The archives.

Business as Usual?

October 09, 2008

We’ve got some dark times coming on. The economy is looking pretty bleak and there are many people, all over our country who are worried. I’m one of them. Having said that, I’ve not really seen much of an impact thus far on my business. I am thinking about it, and planning for it, but all-in-all I think Blue Flavor is pretty well set up for a slowing economy, and we’re pretty much running our business as usual. It might be tough, but hard work, a solid base, some diversification and elbow grease will see us through.

Welcome to Happy Masochist!

October 01, 2008

Hello everyone and welcome to Happy Masochist! This site came from a desire to share and explore, in a very simple, straight-forward way, the ins and outs of running a small business. I started a business a few years ago with no clue what I was getting into. Along the way I’ve learned and experienced quite a lot and, in hindsight, wish I’d begun writing about it sooner. Be that as it may, I’m here now and hope to give y’all a little insight into what running a small business is like.

Happy Masochist is a straight forward and light-hearted look at owning, running and living with a small design business.

About Me (D. Keith Robinson)

I’ve owned my small business, Seattle-based design agency Blue Flavor, since the Fall of 2005. In that time I've learned quite a bit about running a business and made more than my share of mistakes. I talk about all of that and more here at Happy Masochist. Grab the RSS feed.

If you've got questions, suggestions or other general feedback, contact me at keith@dkeithrobinson.com.