03/19/2026
πWomen of the creative economy and doin the thang! π
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π Ladies! Did you know in 2019, the Creative Economy report uncovered a margin gap of MULTI-BILLIONS of dollars πΈ worth of products and services that were SOLD (and earnings respectively) within certain sectors and industries? Mainly between Software Publishers, Internet Publishing and Broadcasting and Web Search Portals, and independent artists.
π§ββοΈ Yet many populations especially WOMEN are underrepresented in the largest creative occupations:
πΈFemale workers 7 /10
πΈAmerican Indian or Alaska Native 9 /10
πΈAsian 5 / 10
πΈBlack or African American 9 /10
πΈHispanic or Latino 8 / 10
πΈNative Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander 10 / 10
πΈtwo or more races 9/10
π π° March 13, 2024 revealed in their Strategic Plan βThe creative sector accounts for nearly 20% of Washington stateβs economy, contributing nearly $120 billion annually to the state GDP. It shows that the creative sector employed 383,001 workers in 2021, which accounted for 9% of total employment.β 383,000 cultural workers divided by $120B averages a value of $313,000 PER CULTURAL WORKER! π΅ π΅π΅
βοΈMay 2025, the current presidential administration cut all of the federal arts funding and local arts empowerment organizations like , , and - this stops now.
πΌ Join us next week at Madespace 5-8 PM for our first public installation of the season of the portfolio development series to discuss and craft financial solutions for scale!
***Reference (2017 City of Seattle data):
π₯οΈ Software Publishers:
EARNINGS: ($3B) $3,046,345,042.
SALES: ($11B) $11,777,391,817.
π» Internet Publishing and Broadcasting Web Search Portals:
EARNINGS: ($2B) $2,074,256,924.
SALES: ($7B) $7,047,080,012.
π§π½βπ¨ Independent Artists:
EARNINGS: ($109M) $109,066,975.
SALES: (184M) $184,680,654.
