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4 of 6 found the following review helpful:
 Very happy with this purchase Jan 13, 2007
I was impressed by the amount of information and research that went into this book. I learned quite a bit about writing my business plan and marketing, which are essential to making a business grow. Included was a cost analysis worksheet that helped me understand the process of costing and determining product pricing and profits. I also got ideas about how to expand the productline that I was already thinking of selling. Worth every penny!
12 of 17 found the following review helpful:
 Very Disappointing Jan 10, 2007
I usually don't write book reviews, but I felt it was necessary to try to keep fellow sewing enthusiasts, who want to start sewing businesses, from buying this book.
In no way does this book tell you how to start a "profitable sewing business" as the title indicates. For starters, most of the general business information can be found on the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) Web site. And that leads me to the next problem with this book, the business information is just "general" information; it's mostly not "sewing-specific" business information.
The section titled, "Ideas to Put You to Work" consists of two pages: the title page and one page of ideas! To make it worse, the ideas are nothing new, such as starting a sewing business in which you create costumes or children's clothing, or in which you do alterations. The book is geared toward people who already sew, which one of us hasn't already thought of the previous ideas?
In the section that is intended to help you "make your plans real," (which is also one page long) it says a small business can compete with larger corporations. That's all it says about competing with larger companies! If this book is suppose to help the sewer "start and maintain a profitable business," I would expect it to provide sound ways for the home sewer or small sewing business to compete with the big guys. It does not.
The only reason I gave the book one star is because of the list of suppliers and resources included in the back of the book. However, that hardly makes it worth the price. If you're a sewer, you're probably already familiar with the suppliers and other resources you need, so save your money.
Lastly, there's no indication in the book that the author is or has run a sewing business, and perhaps that's the problem. From now on, I'll look at the author's bio before buying any sewing business books.
11 of 15 found the following review helpful:
Very helpful resource for startups May 10, 2006
This book was very helpful to me. I am starting my own sewing business where I will be selling clothing and alterations. When I started, I knew nothing about business. All I knew is that I wanted to sew and make money doing what I loved.
The book gave me a lot of valuable financial advice, as well as a wealth of information about auctions, webpage building and accepting credit cards. There is a huge section of resources that would take someone many hours to find on their own. If you're having trouble deciding on what to sew, there is a whole section of ideas that I'd never even thought of.
The book was very well written, the format was easy to understand, and I would highly recommend it.
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