First thing I did was reach out to my partner in crime (who is presently MIA!) DameHaitianista and asked her to take a leap of faith with me on this business venture. She not only leaped, she did a cartwheel and back flip like an Olympic gymnast! Needless to say she too was at a low point in her career. I think it's in the air. Everywhere I go and everyone I meet lately are dissatisfied with their career.
Anyway, we did our research to determine what type of company to start-up? the name? how e-commerce business works? Let me tell ya'll there is so much information out there that it is mind-boggling. But it is also too much sometimes so we filtered the best we could the information. Let me give you some useful links, blogs I have found and read religiously.
April Bowles of www.Blacksburgbelle.com is a wonderful resource. She helps people find their creative niche and how to capitalize on it. She offers free classes and also some courses for a fee.
www.practicalecommerce.com. Great resource for people wanting to start an ecommerce.
www.profounder.com. Great resource on financing your project.
The other thing we did was look at all the websites of our favorite stores, Nine West for me! and pulled out all the best features we liked.
Then we drafted our first business plan...
Here are some pieces from our photoshoot. Hope you like them. Also check out our Etsy store for new items.
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