Applications are now closed. In invite you to join me at the Mastermind Your Way to Success Group on Facebook. Thank you for your interest in Exclusive Mentoring for Black Makers and Handmade Entrepreneurs. I don’t know about you, but I am experiencing a racial awakening. It’s not my first racial awakening, but it’s different…
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What is the Maker Mastermind Business Incubator? The Maker Mastermind Business Incubator is a community of similarly situated, like-minded Makers and Creative Entrepreneurs who gather regularly to address and solve their biggest business challenges, and celebrate success together. In Maker Mastermind, everyone is both coach and client, and everyone brings their A-game. When your cohort…
STOP MAKING STUFF! START MAKING MONEY! Q2 2022 Maker Mastermind Applications will open soon! STOP MAKING STUFF! START MAKNG MONEY! Q2 2022 Maker Mastermind Applications will open soon! Hosted by attorney, author, certified entrepreneur mentor, award-winning entrepreneur, and IBN’s founder: Donna Maria Need a steady stream of new ideas and inspiration to keep your creative…
“Do you need to destash some of the ingredients and supplies you purchased, but no longer have use for? We’ve got just the place where you can do that. Join us for the Ingredients, Packaging, Supplies and Equipment Swap & Sell! When you are a Maker, you make things, and when your making doesn’t turn…
“Where can I go to destash unused ingredients, supplies, packaging, and equipment?” If you have more than you need, IBN’s Swap & Sell is a fun and efficient way for you to destash what you don’t need as you have fun connecting with American Makers nationwide. Did you buy too much packaging? Or maybe you…
If you missed the Open House, don’t worry … we recorded it for you! You can enjoy the replay below! “Should I join the Indie Business Network?” is a question we see asked frequently online and in Maker communities all around. We have the answer! Our virtual OPEN HOUSE is designed to welcome and introduce…
At-home wellness is not just important in the middle of a pandemic. It’s important always, and that’s one reason IBN will soon publish Essential Self-Care: the Modern Woman’s Guide to At-Home Beauty Rituals and Well-Being. But until that book is available (stay tuned!), we are encouraging our members to maintain wellness at home through our…
This is an old post. Effective December 31, 2021, companies manufacturing alcohol-based hand sanitizers under the temporary policies referenced in this post were required to cease production of those products. For more information, visit the FDA’s announcement here. Effective Immediately, Indie Business Network members with product liability insurance through IBN’s program with Veracity Insurance Services…
I am excited to announce the newest addition to our Indie Business Fit Club — Yoga and Stretch with Kim Jones, perfectly timed to support the physical, emotional, and mental wellness of our members as they simultaneously lead their businesses and face down COVID-19. Kim will host two classes a week. We’ll start the week…
One of the benefits of IBN membership is a live monthly Indie Chat with someone who has mastered a topic that will help you be successful in your Maker business. Indie Chats events are great opportunities to learn and grow in our supportive community, and to meet some of the people who can help you…
SUPPORTING OUR COMMUNITY As the challenges associated with COVID-19 continue to challenge all of us, IBN’s top priority is to serve its members as we have always done. To that end, our private member Facebook community is a hotbed of discussion, resources, and comfort, and yes, even a little appropriate humor. As a virtual organization,…
Click here to get handmade soap deals now! The challenge is real and we are all feeling the strain. Nevertheless, according to the World Health Organization, one thing we can all do to help prevent the spread of COVID-19 is to wash our hands often, and there’s no better place to get the soap needed…
Today is the 20th anniversary of the Indie Business Network! Twenty years ago today, IBN was founded with the goal of helping women to maximize their potential through small business ownership, and with the vision that every woman in the universe would know without a doubt that she could support herself and her family by…
In less than 48 hours, I will board a flight headed to the last and final Indie Cruise, my signature Caribbean retreat for Makers and Handmade Entrepreneurs. If you had asked me 10 years ago when I announced the first Indie Cruise that I’d still be hosting it, I would absolutely told you, “No.” But…
It’s hard to fathom, but 2019 is nearly over, and with its conclusion comes the time for an amazing celebration for us here at the Indie Business Network. I’ll get to that in a few minutes, but first, I’m excited to reflect with genuine joy and happiness at the pleasure it has been to serve…
We are excited to announce the winner of IBN’s Instagram Pod Holiday Giveaway. Our theme was Holiday Wonderland. It was fun! The IBN members who participated loved it, but no one is happier than our winner, @Tuscon_Vegan, whose colorful Instagram is all about vegan product reviews and deals. She will soon have a delightful collection…
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Welcome to Episode 68 of the Indie Business Podcast! Today’s Maker Story introduces you to Amber Malcom of Shabby Chick Cleaners in Duncan, Oklahoma. After being in business for just over three years, Amber has already appeared on several episodes of a popular home shopping show, entirely dismantled and re-built her business model, and is…
One of the benefits of Indie Business Network membership is affordable product liability insurance. Our insurance is priced separately from membership. Once you join IBN, you will receive a link via email to purchase your insurance. To learn more, please browse our Frequently Asked Questions below. If you don’t see your answer here, contact us!…
One of the benefits of Indie Business Network membership is affordable product liability insurance. Our insurance is priced separately from membership. Once you join IBN, you will receive a link via email to purchase your insurance. To learn more, please browse our Frequently Asked Questions below. If you don’t see your answer here, contact us!…
One of the benefits of membership in the Indie Business Network at the ENTREPRENEUR MEMBER is access to our affordable general and product liability insurance program. Our insurance is provided through a third party broker. (See below). It is also priced separately from membership. Once you join the Indie Business Network as an ENTREPRENEUR MEMBER,…