Emily Kerr-Finell's guest appearances

Emily Kerr-Finell

Positively Creative

Gift Biz Unwrapped

The Indie Pod

The Law Firm Owner Podcast

Melanie Leonard

Chris White

Maria Brophy

Kelly Parker Smith

Chris Lema

Joey Vitale

Carrie Schmitt

Sarah Baumann

Liz Cooke

Kat Gordon

Mitch Jackson

Gabrielle Blair

Kristen Ley

Emily Jeffords

Britt Rohr

OwlTail

Melissa and Emily discuss the importance of understanding what your customer/client REALLY needs, knowing how your strengths can also be your weaknesses, and how to combat that. Get to know Emily more here! Mentioned in this episode:  The Lean Startup  Steve Blank on Starting Greatness with Mike Maples, Jr. 

Melissa and Emily discuss the importance of understanding what your customer/client REALLY needs, knowing how your strengths can also be your weaknesses, and how to combat that. <a href="https://www.wholesaleinabox.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get to know Emily more here!</a> Mentioned in this episode: <ol> <li><a href="http://theleanstartup.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Lean Startup</a></li> <li><a href="https://greatness.floodgate.com/episodes/steve-blank-great-entrepreneurship-is-artistry" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Steve Blank on Starting Greatness with Mike Maples, Jr.</a></li> </ol>

#28: Emily Kerr-Finell -- Entrepreneurship and All its Facets

Emily Kerr-Finell joins the Indie Show! Emily co-founded and runs Wholesale In a Box, which helps makers, artists, and designers get their work into more brick-and-mortar stores. Previously, she was Founder &amp; CEO of Liga Masiva, a "global farmers' market" of farmers in Latin America. She has also worked at FMCG, a boutique management consulting firm, was a Business Advisor at the SBA’s Small Business Development Center, and at Greenmarket, NYC’s network of farmers’ markets. Her work has been featured in O: The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Entrepreneur Magazine. She has spoken on making and business at The Hudson River Exchange, Starting Bloc, and The Maker’s Summit.

Emily Kerr-Finell joins the Indie Show! Emily co-founded and runs Wholesale In a Box, which helps makers, artists, and designers get their work into more brick-and-mortar stores. Previously, she was Founder &amp; CEO of Liga Masiva, a "global farmers' market" of farmers in Latin America. She has also worked at FMCG, a boutique management consulting firm, was a Business Advisor at the SBA’s Small Business Development Center, and at Greenmarket, NYC’s network of farmers’ markets. Her work has been featured in O: The Oprah Magazine, Forbes, and Entrepreneur Magazine. She has spoken on making and business at The Hudson River Exchange, Starting Bloc, and The Maker’s Summit.

Indie Show | Emily Kerr-Finell

On today’s episode of Positively Creative, I chat with Emily Kerr-Finell about the mission of  Wholesale In A Box and we really dig deep into wholesale: how to know if you are ready for wholesale, how to get started, and how to find retailers. This is such a candid conversation about wholesale, tradeshows, and how to pitch to retailers, that you won’t want to miss!   About Emily: Wholesale In a Box was started by Etan and Emily, a husband-and-wife team. We're traveling homebodies with a love for station wagons, the Catskills, cooking, and brainstorming on our porch. Between the two of us, we have worked in high-powered management consulting, managed ops at startups, and helped artisans of every size create a business they love. But in 2015, we kept noticing makers who struggled to grow wholesale, sometimes closing their businesses when they failed. So we started tinkering with solutions -- at the time, nothing like Wholesale In a Box existed. Once we struck on the method, we started super-small, working with just 4 makers from our kitchen table. As we watched them thrive, we knew it was time to develop the software and training materials, and take the company full-time and nationwide. Today, Wholesale In a Box has worked with more than 400 makers, artists and designers around the world. We’ve helped makers quit their day jobs, triple revenue, and stay small when it was right. But everything we do today is as passionate and personal as it was from Day One. And we still work from our kitchen table most of the time.     Website: http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wholesaleinabox/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/wholesaleinabox/ Pinterest: https://www.pinterest.com/wholesaleinabox/   Links: 5 Tiny Steps Challenge: http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/5tinystepschallenge   To get 50% off your first year with Honeybook, go to positivelycreative.net/honeybook!   About The Positively Creative Podcast: The Positively Creative Podcast was created by Dorothy Collier, artist of Dorothy Art, for creative entrepreneurs. When Dorothy started having a positive outlook on every aspect of her life, including her art career, the creativity and opportunities started overflowing! Join her as she chats with other small business owners, discussing the ins and outs of how to run a creative business and how they make it in their respective fields. To learn more about The Positively Creative Podcast, visit our website or head over to our Patreon page! You can also find Dorothy on Instagram at @positivelycreativepodcast and @dorothyart!

On today’s episode of Positively Creative, I chat with Emily Kerr-Finell about the mission of  <a href="http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wholesale In A Box</a> and we really dig deep into wholesale: how to know if you are ready for wholesale, how to get started, and how to find retailers. This is such a candid conversation about wholesale, tradeshows, and how to pitch to retailers, that you won’t want to miss! About Emily: Wholesale In a Box was started by Etan and Emily, a husband-and-wife team. We're traveling homebodies with a love for station wagons, the Catskills, cooking, and brainstorming on our porch. Between the two of us, we have worked in high-powered management consulting, managed ops at startups, and helped artisans of every size create a business they love. But in 2015, we kept noticing makers who struggled to grow wholesale, sometimes closing their businesses when they failed. So we started tinkering with solutions -- at the time, nothing like Wholesale In a Box existed. Once we struck on the method, we started super-small, working with just 4 makers from our kitchen table. As we watched them thrive, we knew it was time to develop the software and training materials, and take the company full-time and nationwide. Today, Wholesale In a Box has worked with more than 400 makers, artists and designers around the world. We’ve helped makers quit their day jobs, triple revenue, and stay small when it was right. But everything we do today is as passionate and personal as it was from Day One. And we still work from our kitchen table most of the time. Website: <a href="http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/</a> Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/wholesaleinabox/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/wholesaleinabox/</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/wholesaleinabox/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/wholesaleinabox/</a> Pinterest: <a href="https://www.pinterest.com/wholesaleinabox/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.pinterest.com/wholesaleinabox/</a> Links: 5 Tiny Steps Challenge: <a href="http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/5tinystepschallenge" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://www.wholesaleinabox.com/5tinystepschallenge</a> To get 50% off your first year with Honeybook, go to <a href="http://positivelycreative.net/honeybook" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">positivelycreative.net/honeybook</a>! About The Positively Creative Podcast: The <a href="https://positivelycreative.squarespace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Positively Creative Podcast</a> was created by Dorothy Collier, artist of Dorothy Art, for creative entrepreneurs. When Dorothy started having a positive outlook on every aspect of her life, including her art career, the creativity and opportunities started overflowing! Join her as she chats with other small business owners, discussing the ins and outs of how to run a creative business and how they make it in their respective fields. To learn more about The Positively Creative Podcast, <a href="https://positivelycreative.squarespace.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">visit our website</a> or head over to <a href="https://www.patreon.com/positivelycreative" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">our Patreon page</a>! You can also find Dorothy on Instagram at <a href="https://www.instagram.com/positivelycreativepodcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@positivelycreativepodcast</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/dorothyart/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">@dorothyart</a>!

038 - Emily Kerr-Finell of Wholesale in a Box on How to Approach Retailers and Find Shops that Fit Your Product