Some background about the co-founders, Nate and Tami Csakany
Some background about the co-founders, Nate and Tami Csakany
To build a custom growth formula for your small business, you need a brain that can foresee and fabricate all the pieces. You will find that kind of mind in Nate Csakany. He has an uncanny way of spotting the opportunities and options available to your unique situation.
Nate is the founder and President of Incubator Creative Group and author of Seven Secrets To A Successful Independent Christian Music Ministry and The Non-Nashville Blueprint For Christian Music. He is the creator behind numerous online training courses and seminars, including The Music Ministry Adventure, Seven Surefire Ways To Lose Your Shirt In Christian Music (And What To Wear Instead), Free But Not Cheap, Five Stage Performance Faux Pas On The Church Platform (And What To Do Instead), and Five Good Reasons Making A Recording Is A Really Bad Idea.
Nate is the content architect and system administrator of Artist Management Modules (AMMs), which comprise more than 1,500 hours of training and coaching for Christian music enterprises. AMMs provide practical systems to guide artists to effectively define, develop, and deploy their creative businesses.
He holds the distinction of being the only person to be a continuous full-time professional in the field of emerging Christian artist development since 1979. He has founded and managed three companies including his own public relations agency, a non-profit educational organization, and Incubator Creative Group (the Christian music industry’s only established incubator organization). His personal philosophy of “doing small in a big way” and a contrarian approach to problem solving make him an insightful speaker, author, and business executive.
With the advent of the social network age, Tami Csakany has converted a natural knack for being social into a dynamo for business growth. She was using social networks for marketing purposes long before it became an Internet phenomenon. In addition, thirty years of consulting with struggling small enterprise owners has honed Tami's skills for listening, encouraging, directing and occassionally placing a much-needed kick to an entrepreneur's procrastinating back side.
One of many of Tami's roles is Executive Vice President of Incubator Creative Group, an innovative ministry incubator organization established in 1989, serving emerging artists and communicators in the US, Canada, Europe, Africa, Australia, and Asia. She has served as the primary artist manager and director for Incubator’s roster of clients since 1990. Prior to Incubator, Tami traveled full time across North America as a vocalist who self-booked 150+ engagements per year in her own small business enterprise.
In addition to her professional career, she has served in leadership in various community organizations, including the chamber of commerce, community non-profits, and political committees. She is the author of a practical book for overcoming mental obstacles to growth, entitled Fifteen Fixes For Your Funks. Her enthusiastic and gregarious style makes her an engaging speaker at industry events, conference keynotes, seminars, workshops, and retreats.
A natural savant in the world of social networks, Tami brings a one-of-a-kind approach to discovering innovative ways to turn technology into profits for small business.