Tag Archives: value
How to Not Grow a Business
Most successful businesses have a growth mentality. But I don’t want to grow anymore. I want my craft market enterprise to shrink gracefully. Continue reading
Posted in Market, Musings, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged business, craft market, farmer's market, farmers market, growth, Market, price, pricing, production schedule, production time, shrinking gracefully, spoon making, time, value, vendor
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Why I Don’t Sign My Spoons
A lot of spoon carvers put their name, initials, or a maker’s mark on each spoon they make. I don’t. Here’s why. First, signing each piece would add time to the production process without adding monetary value. I know that … Continue reading
Posted in Carving, Wood and Woodwork, Woodenware
Tagged business, customer, economize, future generations, initials, logo, logos, maker's mark, production time, signature, value
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What Is This Worth to You?
Much as I love the concept of Antiques Roadshow, there’s something very reductive about a complete stranger telling you that your treasured heirloom is worth about $200, even though you thought (and hoped) it was worth thousands. We all know … Continue reading
Posted in Musings
Tagged cost, grandpa's tools, inherited tools, intrinsic value, monetary value, sentimental value, Steve Shanesy, Thos. Moser, value, worth
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