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Preparing for Business, Part 2: identifying the right skills"Sell only the particular skills that you have already practiced. Practice only the skills that you hope to sell." Jenni helps you move toward professional status.

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d_gold 31.03.2012 11:16  
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Always interesting, thoughtful stuff. Thank you:)

 
   
       
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blacktulip 31.03.2012 22:52  
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"you may find yourself doing a lots of things okay and no one thing brilliantly" This is exactly what I worry about as I take my first tentative steps into sewing as a business. Thank you so much for these excellent articles, they are so full of useful information and thought-provoking ideas.

 
   
       
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anthemcorset 29.04.2012 22:13  
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the idea of the check list to compare to the aim /phylosophy is excellent. It is also something that can grow and developp. it shows the importance of having a book to note and draw everything. Pictures are great too. Thank you!

 
   
       
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sartorbohemia 25.05.2012 21:45  
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I also fell in love with your rainbow corset! Although it's wrinkly and unfinished, it's one of my absolute favorites ever. The choice of colours, the pattern... Maybe it would be worth unpicking? Do you still have it?
A great article, by the way. I find the parts from your personal experience most interesting, rather than the "theory". Somehow it's easier to imagine what you mean when you give concrete examples.

 
   
       

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