This week I had an amazing tour of the NextFab Studio facilities in South Philadelphia. Located at 20th and Washington Avenue, NextFab is a great resource for entrepreneurs manufacturing and designing goods. The resources available at NextFab are incredible and cutting edge, ranging from welding and woodworking equipment to embroidery and leather sewing machines to […]
My Tour of NextFab Studio- A Super Resource for Entrepreneurs
This week I had an amazing tour of the NextFab Studio facilities in South Philadelphia. Located at 20th and Washington Avenue, NextFab is a great resource for entrepreneurs manufacturing and designing goods. The resources available at NextFab are incredible and cutting edge, ranging from welding and woodworking equipment to embroidery and leather sewing machines to […]
Summer on the Patio
Last night we co-hosted a Manayunk Business Social with our friends at McCollum Insurance Agency. It was a gorgeous afternoon and the deck of the Manayunk Brewery has amazing views this time of year. It was great to meet other business owners and support the Brewery, which had closed for a number of weeks after […]
When Your First Isn’t Your Last
Amanda Steinberg of DailyWorth.com I went to a great presentation last week. It was a chat with Amanda Steinberg, founder of DailyWorth.com. If you don’t know, DailyWorth is a financial website marketed to women. Why do women need their own financial website? As Steinberg explained, women are shortly going to be inheriting most of the […]
Vacation’s All I Ever Wanted
If you work for yourself, you know the dilemma of taking a vacation: should you pay someone to work while you’re away? If you can’t pay someone else to do your job, do you bring work with you? If you’re working while on vacation, is that really a vacation?Being self employed makes taking vacations really […]
What Did I Do? The Flip Side of Leaving A Steady Paycheck
If in your former life you worked for someone else and had a steady paycheck, you know that at times your post-employee life has some real nail-biter moments.At first, leaving your steady employment is pretty exhiliarating. Dreams of freedom, working from a beach with a pina colada in hand while taking a few breaks in […]