From Pillowcases to Publishing with Kathryn LeBlanc

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Andi interviews Kathryn LeBlanc about reinventing a creative business amidst challenges.

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, Andi sits down with Kathryn LeBlanc of Dragonfly's Quilting Design Studio (and author Kathryn Mykel) to talk about what it really looks like to keep reinventing your creative business when the thing that's working stops working. Kathryn opened a brick-and-mortar quilt shop with no money, no inventory, and no business background - then closed it right before COVID hit. She pivoted to Facebook Lives and made more in two years than she did in five years wi...

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Hosts: Andi Stanfield, Tori McElwain

Guest: Kathryn LeBlanc

Topics covered

• creative business
• entrepreneurship
• pivoting
• quilt shop
• COVID impact

Keywords

• quilt shop
• creative business
• entrepreneurship
• COVID
• Facebook Lives

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Dragonfly's Quilting Design Studio

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