Best Business ...

Handmade bobby pin. Vintage polka dot dress.

Good news for you etsy shop owners! According to Inc. magazine now's the time to either be a seller of handmade or vintage goods online. This particular category of sellers is amongst a list of the best businesses to start right now. Online sales of independent merchants, such as yourselves, have grown at an annual 6.6% in the past five years. Keep on keepin' on people!

Other online selling outlets mentioned were eBay, RubyLane, and Supermarket. The latter two of which I had never heard of before. But Supermarket looks pretty cool.

100% Recommend ...

Have you heard of the 99% Conference? It's a conference aimed at helping creatives (you, you and you) gather their ideas and actually make them happen. They just had their conference last week but they do have an interesting session coming up on May 11, if you're lucky enough to be in NYC. The session will be led by the author of the book Making Ideas Happen, Scott Belsky. Scott will be touching on the three crucial components of creative execution ... organization, communal forces, and leadership capability. Ugh, I wish this was more local. Sounds so interesting doesn't it? And the best part? It's free!

The 99% website itself is an excellent tool for all you small, creative business owners. If you click on the "articles" tab there's an endless list of interesting topics. Including this q & a with the Gilt Groupe founders.

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