Pancake Town Podcast

Pancake Town Podcast

By Emily Wentz + Michelle Starbuck AmosSociety & CultureBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Pancake Town Podcast episodes

  • Episode 31 - We're Destined for Great Things
    Emily and Michelle answer a question from the Facebook Group about how to manage your workflow when you have different projects, like wholesale, retail, and custom work.  They both share their own techniques, but revel in the idea that there is no perfect answer... in the end, you just need to figure out what works best for you.
    1 hr 23 min
  • Episode 31 - We’re Destined for Great Things
    Emily and Michelle answer a question from the Facebook Group about how to manage your workflow when you have different projects, like wholesale, retail, and custom work.  They both share their own techniques, but revel in the idea that there is no perfect answer... in the end, you just need to figure out what works best for you.  
    1 hr 23 min
  • Episode 30 - Two Old Ladies Googling Things

    This week's episode starts out with some serious talk about all the TV shows we've been watching...  and then we get down to business: 

    Emily and Michelle talk about the super-quick rise and fall of the new app, Vero, and the idea of not putting your money where your mouth isn't.  They also learn about Instagram shadow banning, hashtag clouds, and how to do more fancy things on their phones.  

    1 hr 12 min
  • Episode 29 - You Are the Tastemaker

    In this week’s episode, Emily and Michelle try to find a balance between understanding consumer behavior and not giving a shit.  This leads to further discussion about finding your point of view, battling comparitis, and a branding-related homework assignment.

    1 hr 36 min
  • Episode 28 - Be Less Sorry
    Michelle: What have we talked about?... Guns and children...  
    Emily: Comment trolls...  
    Michelle: What’s this podcast about?  
    Emily: We talked about wholesale.  We talked about Michelle not doing laundry.  We talked about the crazy lady on your porch that staples flags to it.  
    Michelle: These are all relevant.  
    Emily: We talked about whipped cream.  
    Michelle: Yep. That was today we talked about that?
    1 hr 45 min
  • Episode 27 - I'm Not Judgmental, I'm Opinionated
    In this week's episode, Michelle and Emily take multi-tasking to a whole new level by recording *during* their PopUp Shop event at Redbud Jewelry in Old Town.  Special guest, Janeane Bowlware - jewelry designer & Redbud owner - gives the pair a tour of her new shop/studio and shares her worst trade show experience...  They chat about new craft shows, the importance of accountability, and ideas for businesses that they have absolutely no time for.
    1 hr 36 min
  • Episode 27 - I’m Not Judgmental, I’m Opinionated
    In this week's episode, Michelle and Emily take multi-tasking to a whole new level by recording *during* their PopUp Shop event at Redbud Jewelry in Old Town.  Special guest, Janeane Bowlware - jewelry designer & Redbud owner - gives the pair a tour of her new shop/studio and shares her worst trade show experience...  They chat about new craft shows, the importance of accountability, and ideas for businesses that they have absolutely no time for.
    1 hr 36 min
  • Episode 26 - No Such Thing as a Card Emergency

    Emily and Michelle sit down to chat with Amber Favorite of A. Favorite Design in her amazing north side Chicago studio space.  Amber describes a day-in-the-life of a graphic designer & letterpress printer, and shares her favorite and least favorite parts of being a business owner.  Michelle, Emily & Amber also discuss Etsy tips & tricks, surviving trade shows and how they should invent a new phone app to help curb their tendency to "compare and despair"...

    1 hr 8 min
  • Episode 25 - In Front of Other Humans
    LIVE from our first-ever Pancake Town Podcast meet up!  Emily and Michelle record an episode at A. Favorite Design's Ravenswood studio and answer questions submitted by the audience.  They describe their dream studio spaces, revisit their struggles with self care and hate on Amazon Handmade.
    1 hr 3 min
  • Episode 24 - Put Your Sh*t Out Into The World

    Emily and Michelle are in planning mode for 2018 which starts a discussion about designing for collections.  They chat about some of the benefits of launching products as a collection - like marketing and creating a cohesive theme.  It takes them some time, but they also figure out that collections are a good way to keep you focused and make you stick to deadlines!

    1 hr 44 min

About Pancake Town Podcast

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Two Chicago-based small business owners - Michelle (Michelle Starbuck Designs) & Emily (OrangeBeautiful) - meet each week for breakfast to discuss the perks and problems with running your own…