A Business Plan For Tattoo Shops Today I start a little bit of the series on writing effective business plans for tattoo shops. There is a lot that goes into it but it starts with a misson and vision statement. It helps a great deal to go through this with the members of the tattoo [...]
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InkIncome On Google Play: An App For Tattoo Artists By Tattoo Artists
Why We Released Ink Income For Android On Google Play InkIncome was born in a management science class while I was joining a tattoo partnership and getting my feet wet as a tattoo artist again. Management science is basically a quantitative look at how to better your business, forecast sales, manage risk, and build mathematical [...]
Tattoos, Skulls, Zen And Interpersonal Relationships
Why Drawing Skulls is Good For a Tattoo Artist Last night I destroyed a drawing by trying to take it too far in color and then promptly dumping water on it by accident with one of those little zen waterfall rock structures you can get at Wal-Mart that is supposed to make you calm with [...]
Tattoos: The Stigma Is Lifting In Corporate America
Does The Tattoo Stigma In Corporate America Still Exist? For a long time, employees in America had to choose between their ink and their incorporation, and there was what I call a tattoo stigma. Managers might have held mental models of employees, especially professionals who had tattoos as being less capable than other employees and [...]
Getting A Tattoo License In Minnesota: What It Takes
So you want to be a tattoo artist or you tattooed for some time and figured realized a lot has changed. For me, the idea of obtaining a professional license in the State of Minnesota from the department of health was a big boon for the industry. A lot of people see it as a [...]
Tattoo Journey: Challenges and Choices
Where I am Headed Tattooing is a journey, I had to follow Brian Lee Johnson’s vision at www.tatau.us (new site coming soon) and realize my own zen. The journey for self awareness starts with knowing when to say yes and when to say no. Choosing to go back to my roots for a change and [...]
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