You Are the Business: How to Build a Career Behind the Scenes | Steve Caswell

Being talented isn't enough. After 20+ years building entertainment businesses, Steve Caswell says reliability beats talent – 60/40. Steve started as a presenter at Haven, worked across 11 holiday parks, then spent nine years at TAG Live as Operations Director, COO and Board Director, delivering entertainment for theme parks, cruise lines and resorts. Now he's founded Next Phase Entertainment, a consultancy helping venues, resorts and founders create entertainment that works. In this episode, Jamie Body and Steve talk about: • Why holiday parks are the toughest training ground for performers • Moving from performer to management, and finding your strengths beyond singing and dancing • What resorts and cruise lines get wrong when they commission a show • How to pitch: your deck is the shop window • Networking without the ick • Cash flow, commercial thinking and why some clients want the cost first • How to write an email that actually gets read • Plus quickfire questions: the strangest brief, the biggest budget and the best advice he's been given 🎧 The Business of Show Business, Season 7 – also on Apple Podcasts, Spotify and wherever you listen. Connect with Steve: nextphaseentertainment.co.uk Follow Jamie: @bodyjamie | jamiebody.com @the_business_of_show_business #TheBusinessOfShowBusiness #EntertainmentIndustry #ShowBusiness