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Designing an MBA

Business thinking for designers and makers.

  • business buzz 10-2-10

    A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links. FYI, American Craft Week began yesterday and runs through October 10th! 6 Web Design Principles to Get Visitors to Stay Longer – You’ve finally got people to visit your site, but do you make it easy for them to spend some time there?…

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  • people first

    I talk a lot about profit here on CMBA, and it’s because I think it’s a conversation we don’t have enough in the crafts community. But since I don’t want you to think I’m all Gordon Gekko, today I want to talk about another deeply held business belief of mine: That the pursuit of profit…

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  • how could your local community support you better?

    On Thursday, I’ll be presenting at Ignite Baltimore.  If you’ve never been to an Ignite, it’s a series of short presentations meant to inspire and engage the local community. My presentation is titled Craft as Economic Catalyst, and I’ll be talking about all the ways that craft can help revitalize an economy. But I also…

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  • business buzz 9-25-10

    A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: 9 creative women share secrets to succeeding with Social Media – this is the introduction post for a new series on the blog, Imaginative Bloom, which includes at least two fabulous women whose posts have been featured in this column in the past. …

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  • bicycles, business, and social media

    I spent the last few days playing hooky to hang out with Laura Crawford and Russ Roca of The Path Less Pedaled.  A little over a year ago, they sold almost all of their belongings in order to tour the US (and eventually the world) by bicycle.  In addition to running Path Less Pedaled, they…

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  • business buzz 9-18-10

    A weekly roundup of craft, design, and business related news and links: 8 Good Reasons for Using Guest Bloggers – refresh your blog, your readers, and your creativity by using guest bloggers 8 Useful Ideas To Help With Blog Content – some more ways to keep your blog fresh 4 Ways to Use Twitter to…

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