{"id":2208570,"date":"2025-12-22T14:12:11","date_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:12:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2208570"},"modified":"2025-12-22T14:12:11","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T14:12:11","slug":"business-of-entertainment-803fresh-talks-strategy-streams-and-success","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/business-of-entertainment-803fresh-talks-strategy-streams-and-success\/","title":{"rendered":"Business of Entertainment: 803Fresh Talks Strategy, Streams, and Success"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-component=\"repeater:blocks\">\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    Douglas \u201c803Fresh\u201d Furtick recently sat down with Rick Wade of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the conversation quickly moved beyond music to lessons in entrepreneurship, ownership, and building a sustainable business for long-term success.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    803Fresh shared how he is not just creating music but building a business model. \u201cYou have to think about it\u2014you need PR, management, A&amp;Rs, engineers,\u201d he explained. \u201cEverybody plays an intricate part. It\u2019s a business.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    From forming an executive team to managing intellectual property, 803Fresh is intentional about ownership and leveraging today\u2019s digital world. \u201cStreaming and social media let us reach corners of the world we can\u2019t touch,\u201d he said, underscoring the power of platforms like YouTube and Spotify for global reach.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<h2 data-component=\"block:heading\" class=\"f-heading-2 \"><strong>WATCH The Full Interview<\/strong><\/h2>\n<figure data-component=\"block:video\" class=\"\">\n<div class=\"aspect-16x9\">\n<p><!-- TODO: let's get rid of this wrapper if possible--><\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Business of Entertainment: 803Fresh Talks Strategy, Streams, and Success\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UHszAwEtwHs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<h2 data-component=\"block:heading\" class=\"f-heading-2 \"><strong>Diversifying Revenue Streams<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    Growing up in Wagener, South Carolina, 803Fresh always had an entrepreneurial spirit, and he has expanded beyond music to merchandise, sponsorships, and even ventures outside entertainment\u2014barbershops, nonprofits, and landscaping businesses.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    His vision for the future includes creating music engineering programs in his hometown to give young people access to industry opportunities. He shared a powerful message during a recent seminar at Benedict College:\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    \u201cNobody\u2019s going to invest in you if they don\u2019t see that you have the drive to invest in yourself.\u201d He urged aspiring artists to learn about the business side and surround themselves with a strong team.\u00a0\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<h2 data-component=\"block:heading\" class=\"f-heading-2 \"><strong>More Than an Artist<\/strong>\u00a0<br \/>\n<\/h2>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    803Fresh believes artists are more than entertainers. \u201cI find myself going down the lines of philanthropy\u2014teaching, sowing seeds, paying it forward,\u201d he shared. His goal: to use his success as a platform for community impact and mentorship.\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<p data-component=\"block:paragraph\" class=\"f-body-1\">\n    \u201cI had enough time to be lax,\u201d he said. \u201cNow it\u2019s time to build that foundation\u2014for my family and my community.\u201d\u00a0\n<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.uschamber.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Douglas \u201c803Fresh\u201d Furtick recently sat down with Rick Wade of the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the conversation quickly moved beyond music to lessons in entrepreneurship, ownership, and building a sustainable business for long-term success.\u00a0 803Fresh shared how he is not just creating music but building a business model. \u201cYou have to think about it\u2014you [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2208571,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25172],"tags":[380678,380681,380680,380677,380679],"class_list":["post-2208570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entertainment","tag-articletype-genericarticle","tag-cms-editorial","tag-program-strategic-alliances-and-outreach","tag-sitegroup-mainchamber","tag-topic-workforce"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/Business-of-Entertainment-803Fresh-Talks-Strategy-Streams-and-Success.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2208570"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208570\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2208572,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2208570\/revisions\/2208572"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2208571"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2208570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2208570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2208570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}