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Building a Business: Lesson #2
You always spend more than you plan to. I have an excellent example of this. I need to get some packaging & shipping supplies for all the stuff in With Heart. I’ve shopped around and compared places and settled on a company out of the US. There is a Canadian company I may use later […]
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Busy Bee!
I have been so busy lately! I have 2 airbnb guests right now (my Aussie student is here and he is awesome! We’re hanging out so much I think we’re married now… lol) and I also took a quick vacay down to the Finger Lakes region in New York. That was kind of fun. Our […]
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More Good News!
So you all know that I was featured in the New York Times article about my involvement with the company Airbnb. Now I am happy to announce that I officially work for Airbnb! I just got the offer tonight and I’m totally excited. It’s not a lot of money and it’s a temp position to […]
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It’s Alive, Alive!!
It’s true! I finally got the site up and running, my friends! I’m going ahead with a soft launch to start, and the official grand opening is scheduled for October 1st. The soft launch will let me work out any kinks, learn what sells and basically practice everything. I don’t have a logo yet (but […]
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Apparently I was in the Herald Tribune, too
Look! They used a different photo! I kind of wish they had done it in colour… And also told me I would be in this paper as well! Does anyone happen to have a printed copy of this hanging around that you could send me? I’ll pay postage! Click for a larger image.
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Building a Business: Lesson #1
People are crazy. I recently made some new friends, one of which is a graphic designer. I need a logo, she’s a designer, maybe we can work something out. I asked her if we could get together and talk about things, to see if we’re the right fit for each other. She invited me over […]
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Roadblock!
Well I’ve come up against the first business-related roadblock that I can’t sort out myself. I had no trouble getting a bank account for my business, but when it came to a credit card…. no dice. I had to give RBC my whole life story (financially speaking) sending in networth statements, tax documents and the […]
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Invasion of the House Gnomes
Have you ever felt like there may be others living with you in your home? I have. But I don’t mean ghosts or spirits. I firmly believe I have a case of the house gnomes. I know when they’ve been active because things around the house always seem a little out of place, and mundane […]
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Anonymous No More
Well hello there! Some of you know me, but most of you don’t. My name is Lisa, and I’m a blogger. But not just any blogger… I’ve been writing this blog as Ginger Corsair since January 2008. Since I was just featured in an article on the front page of the business section in […]
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Successful shopping for the store
Well today went fairly well despite the continuing heatwave. I was lucky enough to stumble across a listing for the Big On Bloor festival on Friday night. Lucky because it was going on the following day, and was a great place for me to source some vendors for the shop! I headed out there this […]