Become a Craft Business Owner

Turn your crafting hobby and passion into a full-fledged business by embarking on this learning path. Discover the exciting world of entrepreneurship, learn the fundamentals of running a small craft business, and get ready to set up shop!

• Master entrepreneurship fundamentals and create a business plan.
• Establish your small business as a legal entity.
• Learn the fundamentals of payment processing and bookkeeping.

• Course 1: Guy Kawasaki on Entrepreneurship
• Explore Kawasaki's thoughts on entrepreneurship-centered topics including focusing your pitch and prototypes, predicting new markets, and capitalizing on social media.
• Course 2: Entrepreneurship Foundations
• Learn the foundations of entrepreneurship and assess your potential to become a business owner.
• Course 3: Creating a Business Plan
• Looking to build a business or expand one you're already running? You need to write a business plan. Learn how to define your business, market, product, sales strategy, and more.
• Course 4: Setting Up Your Small Business as a Legal Entity
• Helps entrepreneurs understand if they should incorporate, and navigate choosing and setting up a corporate entity.
• Course 5: Sales Secrets for Small Business
• Get a simple three-step sales system (explore-present-act) that you can incorporate into your own small business to boost sales.
• Course 6: Learning Craft Photography
• Discover how to stage, light, and photograph your handmade items in a way that maximizes their appeal to viewers and customers.
• Course 7: Advanced Craft Photography
• Covers advanced techniques for staging, lighting, and photographing your handmade crafts, as well as for sharing the images you create.
• Course 8: Customer Service Foundations
• Make your customers feel valued. Learn practical techniques for delivering outstanding customer service and increasing customer loyalty.