# 100 Episodes In: What Teaching Creatives About Money Has Actually Taught Me Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-minds-smart-money-finance-business-tips-for-creatives-7759654/100-episodes-in-what-teaching-creatives-about-money-has-actually-taught-me Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-minds-smart-money-finance-business-tips-for-creatives-7759654/100-episodes-in-what-teaching-creatives-about-money-has-actually-taught-me.md Podcast: [Creative Minds, Smart Money: Finance & Business Tips for Creatives](https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-minds-smart-money-finance-business-tips-for-creatives-7759654) Published: 2026-06-03T10:00:00+00:00 Episode link: https://www.firestormfinance.com/ Audio file: https://episodes.captivate.fm/episode/c00ae449-c146-4be9-9828-0200d35a2299.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-minds-smart-money-finance-business-tips-for-creatives-7759654/episodes/100-episodes-in-what-teaching-creatives-about-money-has-actually-taught-me Duration seconds: 950 ## Resource 100 episodes ago I sat down to record because creatives weren't getting honest financial education anywhere. Today's episode looks back at what's happened since, plus what the next 100 are going to focus on. Whether you've been here since episode 1 or this is the first time you've pressed play, this one's for you. In this episode Why I started Creative Minds, Smart Money in the first place, and the gap in financial education for creatives that pushed me to do it. The pacing lesson I learned the hard way: how I'd balance solo vs. guest episodes if I were starting again today. The two episodes my listeners keep coming back to (quarterly estimated taxes and "do I actually need a bookkeeper?") and what that tells me about what creatives are really searching for. The Bench shutdown moment that reframed how creative business owners think about who's actually behind their books. Who this podcast is for at every stage of business, from brand-new creative to the year-three "I still don't fully get my numbers" stage. What I do on the weeks where hitting record feels hard. Where the show is going next: more fractional CFO conversations, why monthly meetings with your bookkeeper matter, and what your monthly financials should be doing for you beyond a PDF. Mentioned in this episode The quarterly estimated taxes episode → https://player.captivate.fm/episode/f6cd0615-c0fd-4318-b159-54379e36dbcd/ The Bench shutdown episode → https://player.captivate.fm/episode/658899ef-5408-4d81-a75d-494f16bd150e/ The "do I need a bookkeeper" episode → https://player.captivate.fm/episode/ed03f8dc-d955-4fcc-8918-376a1702fb93/ A favor before you go If this podcast has helped you, the single best thing you can do is send it to one other creative who's overwhelmed by their finances. That's how the show g… ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/creative-minds-smart-money-finance-business-tips-for-creatives-7759654/episodes/100-episodes-in-what-teaching-creatives-about-money-has-actually-taught-me/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/creative-minds-smart-money-finance-business-tips-for-creatives-7759654/100-episodes-in-what-teaching-creatives-about-money-has-actually-taught-me.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.