http://startupkidsline.com Journals our expreriences starting a children's clothing line and apparel manufacturing business. Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:00:59 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Up, down, round 'n round; wee heee loooptees on my daily roller coaster. Every day in this business there are fires (rush order for big important client is running late) and there are flowers (someone you know mentioning they saw your product featured in a national magazine). Yesterday, I got final confirmation ... http://startupkidsline.com/2010/02/10/fires-and-flowers-business-daily/ I am so happy it's Friday - although I remember thinking last weekend that I can no longer remember what life was like when work was not a part of our weekends. Even beyond the baby business, my husband has been coaching volleyball for years, which is always a weekend thing, ... http://startupkidsline.com/2010/02/05/yes-i-can-yes-i-am/ We have new designs, so I'm starting to plan the photo shoot. We haven't done a formal photo shoot since we launched (yes, that's the truth). When we launched we did a photo shoot with a friend who is a professional product photographer. We were completely unprepared, we went in ... http://startupkidsline.com/2010/01/13/planning-for-product-photo-shoot/ leaner and meaner and (hopefully) a whole lot greener. I am one happy camper today! Woo hoo, it is the last day of 2009 and I am SO happy to leave this year behind. It was so full of stress and craziness that I don't even want to reflect on it ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/12/31/embarking-on-a-new-year/ I innocently mentioned in a morning meeting that I was having trouble (ee gads, BIG TIME) keeping up with wholesale requests and vendor needs. This led to questions about how the process works right now. Which in turn led to immediate clarity that the wholesale account setup and ordering process ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/10/19/the-wholesale-process-overhaul/ Or did I just think I was? It's never enough. It's never enough. I feel I'm never accomplishing anything. Is that a personality disorder? We just shipped a large order to one of the hottest hippest boutiques in town, and they have been a customer since we launched. They reorder ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/10/06/im-so-much-better-than-this/ Oh bla dee - oh bla da, life goes on, la la la la life goes on. I'm sure that's a trademarked phrase. We just got an email letting us know that Gerber® has trademark rights to the word "Onesies®"--- we honestly had never even looked into it.  So, we ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/07/20/tips-starting-clothing-line/ Hello everyone!! How is everyone? I'm hanging in there. Hanging. Everything is one step forward, two steps back. I had a conversation with one of the entrepreneurs that I met through  this blog and that I admire very much, Jamie Lentzer at Jamie's Painting & Design. I had stopped in ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/06/04/mistakes-made-starting-a-business/ We're getting more help. Hip hip hoorah.  We're growing good and good help is on the way.  We're bringing on more sales reps and more seamstresses. A virtual assistant has to be next b/c I'm going to pull out my hair with the admin stuff. But, I'm most excited about ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/05/04/my-advice-for-supporting-your-sales-representatives/ One of my intentions when I started this blog was to share "where it all began". I could never find stories of how people had made the leap from idea to real products on the shelves. Everywhere I would read "she started in her garage and then blew up into ... http://startupkidsline.com/2009/04/25/where-it-all-began/