Today’s Biz Ladies post comes to us from Gabriella Ainslie, the owner and founder of Tendenza Consulting. She’s worked in buying and product development for ABC Home and Terrain. She currently lives in Austin, TX where she works with clients nationwide as a freelance buyer and strategy consultant to designers. Today Gabriella shares some advice on…
Today’s Biz Ladies Profile comes to us from Christine Schmidt of Yellow Owl Workshop. After a slew of random gigs and a final job firing, Christine decided to follow her artistic passions rather than apply for another set of endless jobs. Christine launched a print-to-order greeting card business in 2007 and today Yellow Owl Workshop…
Photo by Daniel Peter Today’s Biz Ladies Profile comes to us from the lovely Jess Lively. Jess is no newbie to the creative business realm, having started her first business in high school! While her business endeavors have transformed over the years, Jess has remained steadfast in her business goals and has learned a lot…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes to us from Jenna Herbut, founder of the online business program designed for creative entrepreneurs, Make It University. Jenna loves nothing more than to help people do what they love and earn what they deserve, and is also in the process of filming a documentary about the handmade community called, Make It Happen. Today she…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes to us from Michelle Nickolaisen, a business systems and organization expert. Michelle works alongside established creatives who tend to get stuck going from innovation to action and are overwhelmed with all the details of running their own business. Today Michelle gives us some insight into what systems works best for you…
Photos courtesy of ModCloth Today’s Biz Ladies Profile features the retailer-extraordinaire Susan Gregg Koger of ModCloth. As a lover of vintage fashion, Susan began to curate her own vintage collections to sell online through her own site. Using social media in a way other retailers hadn’t thought of yet, Susan was able to expand her…
Today’s Biz Ladies Profile features Sarah Ryhanen, a former Design*Sponge editor and owner of the flower and soap shop Saipua. Growing out of the family soap-making craft, Sarah eventually expanded her brand to include absolutely stunning floral arranging and, most recently, a flower farm called The Farm at Worlds End. Today Sarah shares a bit about her impromptu…
Photo by Alexandra Grablewski Today’s Biz Ladies profile features the amazing founder of Sweet Paul Magazine, Paul Lowe Einlyng. Paul’s path to the magazine industry started with a successful career as a craft and food stylist. After some encouragement from friends and colleagues, Paul decided to launch the quarterly lifestyle magazine with the goal of producing…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Olga Kazakova, director of corporate communications at Volusion. Olga is responsible for maintaining the Volusion brand across marketing communications. She works with the creative, development, event and social media departments to educate merchants about Volusion’s e-commerce products and services. Today Olga is sharing her insights on habits that help…
Photo by Margaux Wanger Today’s Biz Ladies Profile features photographer Max Wanger (check out our Sneak Peek of his home here). Max’s work first caught my eye after he collaborated with Bri Emery of DesignLoveFest on an ethereal fashion shoot. From there, I dove deep into the magical moments he’s captured throughout his career. Looking at…
Photos by Victoria Smith Today’s Biz Ladies Profile features Rena Tom of Makeshift Society. Formerly the co-owner of Rare Device, a retail store and art gallery based in San Francisco, Rena has gone on to consult other creative businesses in establishing themselves in the retail space, and she’s been a regular contributor to our Biz…
Photo by Bonnie Tsang Today’s Biz Ladies Profile features Joy Cho of Oh Joy! Joy began her popular blog, Oh Joy!, as a means of chronicling her design inspiration, never thinking that it would become one of the most popular online destinations for fashion, design and everyday pleasantries. Since 2005, Joy has been sharing beautiful bits…
Today’s Biz Ladies profile is of the talented designer behind Rifle Paper Co., Anna Bond. According to Anna, the launch and growth of her popular stationery and paper goods line was natural and organic and based on the principles of quality products and customer service. Today she shares her business process and gives us some insight…
Photo by Angela Kohler Today’s Biz Ladies Profile comes to us from Bri Emery of designlovefest and blogshop. (You can also check out her What’s in Your Toolbox feature.) Bri is a talented graphic designer turned full-time blogger and Photoshop educator. She now travels the globe teaching bloggers and creative business owners how to harness the power…
Today’s Biz Ladies Profile comes from the founders of LA-based shop/gallery and online shop, Poketo. Husband-and-wife team Ted Vadakan and Angie Myung firmly believe that you can “take art off the gallery walls and into people’s lives,” and they are doing just that with their vibrant and funky collection of products. Today they tell us a…
Photo by Sarah Deragon This week’s Biz Ladies Profile is of sfgirlbybay founder Victoria Smith. In 2008, Victoria decided to transform her blogging hobby into a full-time gig and jump head-first into the business-owning realm. Today she reveals the lessons she has learned and the advice she has received along the way. Thank you, Victoria, for sharing…
For the past two and a half years, I’ve been lucky to help run the Biz Ladies series here on Design*Sponge. I’ve had the opportunity to work with a variety of talented, brilliant and innovative biz ladies and fellas and have learned a tremendous amount about the creative business realm. As this series enters another year, I…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Regina Morrison, owner of a small handmade-accessories business, Acute Designs, and a freelance writer. Currently living in San Diego with her husband and two crazy dogs, Regina recently escaped her 9-to-5 job to actively pursue life as a handmade business owner. Today, she shares some tips for the shy biz…
Today’s Biz Ladies post comes from Biz Ladies regular Andrea Baxter, owner of Bratface Marketing and co-founder of Smart Cookies. (Check out more of Andrea’s Biz Ladies posts here!) Today she offers some valuable advice on finding your niche through networking, analysis and — sometimes — learning from failures. Thanks, Andrea, for this great advice! — Stephanie CLICK HERE for…
Spring is all about inspiration and renewal so for today’s Biz Ladies post we asked ten of our favorite artists, designers and small business owners to tell us how they got their start, what lessons they learned on the way and what they’d go back and tell themselves, if they had they chance. There is…
