Your Handmade Business

Amanda Siska tells the tale about how her business, Bread and Badger, was upended in 2016 and she undertook a massive re-evaluation that dramatically shifted her products, goals, and expectations.

Have you ever considered outsourcing your production to a local factory? Sara and Dana from Spooltown have oodles of advice and insight to share about manufacturing handmade goods in this YHBTV episode recap.

What happens when publicity comes a-calling and catches you off guard? In this YHBTV replay, Sharon and Isaac share tips and advice on how to handle surprise press with style.

In this replay of a recent YHBTV episode, Sharon identifies several ways your ideal customer may not perfectly align with your ideal *wholesale* customer.

This is a replay of a recent YHBTV episode where Sharon and Isaac dive into five tips for creating awesome linesheets. They cover function over form, the path of least resistance, avoiding perfectionism, consistency, and sticking to the facts.

This is a replay of a recent YHBTV episode on working with a printer. Between Isaac's own background as a design project manager and Sharon’s experience in marketing and PR, they have tons to share for those less familiar with the industry.

As the first official episode of 2018, Isaac welcomes everyone back with a re-introduction to Academy of Handmade and addresses our tendency to follow trends—sometimes to our detriment.

It’s time for a bonusode! In this special edition of Your Handmade Business, Isaac replays the Just My Type webinar we hosted last Fall in preparation for the relaunch of our signature program, Jumpstart Your Handmade Business.

Isaac shines some light on the risks of letting self-criticism degrade your ability to make progress, and dives into the season 1 archive for tidbits of advice and lessons learned from previous podcast guests.

Isaac examines a few different ways you can stay nimble with your review process and not let it suck you dry, and artist and jewelry designer Jen Crowe shares a number of her own experiences over the years looking deeply at her own business and adapting along the way.