
• I want to help a mere 1% more Americans (the only country I’m licensed to work!) kick their money woes and retire comfortably.
• Doing this work around money is life-changing, trust me.

You can follow this Money Map to reach your goals. Money is an emotional topic for many people. We not only need to master an outer monetary system, but also master our inner thoughts and emotions about at. When I started, I really, truly thought that I was going to acquire all this tax knowledge, teach it to my clients, and “BOOM! ” the problem would be solved and we’d all have successful, profitable companies to brag about.

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Copying other people’s business only encourages comparison and imposter syndrome. It’s better to slow down, focus on the work at hand, and develop your own system with the resources available to you. But if I had focused more on the clients in front of me – if I had treated them as the only important thing in the world – I would have achieved better results overall. I would have figured out some things faster.

She also shares a photographic memory that changed her life and talks about four photo books that inspire her work. Having graduated from college four months prior to the tragic events of 9/11, I’ve been thinking a lot about the class of 2020 and how this global moment will forever shape their lives. For this week’s Generation Pandemic cover of TIME, we wanted to tell that story through the lens of one of their own.

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Money Storytelling takes impersonal, financial concepts and translates them to easy, fun, and repeatable steps you can take action on immediately. As a former actress, I know how much creative thinkers struggle with money. We’ve “cast” money in the wrong role in our stories. Money is seen as either the villain or the treasure, but this kind of thinking is faulty because it puts money at the end of the story. My mission is to guide and inspire you on your journey, so you can grow your business and more powerfully impact others.

The most important one is that good financial habits are a necessary part of a fulfilling creative life. I could not be self-employed without the habits that help me save money, invest, and survive the hard times. This kind of freedom was absolutely essential to my artistic fulfillment, and I want to help others discover this path too. I loved Katherine’s bubbly personality from the start. When I needed someone to look at the numbers of a start-up I was building, she’s the one I turned too. I felt so supported knowing that she was on the team.

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I designed financial systems for both women, and they’re both still doing great. What’s more, my connection with clients goes way beyond accounting. I know that every creative entrepreneur dreams of the impact their work could have. I’m not concerned about things like tax strategies until I understand the mission of your business, your vision for its future, and your values. That’s where the Chaos Money Framework starts, and I believe all successful strategy grows out of those three things. So, creative business owners are being served a double whammy here.

There are so many imaginative, and passionate people who are artistically exceptional thanks to their talent, upbringing, and training. Maybe you’re a solopreneur now, but you have a dream about taking your creativity a step further and becoming entrepreneur. Or maybe you already have your own business, and the financial side is messy because you didn’t go to business school. I’ll let you in on a secret – many business owners look successful on the outside, but behind the scenes have trouble with cash.

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The Chaos Money Studio is a one-on-one offering to help you become a business leader. I teach you the Chaos Money Framework, we get to be messy and creative together, and we together we build a financial system that’s customized for your business. That’s where my firm, The Bookkeeping Artist, can help. BKA acts as accounting department for your small businesses.

Listen to a few of the people I’ve helped go from money-stressed to financially empowered. I was in an industry that glorified working hard to “earn” your place. But I wondered if financial struggle was really a prerequisite to success. We will work together as a team to identify your goals, put together a plan of action, and create the business you desire. Hiring Katherine is an easy choice if you want to take complete charge of your business both creatively and financially.”

Guest editor: Katherine Harris Pomerantz

I’d love to meet and learn from more investors like her. Since I missed my chance with her, though, I’d also settle for more time to study the old-fashioned way. Clients need to understand how their money works and accountants need to relieve the burden of bookkeeping so clients can get fast, accurate financial data. Big goals create too much pressure, but tiny tasks are easy.

encumbrance accounting really hard to live life – and even harder to run a business – if money only comes at the very end. If you’ve ever told yourself “I’m doing this for the experience” or “I haven’t earned yet,” then you’re making money your treasure. Every Wednesday, creative happenings in your inbox. My own Money Map tells me why and when I need help.

These calls are free and gives you the opportunity to experience how the Chaos Money Framework can help before you sign up. There’s no one right way to achieve success, and I love working with creatives, ‘cos we’ll continue to surprise you. I wish I could tell high school me that it’s important to earn money, but it’s even more important to have a strategy to put that money to work. Identify and execute each tiny step, over and over, until you’re getting to work naturally and you don’t have to think about it anymore. Also pick out the smallest, tiniest, so-simple-it’s-easy next step. I’ve achieved some incredible things since I started.

I was slowly realizing that I knew nothing about money. I felt if I could figure that out, then life would get better. That’s what I call the unique mix of financial reports you use to lead your business. Everyone’s Money Map will be different and that’s actually the purpose of the Chaos Money Framework. The Framework helps you break down big goals into actionable milestones. Then we turn those milestones into – wait for it – a map!

I’d love to see a similar mentorship program for emerging photo editors, one that goes beyond a typical internship experience and pulls from a larger pool of candidates. Book a 90-minute Intensive with our team where we create a custom PR strategy for you. You’ll walk away with a clear, simple plan to help you get unstuck, and live a life with more opportunities and less limitations. Financial stability isn’t a destination but a journey, so Money Storytelling allows you to refine the system as your business grows.