Posts tagged Small Business
The Stars at Night Are Big and Bright (Deep in the Heart of Texas)

It is Day 2 of the Texas Association for Student Special Services Programs (TASSSP) conference in Galveston, Texas and DreamCatcher Curriculum has just sold our first products, only 29 days after scrambling to start our business in time for this event. Walking along the beach on Galveston Island, taking in the gorgeous sunset, hearing the waves splash against the rock pier, the feeling of pure joy is hard to contain. If we didn't have dinner reservations half an hour from now, we would likely be skipping down the shore with our bare feet in the sand.

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Building Our Company (One Little Feather at a Time)

Without a doubt, we know starting a brand new company is risky. Quitting the jobs we loved, also risky. Having no source of income for several months, incredibly risky! But running the risk of a lifetime's worth of disappointment over NOT TRYING? The risk of regret would be too great. We had to go for it. Here's the tale of how two friends and kindred-spirit colleagues founded a company with absolutely no experience in business...    

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