Money & Pricing
From Hobby to Weekend Business: Pricing, Bookkeeping and When to Register
How to price handmade work, keep simple books and know when it is time to make your weekend business official.
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Ana Ruiz
Ana ran a two-person design studio for nine years. She asks the questions every small business owner is thinking.
Growing Slowly
Main Street Storefronts Fill Up as Six New Shops Open This Fall
A bookstore, a bakery and four other local businesses take over empty spaces downtown.
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Makers
Portland Furniture Maker Graham Pell on Slow Joinery, Local Wood and Chairs That Outlive Us
From a small Central Eastside shop, Pell builds about 60 pieces a year. He explains why he refuses to go…
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Growing Slowly
Two Sisters Turn a Garage Startup Into 40 Local Jobs
Their maple granola is now in 300 stores across New England.
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Makers
Meet the Potter Making Bowls for America’s Best Kitchens
From a converted barn in Kentucky, one maker throws 3,000 pieces a year — every one a little different.
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Growing Slowly
Family-Run Hardware Store Celebrates 75 Years in the Old North End
Three generations, one cash register and a cat named Bolt.
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Makers
The Farmers Market Is Moving Indoors for Winter — and Staying Open Weekly
Forty vendors will set up in the old train depot every Saturday from November to April.
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Main Street Shops Team Up for Late-Night Holiday Shopping
Forty small stores will stay open until 9 p.m. every Thursday through December.
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Learning the Pottery Wheel at 50
One reader’s year of wobbly bowls — and why making things by hand is the best hobby we know.
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