[Jewelry making - Article 00453] - Re: [Orchid] Keeping trade secrets

[Silververkstan d&b]

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To Kim,

    This is what I would do. It's a win-win situation. 

>     I think the best thing to do is give my students the best sources
>     (not necessarily the bead store sources) and sell them their beads
>     at a fair price. It's what they deserve. I want them to get the
>     best for their tuition dollar and I want to retain my
>     teaching/selling position with the art center. 

    For me, I love the Creation... but to my dismay I excel at the
    Business. Hopefully it will come to a 50/50 mix and make me satisfied
    in both areas. 

>     I wonder, what attracts people more...the business end (making all
>     those little decisions and putting them together in a successful
>     endeavor) or the creation (making all those little decisions and
>     putting them together in a successful endeavor)? 

    Thinking about your ex-partnership (ex-p). If appropriate and if
    your students chance running into the ex-p, then it might be in your
    favor to have mentioned it (as much or little as you feel comfortable
    with but really less is more) so your students won't hear your ex-p's
    story first. Remember it is a small world. 

>     Apparently, today is an introspective day You need to have one
>     every once in a while.

    To Tracy, 

    I agree to how you handle questions at a show, I do the same. But why
    not tell your students, afterall they are there to receive knowledge.
    If they do it just for fun/hobby then it won't hurt you. If someone
    goes pro then you might have competition and if that someone decides
    to undercut you with the same sources then that someone will
    eventually compete themselves out of business. 

    To all, 

    I don't keep (this kind of) secrets very well. I'm not The Olde Pro
    so when I have questions/problems I hope for help and answers and
    therefore I do the same for others, be it on this list or my
    neighbor. And it works, I usually get the help I ask for and some. I
    sometimes encounter "tell nothing" behavior both in this trade and
    others, younger less than older (trade). Might it be a tradition
    going back to the guilds - master and apprentice. Does anyone know?
    Orchid/Ganoksin are excellent to turn to when you need to go beyond
    the books. 

michaela

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