3. Categories

      Functional Areas: Funding, Legal, Marketing, Recruiting
      Skills: Leadership, Productivity

  4. Quotes

    1. “ I was devastated, but then found out about co-op kitchens. ”
    2. “ What takes the longest is applying to be a California corporation, so I ended up setting up as a sole proprietor, and I'll convert my company to a corporation this year. ”
    3. “ I started decorating birthday cakes for my children, and soon friends and family started asking me to do cakes for them. ”
    4. “ Buying a few pounds of flour and sugar and baking on a Sunday afternoon is very different from handling the daily demands of orders, phone calls and expenses, I'm still learning how to juggle...it's just a matter of keeping these different priorities in balance so the business can grow. ”

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    1. These days, when hit with a layoff, more people are deciding to take matters into their own (flour-covered) hands and start bakery businesses from scratch. These three entrepreneurs turned lemons into lemon snaps when layoffs forced them to rethink their work futures. Here's a look at their career paths -- along with some advice for anyone considering sweets as an encore career. Then: Worked in the home-building industry for 22 years; laid off in January 2011. Now: Owner of The Last Crumb, a coo (Read Full Article)

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