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15th Sep 2023

Be Your Own Boss: How to Start A Business During a Pandemic with artist Laura Homsey

Cut paper artist Laura Homsey and James Brown discuss how a non profit worker followed her passion head on during the pandemic to create a thriving boutique business.

Intro (0:00)

Fear that comes with growing up and failing. (6:52)

Working with people with disabilities. (11:24)

Finding the right medium for your work. (22:17)

How did you get started in social media? (27:12)

How social media changed her life an artist and a worker. (34:21)

Working for yourself vs working for others. (40:00)

Difficulties of saying no. (45:09)

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About the Podcast

All of the Above with James Brown
Exploring ideas big and small with fascinating people
I explore the big ideas that bring us together and meet the people who make them happen.

Musings on news, life, and television. A few minutes a day, five days a week.

Hosted by James Brown is an award winning journalist whose work has appeared on WXXI, PBS, NPR, BBC, and a slew of other places from sea to shining sea. He's the former host of USA TODAY's 5 Things, now The Excerpt. My work is proudly produced in Rochester, New York.

My goal is to create a diverse array of projects in the style of the people I grew up following: like Bill Moyers, Paul Harvey, John Stossel, Charles Osgood, Charlie Rose, Adam Curtis, Tavis Smiley, Douglas Ruskoff, Tony Kornheiser, and Art Bell, with my own twist, of course.

You can find my work anywhere you get your podcasts.

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On that note, I'm James Brown, and as always, be well

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