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

Tue Oct 5 00:36:36 UTC 2010

Apology certainly accepted. Things happen and that's why I suggested we go 
private if there was something. No problem here.

Greg

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From: "Laurie Porter" <freespirit1 at tds.net>
Sent: Monday, October 04, 2010 4:44 PM
To: "List for blind crafters and artists" <nfb-krafters-korner at nfbnet.org>
Subject: Re: [Nfb-krafters-korner] Starting a Business in Crafts

>    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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