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The Maker's Playbook — 194 episodes

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Ep 722: Bursts, Not Balance (Finding Your Own Creative Rhythm) with Shalya Marsh

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Ep 721: The Art of Being Recognizable with Jessie of Inkpot Creative

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Ep 720: Starting a Pottery Business Backwards (And Why It Worked) with Robin Corradino

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Ep 719: Creative Blocks, Career Pivots, and Letting Go with Christina Orthwein

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Ep 718: When Demand Meets Boundaries with Debi Stoliar of Curiosibee Ceramics

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Ep 717: "Where are They Now?" with Camille Beckles of Camille at the Wheel

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Ep 716: Taking My Own Advice

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Ep 715: Get Specific, Create Demand with Taylor Friese of Maker Bakery

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Ep 714: How to Make Confident Business Decisions in Your Art Business (or side-hustle)

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Ep 713: “Overnight Success” with Aaron Raymond of Redacted Ceramics

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Ep 712: Monetizing Our Hobbies with Matt Robinson

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Ep 711: Part Two - "Where are they now?" Two Years Later with Hope Limyansky

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Ep 710: "Where are they now?" Two Years Later with Hope Limyansky

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Ep 709: The Truth About Growing Your Creative Business in 2026

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Ep 708: Craft as Community - 75 years of Haystack

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Ep 707: Scaling a Pottery Business with Sarah Wolf (Part Two!)

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Ep 706: Scaling a Pottery Business with Sarah Wolf (Part One!)

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Ep 705: Choosing Vs. Reacting - How will you navigate Firing Season?

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Ep 704: Searching for Your Voice with Becky Meneely

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Ep 703: Technical Foundations, Art Fair Realities, and Sustainable Pricing with Olivia Avery

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Ep 702: How Personal Inspiration Built a Business with Danielle Williams of Strong Roots Pottery

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Ep 701: Creating Educated Buyers with Jamar Diggs

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Ep 628: Where are They Now - Two Years In with Yvonne Rausch (Part Two)

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Ep 627: Where are They Now - Two Years In with Yvonne Rausch (Part One)

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Ep 626: The Art of Adapting with Jena McNerney

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Ep 625: Iterating for a Target Audience with Will Donovan (Part Two!)

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Ep 624: Iterating for a Target Audience with Will Donovan

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Ep 623: Side Sauntering with Melisa of MWY Pottery

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Ep 622: When 90% of Your Revenue Comes from Pottery Alone with Heidi Fahrenbacher

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Ep 621: Can You Make a Living from a $45 Mug?

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Ep 620: Protecting Your Artistic Voice with Martha Grover

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Ep 619: Building a Creative Practice Across Continents with Eva Champagne

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Ep 618: A Journey to Gallery Ownership with AnnMarie Cooper of Good Earth Gallery

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Ep 617: Part Two with Amy Roadman

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Ep 616: The Slow Growth Community Studio with Amy Roadman (Part 1)

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Ep 615: The Importance of Mentorship with Lisa Orr

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Ep 614: The Aligned Potter with Elizabeth Schlatter

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Ep 613: Where Are They Now with Kara Leigh Ford

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Ep 612: Being Your Own Boss with Amy Brummond of Pine Zen Potter

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Ep 611: When Things Need to Change with Megan Sward

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Ep 610: Business is... Boring?

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Ep 609: Where are They Now? - Restarting through Trauma with Sarah Wells Rolland

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Ep 608: The $20 Mug with Isaac Shue

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EP 607: Financial Systems with Seanin Rosario

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Ep 606: Not your usual year end recap {The Launch}

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Ep 605: Finding Your Niche with Sue McLeod

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Ep 604: Working with Intention with Bill Schwenzer of Aliveguy Pottery

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Ep 603: Receiving Delayed Attention with Stanley Tong

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Ep 602: The Catharsis of Supporting Others with Tim Clark

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Ep 601: Staying Okay (even when your business isn’t) with Clare Barboza of Poppy Bee Surfaces

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{Replay} Ep 206: Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

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{Replay} Ep 116: Real life vs. Instagram with Sophia McEvoy

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{Replay} Ep 217: The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and side-hustles)

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{Replay} Ep 123: Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery on the Importance of Vision

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{Replay} Ep 125: Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

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Ep 525: When Plans Change with Xioma Ortiz

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Ep 524: Adjusting to Full Time with Rhianon Vichta

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Ep 523: Immaterial with The Met

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Ep 522: The Case for Curiosity {The Launch}

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Ep 521: Becoming an Artist with Isaac Scott

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Ep 520: Embracing the Side-Hustle with Nicole Bernard of NB Makes

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Ep 519: The Reset Button with Henrik Van Ryzin

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Ep 518: The Economics of Clay with John R Hamilton

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Ep 517: Being a Pottery Educator with Ian Childers

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Ep 516: The Cara App - The App for Artists?

