Week 14: Investment-Ready — The Business Bible & Money Map

🎯 Week Goal

You've built a real business. Organize your Business Bible, verify every dollar has a destination with the Money Map, complete the 30-item setup checklist, and submit your final portfolio.

🚀 The Shift: Artist → Business Owner

Before this course, you were an artist with songs. Now you are a business with assets. Businesses invest in businesses — not people. You are now investible. Legal entity with EIN · verifiable copyright assets · complete revenue infrastructure · organized documentation · 6+ diversified income streams. Potential investors include major and independent labels/publishers (catalog acquisition or partnership), private royalty funds, and banks lending against catalog value.

📁 Your Business Bible — 8 Folders

Folder	Contents
01 · LEGAL	LLC Articles of Organization · EIN letter · DBA certificate · Operating Agreement · annual reports
02 · COPYRIGHTS	Copyright certificates · case numbers · lead sheets · lyric sheets
03 · REGISTRATIONS	PRO confirmations (writer + publisher) · HFA · MLC · MRI · LyricFind · Musixmatch · SoundExchange
04 · CATALOG	Song database spreadsheet · audio files · stems · sync sheets
05 · CONTRACTS	Distribution agreements · sync licenses · producer agreements · templates
06 · REVENUE	PRO statements · mechanical statements · distributor statements · annual income summary
07 · BANKING	Publishing account info · label account info · W-9 template · tax documents
08 · MARKETING	Catalog pitch deck · sync one-sheets · press kit · analytics reports

💵 Master Reference: The Money Map

Every dollar your music earns should flow into one of your two accounts. If it's not — you have a registration gap. Use this map to find it.

© PUBLISHING COMPANY collects:

PRO (ASCAP/BMI) — radio, streaming, TV, live venues — up to 60% of pub income
HFA / MLC / MRI — streaming, physical & cover-song mechanicals — up to 30%
Sync license fee (© side) — $500-$500,000+ per placement
Lyric display (LyricFind/Musixmatch) — ~5-7%
Print / sheet music · international

℗ RECORD LABEL collects:

Distributor — master mechanical royalties: Spotify/Apple streams, download sales
SoundExchange — master performance royalties: Pandora, SiriusXM, internet radio
Sync license fee (℗ side) — $500-$500,000+ per placement
YouTube Content ID · social platforms (TikTok, Facebook, Instagram)

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🖨️ Print My Week 14 Report (for Canvas upload)

Final reflection — before this course I was an artist with songs; now I am a business with assets. What does that shift mean for your career? (3-5 sentences)

🏆 When All 30 Items Are Complete

You own your songs. You have a legal entity. You are registered to collect every royalty you are owed. You are a music publisher and a record label. Publishing Company (LLC) — the recipe holder. Record Label (DBA) — the restaurant. Same owner. Different money. Total control.