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Creative Services Business Featuredwww.sdkirkland.comSusan Kirkland is a graduate of the Columbus College of Art and Design with more than 25 years of experience in advertising design. She has worked for ad agencies, in-house corporate marketing departments, design studios, and as a freelancer. She has won ... Home-Based Business Featuredwww.danfurmanonline.comEntrepreneur Dan Furman runs a successful out of his home. For the past 20 years he has run several home businesses, and has helped countless others with marketing and running their own. Dan knows firsthand what makes a home business succeed—and fail—and ... TagsHome Business Adult BoutiqueKaren Bedinger has started and operated her own successful adult boutique. She has an MA in business, and has worked as a World Trade Organization representative. Art Teaching Businesswww.tanyafreedman.com/home.htmlTanya Freedman founded and operated her own art school, Jolly Good Art Studio, where she implemented innovative teaching programs for budding artists of all ages, including children with special needs. Based on that experience and other art-related busine ... TagsArt Business Bed & BreakfastMonica and Richard Taylor owned and operated The Carnochan House, a successful bed and breakfast in Niagara-on-the-Lake, Ontario, Canada for more than 14 years. Their gracious Victorian home welcomed visitors to the famous Shaw Festival and numerous histo ... Bookkeeping BusinessAngie Mohr is a chartered accountant and certified management accountant who has previously written four books in the Self-Counsel Press Numbers 101 for Small Business series. She is the managing director of Mohr & Company Chartered Accountants and Bu ... Canadian BusinessJack D. James earned his MBA in Denver, Colorado, and then returned to Canada to study law, receiving his LLB in 1971. Since then, he has been running businesses and, as a lawyer, advising owners of small businesses. Catering Businesshowfoodswork.blogspot.comGeorge Erdosh received his PhD in geology from McGill University. After many years as an exploration geologist, he realized a long-time dream of starting and successfully running a catering business. While running his business, he started writing food- an ... TagsCatering Coffee BarTom Matzen and Marybeth Harrison have started many successful small businesses, including fast-food outlets, a language school, and several coffee bars. Matzen was one of the founding members of the Environment Committee of the Specialty Coffee Coach Inc. ... TagsCoffee Bar Computer Consulting Businessdeansconsulting.com/index.htmJohn Deans has been working in the IT industry since the early 1980s. In 1991, he was one of the founding members of Paranet, a Houston-based computer network integration consulting firm that grew to have over 2,000 employees in 23 offices by 1997. After ... Consulting Businesswww.smallbiz.ca/douglas-gray/Douglas A. Gray is a lawyer, businessman, lecturer, and consultant to government, business, professionals, and educational and financial institutions. He has designed and taught numerous seminars and workshops on successful entrepreneurship, starting a co ... TagsConsulting Copywriting Businessforcopywritersonly.comSteve Slaunwhite is a recognized copywriting expert with 20 years' experience. He is a winner of numerous awards, and has written copy for more than 150 clients, including 43 in the Fortune 500. In addition to leading seminars and writing articles on copy ... TagsCopywriting Craft BusinessWilliam G. Hynes began making handcrafted furniture while still a university student. In 1976, he and his wife set up their own craft business. They explored the market, as recommended in this book, and finally decided to specialize in stuffed toys, puppe ... TagsCrafts Desktop Publishing Businesswww.sterlinged.comBarbara A. Fanson has worked in the graphic arts industry since 1978 as a desktop publisher, graphic designer, editor, typographer, assembly artist, and advertising consultant. Barbara’s business founded in 1994, Sterling Education Center, specializes in ... ESL Teaching BusinessT. Nicole Pankratz has been working in the ESL industry as an instructor, curriculum developer, program coordinator, and teacher trainer for more than ten years. Nicole has run her own tutoring business and has helped launch and expand two licensed ESL co ... Event Planning BusinessCindy Lemaire has been producing events for close to 20 years, and has spent at least half that time operating Lemaire & Co. Event Management. She has worked on a diverse range of events, including producing her own highly successful consumer show, an ... Gift Basket Businesswww.fosterwalkergifts.comMardi Foster-Walker owns and operates Foster Walker Enterprises Inc. in Vancouver, Toronto, and Seattle, a successful gift packaging business specializing in the corporate and cruise-ship markets. Previously, she developed live cooking shows in the United ... Graphic Design Businesswww.forgraphicdesignersonly.comMichael Huggins is president of Mindwalk Marketing & Design, and a business and marketing coach to self-employed designers and creative professionals. He publishes the popular online newsletter and podcast called For Graphic Designers Only. Handyman BusinessKevin Pegg and Sarah White together operate a successful handyman business, Handyman Services. Kevin does the hands-on work while Sarah handles the record keeping, advertising, and organization of the business. Kevin learned the tricks of the trade from h ... Home Cleaning BusinessIn 1981, armed with a secondhand vehicle, a small staff, and a dramatic advertising campaign, Susan Bewsey launched her first cleaning business. Within three months, “the little cleaning service that could” was a success, and Bewsey sold her first franchi ... |