My former boss for 20 years lost her job a few years ago and in a case of making lemonade from lemons, she started a cottage business called Sweet Beginnings.
She bakes cakes, pies, cookies and other sweet and savory things and sells them online and at Farmer's Markets. She has become quite successful and has several people on her payroll now days. I totally recommend a quick view of her website and while you are there, you can order things, too. :-)
She decided to use all this new knowledge that she has, regarding starting and running a cottage business, into her former career. She went to KLCS, a PBS station in Downtown LA, and sold them an idea she had. Tell the stories of cottage and small businesses in Los Angeles.
She approached 2 businesses and profiled them and then talked to Jan Perry, General Manager in the Economic & Workforce Development Department for the City of Los Angeles.
She tried to strike a balance between profiling people and getting information out to the public, about how they too can start a business.
Considering her budget was probably almost nothing, she did a great job. Nice to see her as the host, too.
The show will be repeating in Los Angeles on Saturday, December 05 at 06:30 pm PT and Saturday, December 12 at 09:00 pm PT. If you are outside the Los Angeles metro area or just want to see it now, click the link and view it on Vimeo HERE.
Good luck with this, Tené.
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