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In reply to the discussion: Think Twice Before Quitting Your Job to Sell Homemade Jam [View all]snappyturtle
(14,656 posts)60. One has to work to find success in this business. One tip: never do a show with
commercially produced goods. Ask. Do juried shows.
Actually, starting a business in crafts 40 years ago was much harder then. SOoooo much info on the net. Back then finding shows to begin with was not easily done. Supplies? Can't get them where you live? Internet Exposure without expensive avertising? Internet. Selling more cheaply than at shows? Internet. Really, I wish I had had the internet 40 years ago. I'd be better off today.
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Oh, you're so kind. This lifestyle has been good to me. I've badly needed income a couple
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#59
One has to work to find success in this business. One tip: never do a show with
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#60
I'm tired of discussing this but I made my success. If skilled artisans don't bother
snappyturtle
Dec 2012
#69
Why not push corporations towards more loyalty and respect for those they employ?
MADem
Dec 2012
#46
"Common"?? My grandparents (I'm 63) never "ran" any kind of "service/farm/industry."
WinkyDink
Dec 2012
#29
my uncle ran a little sawmill on his days off from working in a sawmill. plus the farm chores,
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#65
Back in the "good old days" people were lucky if they had Sunday off, and they worked an 80 hour
MADem
Dec 2012
#38
I always ask myself, when I get that Handyman Urge, "How much is your time worth?"
MADem
Dec 2012
#45
I believe that. I've read that most new businesses fail - businesses of any size. nt
Honeycombe8
Dec 2012
#22
If you have a good job, no I would not quit it especially if you are nearing 50
AnnieK401
Dec 2012
#34
As an accountant, I have seen at least 100 small business people strike out on their
WCGreen
Dec 2012
#54
WA. State recently passed a law allowing people to produce edible products from their home.
EmeraldCityGrl
Dec 2012
#55
kr. and i'll add to that: a lot of the stories hyped in the msm about this kind of thing are the
HiPointDem
Dec 2012
#63