Center for Creative Entrepreneurship

Empowering creatives at all levels with the skills, knowledge, and relationships necessary for business success.

Welcome, we are glad you are here!

As creatives ourselves, we acknowledge the need for building supportive communities where we can thrive.

This site contains access to workshops and events, weekly job highlights, our weekly podcast, and our CCE membership opportunity!

CCE Music Cohort 2024 has started.

Congratulations to our participats!

The CCE Music Cohort is a hybrid 3 month program that cultivates next steps for independent artists to advance their professional practice. The program is currently supporting 6 artists based in the Chicago and Chicagoland area.

Happy New Year from our desks to yours!


2023 was about building supportive communities, creating cool events where we can talk about the industry and come up with real solutions. It was a year of amazing growth in which we brought programming throughout Chicago neighborhoods, announced our e-learning platform and our first music cohort.

Thank you to our partners and sponsors: Walder Foundation, Dell Technologies, Shure, Comcast Business, World Business Chicago, DCASE, Hughes Foundation,The Coleman Foundation and Arts Alliance Illinois.

The Recap Video of the Music Bloom Summit 2023

The video captured perfectly the spirit of that day, when we all came together to learn about Chicago’s music industry, discuss problems, solutions, support our music tech founders, learn how to navigate better this business with so many flaws, but worth all of our efforts!

Video by
Castlelight Productions

Upcoming events

Browse our events to learn new skills, get a different perspective, and join the community of creatives!

Weekly Jobs and Opportunities

Global Industry Spotlight

Podcast

Global Industry Spotlight is a conversational series focused on providing resources and insight for the creative entrepreneur.

RUIDOSA is a Latin American + POC collective of artists based in Chicago, working together to promote & curate multifaceted events embracing music, art, & education for the community. Our guests: Yeshi Regalado - Founder of Ruidosa Art Collective, Head of Live Music & Events; Stephanie "Soli" Herrera - Founder of Amoxtli Book Club / Founder & Creative Art Director for Ruidosa Art Collective; Francisco Garcia - Founder of Ruidosa Art Collective, Head of Live Music & Events.

Making Money With Music

Learn how to generate 300+ music income sources including live shows, royalties, sales, streaming, licensing, merch, fans, and more

Connect With Our Mentors

Get a one-on-one consultation with one of our mentors, when you become a member.

Bonus Articles

Making Money With Music Knowledge Base (Over 200 Articles!)

CCE Music Membership

Join the membership and access:

  • The “Making Money With Music” course, containing 11 music business topics, 67 classes and 200+ articles.

  • One on One Mentorship from our Industry Experts.

  • Free admission to Events

  • Product Discounts

Available Course

Making Money with Music

We are proud to partner with Randy Chertkow and Jason Feehan to bring to our community one of their award-winning course, “Making Money with Music”!

Topics covered in the course:

  • Music Licensing

  • Music Royalties

  • Marketing and Promotion

  • Music Copyright

  • Products and Merchandise

  • Music Distribution

  • Release Strategy

    and more!

Chertkow and Feehan are the ideal mentors for aspiring indie musicians who want to navigate an ever-changing music industry.
— Billboard Magazine

Our Sponsors:

CCE is a pilot project, fiscally sponsored by Arts Alliance Illinois and funded by the Walder Foundation. 2112 Chicago serves as programmatic lead, with ancillary support from partner organizations in each focus industry (Music, Film/Video, Dance, Theater, Fashion, Visual Arts/Design, Media, Sports, Culinary).

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