Tag Archives: For Product Designers

Things That Keep Us Up At Night (Part 3): The Battle Between Business and Creative Tasks + Small Business Finances

Lela Barker

Each year, I invite my clients to participate in the Lucky Break client survey. I ask you all sorts of things: about your business, small business finances, where you turn for advice, how confident you feel in various aspects of your business, and what’s keeping you awake at night.   Several hundred people rose to…

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The 2018 Holiday Gift Guide: Artisan Gifts from Makers + Product Designers

Lela Barker

We were coming off the heels of a big election cycle in America as I sat down to design our 2018 Holiday Gift Guide. After a year that saw an tremendous divide come to light in this country, many months of side-eye as increasingly acrimonious political ads blared across our screens, and wave after wave…

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Why Shopping Small is so Important

Lela Barker

Shop small is more than merely a catch phrase. When you choose to spend your holiday dollars with a small business, you empower people, families, and communities in ways that Amazon or Target can’t touch. Here’s how… SIX REASONS TO SHOP SMALL THIS HOLIDAY You create more local job opportunities. Seventy-seven million Americans are employed…

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Things That Keep Us Up At Night (Part 2): Connecting with Ideal Customers + Small Business Overwhelm

Lela Barker

Each year, I invite my clients to participate in the Lucky Break client survey. I ask you all sorts of things: about your business, about where you turn for advice, about how confident you feel in various aspects of your business, and about what’s keeping you awake at night.     Several hundred people rose to…

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The Lucky Break Calendar – November 2018

Angie Chua

This is it, friends: November 2018. We’re down to the last two months of the year and many of us are ramping up for the full holiday swing of the retail market! If you’re a wholesaler, then you’ve likely been swimming in holiday goods for the last few months. Your friends may have been giving…

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