And why this conversation matters for makers! Last week, I recorded a video after getting pretty riled up by a New York Times piece that referred to clothing manufacturing as “low-skilled jobs.” Your can watch the video below: While in the moment I was focused on debunking the myth of low-skilled labor (not to mention …
And how to actually go about doing it. As you expand your collection, there might be a point in time where you start to feel like you have too much work! And when that happens, it might be time to retire a collection. (Or at least a few pieces.) While there is no magic number …
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Why giving yourself permission to create new work is actually a savvy business strategy. I was having a chat with a fellow maker the other day and she asked me to share some tips on time management. After pressing her a little further, I discovered that the root of her issue wasn’t really time management …
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Many of you probably harbor dreams of growing your business. I say dreams because, for many, your business seems stuck at a certain level. In order to grow your business beyond it’s current level, you have to first identify what is holding your business back from growth. I think a lot of crafts businesses tend …
It’s Labor Day today in the US, and I came across this really interesting article by Steve McCallion over at Fast Company. In the article, he talks about how Labor Day has lost it’s meaning – moving from a holiday glorifying the value of the American worker to one where we celebrate through leisure and …