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Andi Barney Entrepreneur

Location Kennesaw, Georgia, United States of America
Venture Industry Artisan/Craft Work
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What I need help with

My background as an entrepreneur

My current challenges

My business has legs, but I struggle with cash flow. I started this business when I literally had nothing and bad credit, but the investment to start this service-based business was low investment. As it grew and circumstances changed, I now have overhead that I didn't have to have before, and I don't know how to appropriately handle money - do I find an investor? Do I keep working hard enough to work on cash-in-hand? How do I grow? I also have many other product and service ideas and am not sure how to protect them and I figure out how to implement them with others in the industry.


About my venture

Sewing Doc Started 2015

My business provides sewing machine service, repair, and restoration as it's main service. I started as a hobbyist in my home in 2010, and by 2015 I had enough demand in a niche side of the business to build a customer base. I have grown my business and my client list exponentially over the years. In 2017, I started feeling the growing pains, as the business had always been just me. The problem is, there is currently no way whatsoever to learn the skill of sewing machine service and repair - no vocational school, trade school, college, etc. Only sewing machine dealers will train their technicians on their brand of machine, and those techs don't service any other brand. In 2018, we added the Sewing Doc Academy, which is the start of our training program, geared toward both hobbyists and those interested in side income, second income, and full-blown business options.

Countries of operation: United States of America