METALSMITH MEGAN AUMAN - PHOTO BY ARIANNE TEEPLE
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Metalsmith Megan Auman Welds Together Her Own Brand of Entrepreneurship
In late 2009, when her business was in somewhat of a slump, Megan Auman thought that perhaps it would be prudent to go back to school for an MBA. She mentioned the idea to a friend, who responded, "That's ridiculous. You could teach that stuff."Auman, a metalsmith, teacher, and entrepreneur, began selling her jewelry collections a decade ago while completing her MFA at Kent State. After a year-long teaching sabbatical at Towson University, she decided to spend less time in the classroom and more time working on her business. It was in her blood -- Auman's father bought and operated the machine shop her grandfather originally opened in Jonestown, PA, where she still resides.
So she switched to part time teaching and began attending craft shows with her work. Around 2007, she opened a store on Etsy, a worldwide virtual marketplace for handmade goods, and in March of 2009 she became a featured seller (her interview ishere).
Yet by the end of that year, Auman felt lost. She had product lines she wasn't sure about and trade shows were getting slow. That's when she began to contemplate returning to school.
Instead she chose autodidactism, and started a blog with a mind to chronicle the process, which she named Crafting an MBA.
Read the rest of Megan's story:
http://bmoremedia.com/features/meganauman062111.aspx
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