Lola Falks Grown Up Gigs recording is now available! - When I Grow Up

Lola Falks Grown Up Gigs recording is now available! - When I Grow Up Well, my love of Lauren Falkowski just grows and grows. I first fell in love with  her  colorful, buttery bags  (yes, they feel like butter) and then I fell for her sweetnessand now Ive fallen for her honesty, transparency and encouragement. She gave all that and then some for our Grown Up Gigs chat earlier this week, even coming with notes she prepared and samples of her earlier bags! I love how important it was to her to disclose the good, the bad, and the gloriously ugly of doing what you love for a living. In that vein, we talked all about: how she  took the leap from Corporate America thrice! how a  Spanish major/marketing minor  became a sewing-obsessed handbag designer whats worked for her in terms of  marketing and sales  (shes been selling her stuff since 2008), and what she refuses to do what its like to  work at Lululemon, and what made her leave how she deals with a  feast-or-famine  pay cycle what she does for  support, both financially and emotionally what shes currently struggling with as a solopreneur who  lives and works from her 450 square foot studio apartment  (OK, you can probably guess this one) how shes gotten to  price her bags at over $200   and why she doesnt feel badly about it in the least I mean seriously, she was just so opensee/hear it for yourself by clicking Play below! Cant see the video? Watch it directly from YouTube  right here.  Prefer an MP3 to listen to instead? You can find one  here. These quotes from the talk are super tweet-worthy: Click to tweet: The good, the bad, the gloriously ugly of doing what you love for a living via @lolafalk on #gugigs http://tinyurl.com/ch37u2g Click to tweet: Ms @lolafalk spills how she went from corporate cubicle drudgery to handbag-making heaven on #gugigs http://tinyurl.com/ch37u2g Click to tweet: The down dirty of being a full-time accessories designer via @lolafalk with @WhenIGroUpCoach on #gugigs: http://tinyurl.com/ch37u2g And here are some resources we talked about during the chat: Tara Gentile  and  Scoutie Girl Manufacture NY A list of blogs worth pitching  (from Modish, not design*sponge like Lauren originally thought) A  CPA for freelancers  that Lauren recommends The next Grown Up Gigs is with a real live opera singer you guys! Me + you +  Vanessa Cariddi= amazeballs!  Sign up here for reminders straight to your email.