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Ep: 035 - Liz Powers - ArtLifting - Creating Opportunities Through Art

Ep: 035 - Liz Powers - ArtLifting - Creating Opportunities Through Art

Released Wednesday, 1st March 2017
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Ep: 035 - Liz Powers - ArtLifting - Creating Opportunities Through Art

Ep: 035 - Liz Powers - ArtLifting - Creating Opportunities Through Art

Ep: 035 - Liz Powers - ArtLifting - Creating Opportunities Through Art

Ep: 035 - Liz Powers - ArtLifting - Creating Opportunities Through Art

Wednesday, 1st March 2017
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Liz Powers is co-founder and “Chief Happiness Spreader” at ArtLifting. Liz co-founded ArtLifting with her brother after creating art groups in homeless shelters only to see amazing pieces of art end up in basements and closets of shelters. ArtLifting empowers artists dealing with homelessness and disabilities through the sale of their artwork.

 

In this episode, Liz talks about:

 

The differences between handouts and opportunities

 

Why she didn’t want ArtLifting to be a non-profit

 

How she was able to bootstrap in the first few years

 

The biggest lessons she’s learned running her own business

 

Links from today’s episode:

 

ArtLifting

 

Harvard Innovation Lab

 

MassChallenge

 

TiE ScaleUp

 

Spoiler Alert

 

Scandal

 

The Good Wife

 

Google Calendar

 

The Wright Brothers

 

The Lean Startup

 

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Get in touch with feedback, ideas, or to say hi: nic {AT} startupbostonpodcast [DOT] com

 

Music by: Broke For Free

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