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Ep 515: Stepping Outside Our Comfort Zone with Dave Conrey

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Ep 514 - Defining Your Own Success with Joy Hanford

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Ep 513: Moving Abroad as a Ceramicist with Joy Hanford

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Ep 512: Working with Retailers with Steve Tubbs

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Ep 511: Starting a Community Studio with Lindsay Langsdale

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Ep 510: Live at NCECA - Building Relationships with Collectors with Louise Rosenfield & Peter Beseacker

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Ep 509: Etsy vs. Your Own Website {The Launch}

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Ep 508: Instagram Real Talk with Allie Mason

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Ep 507: The Assault on Creativity with Connie Cole

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Ep 506: Business FOMO (and NCECA)

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Ep 505: Creating Environmentally Friendly Pottery with Yuliya Makliuk of Here & Now Pottery

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Ep: 504 - Setting Boundaries & Vetting Educators Online with Hope Limyansky-Smith

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Ep 503: Instagram: The Good, The Bad & The Weird with Hope Limyansky-Smith

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EP 502: Waiting until the Time is Right with Victoria Brook

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Ep 501: Things that Want to Happen with Rebecca Harvey of the Archie Bray

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{Best of 2023} Ep 327: "Blooming late," Academia & Imposter Syndrome with Page Kelly

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{Best of 2023} Ep 401: Making a Living with Danny Meisinger

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{Best of 2023} Ep: 332 - Building a Viable Business in NYC with Sarah Hussaini of Not Work Related (Part 1!)

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{Best of 2023} Ep: 326 - The Business of Pottery with Rebecca Graves-Prowse

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Ep 423: Starts & Stops {The Launch Series}

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Ep 422: Debunking the Hustle with Gerald Brown

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Ep 421: Defining Your Goals with Jono Pandolfi

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Ep 420: Starting with Relationships with Makeda Smith of Sio Ceramics

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Ep 419: Finding Your Momentum {The Launch}

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Ep 418 : The Ability to Change Audiences with Maya Rumsey

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Ep 417: What is the REAL Job? with Cara Steinbuchel of Cara Mae Skincare

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Ep 416: The Importance of Storytelling with Naomi Clement

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EP 415: How Clay can Hold Ideas with Kristina Batiste

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Ep 414: Unfair Advantages {The Launch}

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Ep 413: Part Two with The Dault's

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Ep 412: Ruthlessly Eliminating Hurry with The Daults

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Ep 411: In-Person Markets as Customer Research with Yvonne Rausch

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Ep 410: Farmers Markets vs. Art Fairs

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Ep 409: Battling Scarcity with Tzipporah Schvarcz

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Ep 408: The 4-Day Work Week with Julie Cloutier

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Ep 407: The Launch - Reflecting on Our First Market

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Ep 406: Introducing The Launch (a real-time series on starting our ceramics business)

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Ep: 405 - The Efficiency of Commissions with Micah Schedler

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Ep: 404 - Using Your Background knowledge with Larissa Warren of Rat Bag Studios

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Ep: 403 - Being a Part of a Lineage with Gloria Han

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Ep: 402 - The Business of Clay (Part Two!)

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Ep 401: Making a Living with Danny Meisinger

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[REPLAY] - How you can still organically grow on Instagram with Jackie Wright

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[REPLAY] - Falling into a Life of Ceramics with John Britt

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[REPLAY] - Burnout and the search for balance with Nicole Dacey

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[REPLAY] - On Being a Business Owner with Curt Hammerly

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Ep 335: Live at NCECA - The Business of Clay with The Potter's Cast

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Ep: 334 - Creating out of Chaos with Kim Ferguson of Khaos Creates

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Ep: 333 - Part Two with Sarah Hussaini from Not Work Related

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Ep:332 - Building a Viable Business in NYC with Sarah Hussaini of Not Work Related (Part 1!)

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Ep: 331 - Changing with the Times with Katherine Mahoney

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Ep: 330 - Working with Galleries with Sarah Chenoweth Davis

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Ep: 329 - Trusting the Process with Virgil Ortiz

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Ep: 328 - Intentional Practice with Yair Abraham

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Ep: 327 - “Blooming late,” Academia, & Imposter Syndrome with Page Kelly

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Ep: 326- The Business of Pottery with Rebecca Graves-Prowse

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Ep: 325 - Finding New Routines with Alex Olson

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Ep: 324 - Building Ceramicon with Elisabeth Young

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Ep: 323 - Living, Learning and Making Abroad with Ido Ferber

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Ep: 322 - Are You Spamming Your Email List? with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Ep: 321 - Pursuing Creativity Slowly with Horacio Casillas

