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  • how to assess opportunity cost for handmade businesses
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    how to assess opportunity cost for handmade businesses

    ByEleanor Whitney February 28, 2014July 22, 2014

    Lately I’ve been thinking about the concept of “opportunity cost,” which is probably familiar to any of you readers who have taken a course in microeconomics. Simply put, “opportunity cost” is what benefits or profits you forgo to pursue a…

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  • ten questions every entrepreneur should ask themselves
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    ten questions every entrepreneur should ask themselves

    ByNicole Stevenson September 19, 2013July 11, 2014

    ten questions every entrepreneur should ask themselves Generally, when I have a problem I can figure out steps to move towards a solution. If I have a fight with a friend, I talk to them about it. If I can’t…

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  • Taking risks in business, life and creativity
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    Taking risks in business, life and creativity

    ByNicole Stevenson September 11, 2013January 13, 2015

    I fear snakes. I fear airplanes and being buried alive. And yes, even in my late thirties I have an intense fear of being kidnapped. My mother instilled these fears in me. Nowhere is safe. Not even your own home….

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  • five tips for using pinterest for your business
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    five tips for using pinterest for your business

    ByGuest Contributor September 10, 2013July 11, 2014

    five Tips for Using Pinterest for Your Business *editor’s note: dear handmade life is happy to welcome guest contributor andreea ayers. she’s an indie entrepreneurial powerhouse with a marketing degree and tons of first hand experience running her own business….

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  • how to stay true to yourself in your business
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    how to stay true to yourself in your business

    ByGuest Contributor September 3, 2013July 11, 2014

    the worst business mistake I’ve ever made…twice or how to stay true to yourself in your business by Jeanette champion-fanning of sweet perversion *editors note: for those of you that don’t know Jeanette and her business sweet perversion, you should….

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  • eight product packaging tips + all my ex’s
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    eight product packaging tips + all my ex’s

    ByNicole Stevenson August 23, 2013July 9, 2014

    8 things your product packaging should be: if all my ex’s were in room together and a stranger walked in and was asked, “what do all these people have in common?” chances are the stranger would run through a hundred…

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