Pull The Thread
The podcast teaches you everything you need to know to be profitable at craft-based work, and dive deep on sewing as a career choice. Join your host, Krystal Douglas - a celebrity tailor, creative entrepreneur and wild mustang tamer. Krystal took a Brother home sewing machine and a $30 craigslist desk and built a sewing business that supports a life she loves… while generating hundreds of thousands of dollars in revenue each year. It definitely didn’t come easy, but this podcast is meant to help others shorten their learning curve. She shares what she's learned about entrepreneurship and business building as it applies to fashion & craft-based work, and opens up about what she wishes she knew when she first started. Go behind the scenes on every tool, trick, and business process Krystal has learned from costuming celebrities, manufacturing clothing, and selling products... so that you can stop questioning your skills, and start profiting from your work.
Pull The Thread
Why NFTs Will Shape Creative Businesses This Year
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By the late 1920s, Coco was just in her forties, and the Chanel industries were reportedly worth millions- employing more than 2,000 people, between the couture house, the perfume laboratory, a textile mill, and a jewelry workshop. Chanel’s designs stressed simplicity and comfort and as you know, revolutionized the fashion industry.
Coco knew corsets were tired, and chose to be the one to offer something new and risky. It was technology, but with fabric and thread. She also knew what the perfume industry was lacking, and wasn’t afraid to pivot and be scrappy as she stepped into an entirely foreign industry.
Remember when people said Facebook is just a trend? And then it grew up to shape Web 2.0? And now you can login to just about any website or platform using your Facebook account? Change is coming. Web 3.0 is just around the corner.
This isn’t about digital artwork. This is about understanding that as a creative, being quick to sample and test new technology will shape the way you get and do business. This episode covers:
- What is an NFT?
- How does it work?
- Who’s using NFTs?
- How can I respect the tech in a way that feels authentic to me?
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