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

Mon Oct 4 21:44:29 UTC 2010

    apologies: that was not meant for the list or for you.
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 4:18 PM
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts


>    Actually I have had a craft business. I'm not sure where you are going 
> with the comment but if you'd like to discuss what I said, you are welcome 
> to contact me offlist since maybe everyone doesn't benefit from that 
> discussion.
>
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> From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
> Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 3:26 PM
> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts
>
>> Have you ever had a business in crafts? From what you said in this post 
>> I'll bet not.
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "NCBootman" <ncbootman at gmail.com>
>> To: "List for blind crafters and artists" 
>> <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
>> Sent: Saturday, October 02, 2010 7:09 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts
>>
>>
>>>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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