[Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts

[NCBootman]

I never discourage anybody who wants to work. But, the fact is that one of 
the biggest factors in failure of a blind person's work experience is due to 
transportation. This is an area that you will need to have a rock solid plan 
of how you will deal with the issue of transportation. Employers Will ask 
and if you seek funding for a business, they will ask. So, spend a lot of 
time with this and have alternatives. Alternatives are necessary because 
what happens when you have a deadline for delivery or a show or just a 
scheduled day and the main transportation fails. Drivers have surgery, get 
mad, aren't in the mood, ...

Another important area is if you are in a selling business, you'd better 
love math or hire somebody to do it. There's the actual adding up of a sale, 
calculating sales tax, figuring item cost, paying bills, reporting income 
taxes, reporting to Social Security, and just doing the day to day 
accounting. If you have a yard sale or go to the flea market and have no 
backers of any kind, you've still got to deal with that crook who wants ten 
$5 items for $25. They'll work so fast you won't even know what happened if 
you aren't on your toes.

Again, this is not discouragement. This is work related facts and must be 
considered as a part of beginning work or any business. I'm happy to answer 
any questions and do anything I can to help.


Greg
Greg

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From: "Eleni Vamvakari" <magkisa83 at gmail.com>
Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 5:14 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts

> Thanks Annette and Joyce.  I haven't gone to any crafts shows, since I
> don't know where any are located in my area and have no one to take
> me.  That said, my boyfriend might be able to if it's during the
> weekend.  I'm terrible with mathematics so all of this would just give
> me a headache if I tried it on my own.  That said, I've saved your
> questions and will attempt to work on them, if only for myself.  Your
> strategy for estimating is very logical.  But I will still seek help
> in actually writing these things out.  I didn't know that you needed
> permits or a business license just to sell on Ebay and/or Craigslist
> or on your own site.  I doubt that I could use my income in the
> beginning to cover my monthly living expenses but they'll probably
> lower my SSI payments etc. if I go this route anyway.  I'll check into
> these resources if I don't hear back from my counselor etc.  I'm not
> really sure how much The Comission would be willing to help me, since
> they already paid for a part of my college education and for an
> independence centre experience.  Still, it's worth trying.  But I'm
> really interested in this online course.  It sounds doable and I don't
> need to worry about transportation at all.
>
> Thanks,
> Eleni
>
> On 10/2/10, Blindhands at aol.com <Blindhands at aol.com> wrote:
>> Greg is right.  My state agency for the blind actually  drove me  to a
>> couple of classes that the small business  was giving.
>>
>> Joyce  Kane
>> www.KraftersKorner.org  (http://www.krafterskorner.org/)
>> Blindhands at AOL.com
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