Artist Fires Mother as Manager After Two Weeks

Avanti Nagral is an artist and entrepreneur who asked her mother to manage her work.

She needed help organizing emails, performances, payments and travel.

At first, working with her mother seemed like a good idea.

But her mother often said no to jobs that seemed dangerous or uncertain.

She was acting like a protective parent instead of a career manager.

After two weeks, Nagral ended the work arrangement.

Nagral said this did not mean her mother cared too little, but that she cared too much to make business decisions.

She later found professional managers and agencies, but said many new artists do not have that kind of support.