Meet 5 women entrepreneurs who are infusing change in the creative industry
From a writing club to a platform for individuals from different mediums to come together, women entrepreneurs are leaving no stone unturned to explore their creative side.
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New beginnings are never easy. It takes guts, determination, sacrifice and more to travel that extra mile.
Although unpredictable, the creative industry has attracted these women entrepreneurs, who have quit cushy, well-paying corporate jobs, and dived into it for passion’s sake.
These risk-takers did not just start something new, but also invested their savings, time and energy into it. And in return, they get paid to do what they love!
This dentist-turned-film producer is building a networking platform for creative professionals
Based in Bengaluru, Shilpa Ramesh Ramani aims to build a super app to connect and foster collaboration among professionals in the field of creativity and arts.
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Shilpa Ramesh Ramani, who has produced regional films like
Dev Son of Muddegowda (2012) and
Fair & Lovely (2014), knows this very well.
A dentist by profession, Shilpa left behind her career and took a few years’ sabbatical, and started exploring her creative instincts in the film industry in 2011.
As she went on producing songs, commercials, and short films, Shilpa was concerned by the fact that many foley artists working behind the scenes with art directors get little to no recognition. “As the credits roll, the names of many people who are involved on the set are nowhere to be found,” she says.
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Muziekpublique hoped to be able to organise live concerts with an audience again in April, but unfortunately the circumstances do not allow this. In order to support the music sector nevertheless and bring music to the audience, we came up with the following idea: the solo challenge. Until the end of April, we give artists the stage for 30-minute solo performances that you can watch via a live stream.
Bao Sissoko is acknowledged throughout Europe as a talented kora-player. He’s born in Senegal of mandinka origin, has been playing music since childhood. Surrounded by a family of griots, where his father also plays kora and his mother sings, he spontaneously follows in their footsteps. At the age of seven, his father, also a well-known kora player, taught him how to play the kora. He studied at the Music Conservatory in Dakar, which he completed successfully. He has toured widely in West Africa and played with great musicians such as Baaba Maal and Toumani