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Hey Reader,

What do you get when you put 40 extremely generous creative entrepreneurs in a room with unlimited coffee, curated dinners, and prompts for sharing best practices, personal blocks, and underrated opportunities?

You get The Lab IRL.

This in-person event by Creator Science takes its online community offline for an opportunity to collaborate, share, and connect in an industry which is more lonely than any of us care to admit.

We met in a boutique hotel in Boise to share best practices, what's worked, what's felt like a waste, what challenges and personal blocks we've faced and how to overcome them. There were podcasters, service entrepreneurs, screenwriters, artists, real estate investors––a slew of multidisciplinary people in a room together (my all time favorite thing).

It was proof with good facilitation, these kinds of events are truly transformative. Especially because everyone came with a mindset of generosity and erred on the side of vulnerability and trust.

(Which you can help create, by the way).

From left to right:

• The detail of these custom badges––way to make people feel special.
• The Boise Capitol building (because walking and taking pictures of buildings is everything).
• Art from Milani Creative Art which made my day. PJ, the artist, brought a bunch of different pieces and based on his conversations, curated a gift for each person––so smart.
• The awesome signage of the Boise Library which tells me if a city wants you to get excited about reading and education, they can do it. Brilliant design.

What have you attended lately that's transformed you? Any real life events worth noting? I'd love to hear about them!

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BEHIND THE BUSINESS

Integration is the next rung of the ladder

PJ Milani | Visual Teacher💡 @milanicreative The power of community. 10:22 PM • Jul 9, 2022 46 Retweets 342 Likes Read 6 replies

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It took me more than 8 years to bring on consistent help in the business, and next month will be 12 years I've run this thing! But one struggle I've had this entire time is removing myself as the bottleneck.

I've invested in multiple people who proved to be great support but for some reason, I was still the go-between–– which is not a very efficient way to do things.

So, I've brought on someone for admin and ops support to create a project management system, invited additional contractors to that system, and set expectations around how we work together.

It's not perfect by any means, but it's heck of a lot better when teams can manage themselves.

Double thanks to my friend Skip from Evergreen Development who made a lovely book suggestion to help me with this. If you've got a recommendation for reads or podcasts on this topic, I'm all ears.

That's it from me today!

PS: what's the most underrated skill in 2026?​

Big love and happy Sunday,

tanya moushi ("moo-shee") Sign up at moushi.co​

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