Craft. Inc: The Ultimate Guide to Turning Your Creative Hobby into a Successful Business - Softcover

The growing legions of crafters looking to turn their hobby into a profession can rely on the tried and true advice in Craft, Inc. In this completely revised edition of the definitive crafter's business book, entrepreneur Meg Mateo Ilasco offers expanded and authoritative guidance on everything from developing products and sourcing materials to writing a business plan and paying taxes. With all-new sections on opening an online shop, using social media strategically, and more along with updated interviews from such craft luminaries as Jonathan Adler and Jill Bliss this comprehensive primer features the most current information on starting and running a successful creative business.

A designer, writer, and illustrator based in the San Francisco Bay Area, Meg Mateo Ilasco was in graduate school when she started designing wedding invitations for extra money. Eventually her company became a full-time job and expanded into stationery and accessories. Ilasco has since sold that business and has launched an eponymous housewares and gift company, Mateo Ilasco. In 2010, Ilasco co-founded the U.S. home and lifestyle magazine, Anthology.