The Boss of You

A great arti­cle over at the Etsy blog today about a hus­band and wife crafty team who moved to Ams­ter­dam and have built up a craft busi­ness that has allowed them both to quit their day jobs and cre­ate a crafty empire. Now I may just find this a com­pelling lit­tle read because I occa­sion­ally fan­ta­size about doing the exact same thing, but I think beyond my Dutch liv­ing aspi­ra­tions it is a great suc­cess story. Some great advice on build­ing an online busi­ness (or in par­tic­u­lar an Esty busi­ness), DIY mar­ket­ing and thoughts on tak­ing the plunge from “day job” to full­time Etsy entrepreneur.

(By the way if you’re look­ing for “quit your day job” inspi­ra­tion, the Etsy blog actu­ally has a whole cat­e­gory of blog posts on the topic).