By Ursula Jorch Even disciplined people say they can’t do discipline well! What is it about self discipline that’s so scary? Entrepreneurs tend to be motivated at least partially by self-determination, our ability to decide how our time and energy will ...
By The Young Entrepreneur Council/Small Business Trends Business plans are dead — or are they? For many entrepreneurs, the business plan is an outmoded document that gets created mainly for the benefit of VCs and bank loan officers. Bootstrappers rarely think ...
By Daniel Grant For many artists, selling art is an improvisational affair, trying things out to see what works. How about taking a shot at showing at a commercial gallery, an arts fair, a sidewalk show, a pop-up gallery, an ...
By Libby Diament/Craftsposure Libby from Diament Jewelry has been selling her beautiful handmade and vintage jewelry since 2009 in New York. Today she wholesales her jewelry to over 60 retail stores and she has been kind enough to offer her ...
By Corey Ferreira/Shopify Ecommerce has revolutionized how artisans and makers sell their handmade items. It has become increasingly easier for creative DIY entrepreneurs to build and grow a handmade goods business, from scratch, online. Still, as creatives and ...
By Donna Maria Coles Johnson/Small Business Trends As small business owners, we cannot become so bogged down in the minutiae of business that we don’t see the forest for the trees. For handmade entrepreneurs, this is especially challenging because we ...
How to Price Handmade Items Course Set Accurate Retail Prices for your Products! Webinar + Calculator + Resources that will change your business for $25! 80 minutes of Q&A, Workbooks, and an exclusive new Pricing Calculator Presenters ...
By Charlie Cummings Hopefully you haven’t already learned this the hard way, but you can’t afford to do a shoddy job on packaging ceramics for shipping. Early on in his career, Charlie Cummings, artist and proprietor of Charlie Cummings Gallery (...
By CraftMaker Pro Are you wondering why you’re not getting enough customers? Maybe you’re not researching your target market. It’s absolutely no secret that the success of a handmade business rests on having customers. If you want to ...
By Christine Schinagl Recently, I’ve seen more and more Cutting for Business readers making the switch from selling on social media and marketplaces to selling on their own websites! If you take a look at my recommended path for craft sellers, ...
