"Making good judgements, when one has complete data, facts, and knowledge, is not leadership, it's bookkeeping." - Dee Hock "Understand data to keep my books, to make great moves so I won't be overlooked." - RKease Company It's been a couple of months, since I have wrote a blog because I have been busy with school, songwriting, and moving in to my own place. Nonetheless, I feel that it's important to speak on the importance of my bookkeeping experience and the insights that

"Price is what you pay. Cost is what you spend. Value is what you get." - Alan Weiss Price is right in the economy, building self-sufficiency with autonomy." - RKease Company What's your economic value? How much are you worth? What is the willingness to pay for your products, services, and merchandise? Who are your fans that are willing to pay for your art? These are all pain points that artists deal with in their rise to building a musical enterprise through their ventures.

"Reflection is of the most underused yet powerful tools for success" - Richard Carlson "The Year of 2025 was such a great year, built on my career and had no fear" - RKease Company This year was one of the greatest years of my life, and it was a serious year in terms of business progression, persistence, and determination. I was able to learn so many things, which separated me as a music creator and these lessons helped me gain more wisdom for my legal and business acumen.

"Bootstrapping gives you the freedom and flexibility in a way that raising capital or outside financing doesn't." - Sevetri M. Wilson "Personally finance, build up my capital, have to be wise, have to be tactical." - Rkease Company I have been in business now and started my venture in July 2022, and it has been such a wonderful and tedious venture, nonetheless. I have seen the highs, lows, ups, and downs of being a student music founder and it's been such a wild ride. I would