On Monday, Naomi Dunford of IttyBiz announced that it was time to start Act Two of her business. According to Naomi, Act Two will be about “less selling and more giving.” In the first act of Naomi’s business (to continue using her metaphor) she made a lot of money. And now, she get’s to give …
Today is an election day here in the US, and election days always make me think of one of my personal mantras, “You can’t bitch if you don’t vote.” The idea behind it is that if you don’t vote, you don’t have a right to complain about what’s wrong with government. When I think about …
I spent the last few days playing hooky to hang out with Laura Crawford and Russ Roca of The Path Less Pedaled. A little over a year ago, they sold almost all of their belongings in order to tour the US (and eventually the world) by bicycle. In addition to running Path Less Pedaled, they …
Does it matter where you’re running your crafts business from? This is a question I’ve been asking myself a lot as I make the long commute to my twice a week teaching job, send packages to places no where near my home, and contemplate trying to convince someone to move to my area to work …
Quick poll: raise your hand if you’re doing (or have done) a craft show, farmers market, or other retail sale in 2010. Since you can’t see me, I’ll let you in on a little secret. I didn’t raise my hand. 2010 marks the first year since I’ve started running my business that I won’t be …
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