Jamillah Knowles, Etsy & Eleanor Young, Fun Makes Good on Craft Business

Jamillah Knowles, PR and Communication, ETSY is a multimedia communicator and broadcaster. Eleanor Young is the founder of Fun Makes Good, a craft business which specialises in re-working previously unloved items of furniture with stunning bespoke upholstery, blending traditional techniques with a distinctive graphic aesthetic. They discussed Eleanor’s route to market and running a creative […]

Bob Last & Jamie Byng

Bob Last, producer & Jamie Byng, MD of Canongate in conversation with Small is Beautiful co-producer Roanne Dods   For the next talk of the day, Roanne Dods interviewed Bob Last and Jamie Byng about the nature of work, motivation, and the way that businesses grow, change and morph over time.   “Digital is blurring […]

Ben Dellot, RSA on The Power of Small

RSA, or the Royal Society for the Arts, recently conducted a project with Etsy called The Power of Small. The research and survey seeks to better understand the  changing community of microbusiness. Since 2008, a remarkable 600,000 new microbusinesses have been created; self-employment has increased by about 30% since 2000, and 15% of the workforce […]