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Moke & Wine Tours

established 2022

Moke & Wine Tours is tourism & recreation company that provides thoughtfully curated wine tours in California's Temecula Valley. Moke & Wine puts a new spin on wine tasting through hand-selected, half & full day experience itineraries paired with a ride in a super stylish, 100% electric Moke car.

Moke & Wine Tours was the first small business to join The Hatchery, an angel investment and acceleration pilot program for entrepreneurs by Hatch Planning & Strategy.

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PLATFORM by RAW Artists™

established 2020

PLATFORM by RAW Artists™ is a licensing program centered around the proprietary technology, intellectual property, and trademarked brand of RAW Artists Inc. PLATFORM by RAW Artists™ was born out of the pandemic and has opened opportunities for creative entrepreneurs that are interested in owning and operating their own creative showcase events in their local communities.

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Hatch Planning & Strategy

established 2020

Hatch Planning & Strategy is a boutique Consultancy that assists entrepreneurs with creating and/or revising their business plans. Through one-on-one consultation packages with business owners, of both service-based and consumer product based companies Heidi helps new founders and seasoned business owners plan for profitable growth and sustainability.

In fall of 2022, Heidi launched The Hatchery an incubator that intersects seed investment, strategy, planning & consulting for new founders with a viable idea, or existing businesses looking to scale.

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RAW Artists Inc.

established 2009

RAW Artists Inc. is the world’s largest independent arts organization. With a mission is to provide tools, resources, exposure, and education for independent artists everywhere. RAW was upstarted with zero investment or corporate sponsors and grown into a multi-million dollar, Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Company (2019), with licenses in five countries around the world. At its peak, RAW’s team consisted of 65 employees. Heidi hired 200 people over eleven years and developed all systems, training materials, handbooks, and standard operating procedures.
Heidi procured venue contracts in over 100 cities across the globe as well as cultivated national partnerships and relationships with press, vendors, and industry professionals in the field. During her tenure, she also consulted and worked with thousands of creative entrepreneurs in various mediums. The organization pivoted to a tech company post-pandemic and is now the foundation for PLATFORM by RAW Artists™.

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FOUND Agency

established 2015

FOUND Agency is a subsidiary of RAW Artists Inc.  FOUND Agency works exclusively with artists within the RAW organization and corporate clients in need of creative projects like murals, beauty services, photography, or entertainment booking. FOUND plays matchmaker with artists and commercial clients and manages each creative project from start to finish.

FOUND emerged organically as the corporate world showed demand for artists. FOUND Agency has brokered and completed projects all over the united states with murals being the most popular service. FOUND Agency has has worked with hotels, commercial developers, retailers, restaurants, and even an NFL Team. Agency operations have been on-hold since the pandemic of 2020.

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Project Ethos

ESTABLISHED 2005

What started as a fashion, music, and art event for creative friends with a unique crowdfunded method, later grew to a larger establishment. Over the course of three years, Project Ethos grew to a bi-annual show with a 2,500 person, celebrity-attended, red carpet presence where the likes of Colbie Callait, OneRepublic, and Andy Grammar graced the stages before they were platinum sellers. The show was heavily fashion-focused and later showed brands like Nicole Miller, Hale Bob, and Frederick’s of Hollywood.

Project Ethos was turned over to a partner in 2008. The show continued to run until 2015.

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HALuerra LLC

ESTABLISHED 2008

HALuerra is an umbrella LLC that has hosted various creative projects over the years. More recently, it’s been refined as the entity behind the book, The Work of Art, speaking engagements, consulting, as well as investments.

creative
projects

RAWards

An annual indie arts awards show that awarded RAW artists with life-changing and career-building opportunities and prizes.

RAW Film Festival

A local immersive film festival featuring art, music and performance celebrating independent short filmmakers from Los Angeles and around globe.

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The Work of Art: A No-Nonsense Field Guide for Creative Entrepreneurs

Heidi’s first book is a self-published brass-tacks guide that has been described as a “creative bible” and “required reading” for creative entrepreneurs. The book is used in a few schools as creative business ciriculum and has been endorsed by the Arts Editor by LA Weekly and Fashion Designer, Rebecca Minkoff.

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philanthropic
projects

The National Arts Drive

A nationally recognized socially distanced fundraiser and community art experience.

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RAWketeers Kids Program

Creative workshops in partnership with the Boys and Girls club.

Skid Row Fashion, Food & Art Drive

A clothing and food drive + art and music therapy for the residents and surrounding homeless community at the Los Angeles Mission.

BOARDS PAST & PRESENT

Downtown Los Angeles Neighborhood Council - Arts & Education Seat

Entrepreneurship Curriculum, DaVinci Schools - Advisory Board Member

Women in Leadership Extension Program - University of Riverside, Advisory Board Member

Art Square Startup - Advisory Board Member

Women In Biz Networking Group - Founder

National Independent Venue Association (NIVA) - Member

Angel Squad, Hustle Fund - Squad 9 Member



SPEAKING

Temecula Junior High School

DaVinci School

Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising

Blush Con - Girlboss Panel

UC Womxn’s Leadership Conference - Entrepreneurship + Inclusion & Intersectionality Panels

LA Biz Mentorship Program

Business for Artists Conference - City of Santa Clarita

The Blox Startup Bootcamp - Season 8, Judges Panel