Just like Deb (in the first comment) everyone talks about weddings. It’s true that wedding are cashcows. But how would I feel? I went out on Sunday to try and do a freestyle photoshoot of people downtown. I couldn’t ask anyone except the organizer for a art show at the covent garden market. We were talking with him about the show and selling art. I realized at that moment my desire to bring milk crates full of photographs I’ve taken – fully matted and wrapped ready for sale. I don’t know how much money I could make or if anything at all. but It’s something that I want to do and bring my art to people.

I decided that it’s totally okay that I’m moving slowly into portrait work. I plan to use the art booth as a gateway.

Great post and really confirms my thoughts from sunday.

http://www.e-myth.com/cs/user/print/post/revisiting-the-e-myth

Best,

Todd

I got too much into making the business run, I forgot the passion or the love I had for making and designing stuff. In fact, I forbade myself from “making pie.”

I will take this lesson to my next business, while not letting the Technician run it all, which is the opposite end of this “pie-making” spectrum.

Making pie and selling pie has to balance each other out, while not forgetting why we are making pie in the first place…

Me, I like helping people to learn how to make and sell those pies ;-)

~kat_taf

I’m in the process of setting up like my tenth or fifteenth “ittybiz” and have been reading your blog a lot. I’ve been self employed since… 1972 or so?? (Age of 11.) Have been consulting for the last 20 years & am getting a bit tired of it.

Anyway, I like making pies but I like getting other people to make their own pies even more. So I created a product to help people do that. Anyways, you’re blog has been a great source for some thought provoking material. Thanks for that!