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Ep: 320 - Making Connections with Angelik Vizcarrondo-Laboy

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Ep: 319 - Figuring Out What Works for You with Andrew Linderman

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Ep: 318 - Values-Based Pricing with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Ep: 317 - How having a Full-time Job allows Cory Brown to be an Artist

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Ep: 316 - Starting Before it’s Perfect with Juliette Davin

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Ep: 315 - Slow Growth with Ricky Blanding

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Ep: 314 - When Plans Change with Ben Carter

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Ep: 313 - The Myth of Growth with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Ep: 312 - On Reflective Learning with Tom Kemp

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Ep: 311 - Choosing NOT to Grow with Becca Otis

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Ep: 310 - How a Big Goal Determines Everyday Decisions with Sam Lopez

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Ep: 309 - How you can STILL organically grow on Instagram in 2022 with Jackie Wright

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Ep: 308 - Following your own inspiration with Kate Schroeder

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Ep: 307 - Repetitive Practice as the Key to Success with Rich Brown

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Ep: 306 - Falling into a Life of Ceramics with John Britt

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Ep: 305 - A Virtual Home for Makers with Rebecca Ickes Carra

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Ep: 304 - Building a Communal Space with Kenny Sing of Turn Studio

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Ep: 303 - Making Space for Our Personal Lives as a Full-time Maker with Lucy Fagella

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Ep: 302 - Committing to a Goal and Sticking to it with Delvin Goode

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Ep: 301 - A Lifelong Pursuit of Learning with Adam Field

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Ep: 217 - The Social Responsibility of Businesses (and different business models to pursue)

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Ep: 216 - Building and Growing Our Communities with Phi Le of Illuminated Clay

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Ep: 215 - On Burnout and the Search for Balance with Nicole Dacey

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Ep: 214 - Having a Non-Negotiable with Mike Tavares

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Ep: 213 - Taking Big Risks with Leila of Tierra Madera Ceramics

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Ep: 212 - Growing as an Artist through Community Support with the Village Potters

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Ep: 211 - The Importance of a Consistent Photography Style

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Ep: 210 - Creating an Efficient Photography System

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Ep: 209 - Being a Business Owner with Curt Hammerly

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Ep: 208 - The Perks of Disparate Life Experiences with Kisha Reed of Peaks Candles

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Ep: 207 - Crafting a Life that Works for You with Bryan Hopkins

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Ep: 206 - Why Your Sales Results have Nothing to do with the Value of Your Work

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Ep: 205 - Succeeding by Specializing with Matt Katz

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Ep: 204 - Building a Commissions-based Business with David T Kim

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Ep: 203 - Life after the Great Pottery Thrown Down with Rosa Wiland Holmes

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Ep: 202 - On Crafting a Business to Suit Your Life with Greta Michelle

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Ep: 201 - How to Sustain going Full-time with Sunshine Cobb

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[REPLAY] - Kara Leigh Ford and the Realities of Full-Time Entrepreneurship

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[REPLAY] - Sandy Lockwood and Finding Your Own Style

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[REPLAY] - Camille at the Wheel and Crafting a Brand Story

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[REPLAY] - Simon Levin and Making First, Selling Second

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Ep: 127 - How I Do It All”

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Ep: 126 - On the Importance of Experimenting with Tamara Bryan

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Ep: 125 - Mental Health & Finding Your Community with Katie Meili

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Ep: 124 - On Trusting Yourself with Sherród Faulks of Deep Black Designs

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Ep: 123 - The Importance of a Vision with Alex Matisse of Eastfork Pottery

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Ep: 122 - Building a Brand Experience with Angela Venarchik

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Ep: 121 - 4th and Final week of the Photography Extravaganza!

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Ep: 120 - Photography Extravaganza Week 3

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Ep: 119 - Photography Extravaganza Week 2

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Ep: 118 - Week 1 of the Photography Extravaganza!

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Ep: 117 - Playing the Long Game with Ryan Durbin

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Ep: 116 - Instagram vs. Real life with Sophia McEvoy

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Ep: 115 - How to go full-time

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Ep: 114 - Dwight White

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Ep: 113 - Rachel Russell

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Ep: 112 - Soula of Golden Ratio Clayworks

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Ep: 111 - Tom Corneill

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Ep: 110 - Diana Adams of Sample Haus

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Ep: 109 - Kate McElwee

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Ep: 108 - Simon Levin

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Ep: 107 - On Making Decisions for Ourselves

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Ep: 106 - Sandy Lockwood

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Ep: 105 - Emilie Bouvet-Boisclair

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Ep: 104 - Stephen Phillips

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Ep: 103 - Kara Leigh Ford

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Ep: 102 - Camille at the Wheel

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Ep: 101 - An Introduction to the Maker's Playbook