A couple weeks ago, I was looking to interview a reader who sells on the handmade online marketplace, Etsy.com. I was surprised to get over 30 inquiries, and so I made up a short questionnaire to help better understand what it’s like to sell goods on the site. 16 shopowners responded, with folks selling everything [...]
I’ve recently been interested in the website Etsy.com, which is an online marketplace for buyers and sellers of handmade items (and craft supplies and vintage items). I know someone who makes some pretty cute baby clothes with hand-stitched animals on them. For sellers, the fee schedule appears to be pretty simple. You pay a listing [...]
Even in these tough times, there are still plenty of motivated and passionate people taking risks and starting new businesses. One of these folks is Lester Hutt, who is the founder of BevShots.com, which takes microscopic photos of your favorite drinks and turns them into beautiful art. The piece shown above is English oatmeal stout. [...]
Today, I wanted to share an interview involving a unique website business thought up, constructed by, and maintained primarily by just one person. Maury is a long-time MMB reader and e-mailed me recently about his new venture – PennyPortrait.com. There, you can purchase a kit that allows you to create a portrait of Abraham Lincoln [...]
It’s not every day that you get to interview someone who: started out as an Emergency Medicine doctor in her native country of Russia, went on to be a body double for Cindy Crawford, is a former public relations executive, has been reading my blog for nearly a year , … and now spends her [...]
A few months ago, Dan of SuperiorTitanium.com approached me about advertising rates for his website selling titanium money clips. Although money clips are somewhat financially related, I thought it would be an even better fit to do an interview with him in exchange for some publicity. (No money changed hands at all.) I’m always interested [...]
Although many of us have thought about starting a small business, significantly less actually take the plunge. So when I read on Dennis’ Young Money Blog back in July that he had opened up his own custom Greek Apparel store, I was intrigued and have been following his adventures on and off since. Fast forward [...]
I’m tired of reviewing stuffy bank products. How about some cool urban furniture instead? I was sent both a Fiery Red Omni and Otto Chair courtesy of Andrew of SumoLounge for review, and here it is! At first glance, it just seems like a bean bag chair. But has your beanbag chair been featured at [...]
Wow. I didn’t expect such a negative response for Americ… er Ameriprise Financial. So far, not one comment on my post about trying the free consultation from them, even from people who interviewed for a position as a financial advisor there, was positive. Talk about a bad sign! So, I decided to look further. What [...]
