Episode #143 – Julie Austin is founder of Speaker Sponsor and Author of the New Book “From the King’s Court to Kickstarter: Patronage in the Modern Era.”

They say that history repeats itself, and art patronage is no different.

From emperors, kings, and noblemen to small businesses, large corporations, and the public, art patrons have helped shape our culture and society as a whole.

The symbiotic relationship between artist and patron has fluctuated from the hired hand commissioned to entertain royalty, to the entrepreneurial artist making fortunes creating their own art and charting their own destinies.

Many times, patronage can mean the difference between being a starving artist and a wealthy one.

And today there is enough patronage to go around with over 20 million small businesses and 18,000 large corporations.

Julie Austin comes from an entertainment background as a TV and film actor and film distributor, but also has a business background as an inventor and innovator with a NASDAQ-winning product that's sold in 25 countries.

She's put together a TV pilot, plays, and speaker sponsorship.

Now she is teaching speakers to do the same.

Forget about competing for those paid speaking jobs.

With speaker sponsorship you get paid every time with no competition.