My favorite topics to write about are crafts, artistic and creative entrepreneurs, and quirky businesses. Here are some of my favorite articles I have written.
Slideshow: Creativity and Entrepreneurship Meet at Maker Faire
Do-it-yourselfers descend on the Bay Area
AllBusiness.com – May 27, 2011
Voodoo Doughnut: Get a Bacon Maple Bar…Or Get Married
With quirky creations like the Voodoo Doll and the Marshall Mathers, two longtime friends turned a downtown Portland, Ore., doughnut shop into an institution — that even performs weddings.
AOL Small Business – December 21, 2010
The Post-Etsy Crafts World: Can You Really Make Money Off Your Hobby?
In this weak economy, the handmade products revolution is a way for crafters to earn money when typical jobs are out of reach and a way for consumers to spend their money on authentic goods while supporting local economies rather than giant corporations.
AOL Small Business – February 17, 2010
When It Makes Sense to Create Competitors
When the owners of Eagle Rock Brewery in Los Angeles decided to start a craft brewery, they couldn’t have imagined what a long, strange, bureaucratic-hoop-filled journey it would be.
AOL Small Business – February 16, 2010
Food Truck Entrepreneurs Start a Revolution on Wheels
On a somewhat chilly Thursday evening, a group of young college students have driven 10 miles because of a tweet. Their destination: a bar in Costa Mesa.
AOL Small Business – February 11, 2010
Art Gets Entrepreneurial
Artists looking to make a name for themselves are forgoing the musuem/gallery route and selling their own products.
Entrepreneur.com – May 2008
Fascinated by Japan
If it’s big in Japan, it could also hit big in the United States–and these entrepreneurs are betting on it.
Entrepreneur.com – April 2008
Fantastic Spaces in Unusual Places
Find out how creative entrepreneurs turned unusual spaces into the perfect location for their business.
Entrepreneur.com – December 2007
Talking Tofurky
Find out how one man with a tempeh-feuled dream changed Thanksgiving forever.
Entrepreneur.com – November 2007
Bewitching Businesses
For these entrepreneurs, every day is like Halloween. Ghosts, spirits and other things that go bump in the night help bring in the chills and the business.
Entrepreneur.com – October 2007
An A-Mazing Moneymaker
Family-friendly ag-tourism attractions like corn mazes are helping keep small farms alive.
Entrepreneur.com – October 2007
A Marketplace with a Mission
Etsy.com founder Rob Kalin hasn’t just created an online marketplace for crafts; he’s built a site that creates entrepreneurs and strives for a sustainable future.
Entrepreneur.com – October 2007
D’oh! Business Blunders From the Simpsons
For the past 18 years, the fictional town of Springfield has been rife with entrepreneurs, from Ned Flanders to Krusty. Here’s what you can learn from their ‘f-diddly-failures’ and successes.
Entrepreneur.com – July 2007
Pirate Sales Catch Wind
Avast, ye mateys! These entrepreneurs have turned their pirate dreams into treasure.
Entrepreneur.com – May 2007
Starting a Crafts Business
Think all you need to know is how to knit or paint? Not quite. If you want to start a serious crafts business, you’ll have to focus on the business and the craft.
Entrepreneur Magazine – April 2002
