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Margo Tantau

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CEO / Creative Director

Margo Tantau is a seasoned creative director who blends her passion for art, design, and the people who create it, with an understanding of specialty retailing, manufacturing, and the challenges of being an independent artist. She has a passion for helping other artists and creatives grow their careers by focusing on what they do best. She’s had her own magical retail, wholesale, and manufacturing businesses, and has also held creative leadership roles at companies like Hallmark, among several others.
Margo now shares her wisdom with artists via her Artist's Licensing Agency, her Creative Membership The Foundry, and her popular Windowsill Chats podcast. Margo has been described as “Fairy Good-Mother to Artists Everywhere”…and she loves to live into that personality. It is this passion that guides her creative spirit.

How to Start a Creative Business Imperfectly and Evolve Without Burnout | Margo Tantau
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Nov. 20, 2025

How to Start a Creative Business Imperfectly and Evolve Without Burnout | Margo Tantau

Tired of waiting for the perfect moment to start your creative business? Struggling with burnout from trying to follow cookie-cutter business advice that doesn't fit your life? In this episode, I talk with Margo Tantau : creative director, licensing agent, and host of Windowsill Chats Podcast , about building a sustainable creative business by following your gut instead of formulas. Margo shares her non-linear path from corporate to running her own licensing agency, and why starting imperfectly ...
Guest: Margo Tantau