If you’re astute — and I’m sure ALL readers of Indiepreneur.org are quite astute, you’ve likely noticed that there has been a stretch of time since the last post … and a bit of time in between it and the second to last post.
The other girls and I have focused like laser beams on our respective businesses — hence the few and far posts. I can’t speak for them, but I can tell you that A Lovely Thing e-tail shop was slammed hard by the bust economy. As I struggled to hang on, I didn’t feel much like sharing the pain of failure with the rest of the world. I kind of wanted to process it on my own.
Yes, it hurt. It hurt my self-esteem and it severely hurt my finances, but I learned so much in the process. The mistakes made are something I can definitely share with you in hopes that you can avoid them should you decide to go forward with a venture into ecommerce. It will be a great exercise for me, too, to journal my thoughts and decisions and frustrations. Not only did I learn hard lessons of business, I learned a lot about myself during the past 2 years, some of the revelations quite shocking to me.
I’m not at all sorry that I gave it a whirl. I’ve always considered life a journey. I will simply keep calm and carry on … in a different direction. It seems like the entire economy of the US, indeed the WORLD, is realigning. When I heard that Rachel Ashwell, a talented visionary with 20 years of experience, has also been hit hard by the poor economy, I realized that my minuscule little shop was a small drop in the closure bucket. These are forces beyond our control … or are they?
One thing I know for certain, I see Indiepreneurship as the wave of the future. Indie is hot. Green is hot. Making things yourself is hot. Shopping local is hot. Quality over quantity is hot.
And supporting one another any way we can is definitely hot.
It’s with that spirit that I hope Indiepreneur goes forward. I’d like to once again invite all Indiepreneurs – young, old, successful or struggling, experienced or just starting out – to join in the conversation.
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