For many years, Heather Sandford was a vegetarian. She studied engineering at Cornell University. She performed in a punk rock band, worked in the music industry, and rode the dot-com bubble. She was a financial success in the real estate industry. Then Heather became a pig farmer. “I think life …
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Bringing Home the Bacon: An Interview with Heather Sandford of The Piggery
On this episode of Monday Morning Radio, Dean Rotbart interviews Heather Sandford, who owns The Piggery, a farm and butcher shop in upstate New York. The Piggery farm specializes in GMO-free, pasture raised, heritage breed hogs, which they sell in their Ithaca, New York butcher shop, along with meat …
A Message to New Entrepreneurs: Here’s a Roadmap to Help Get You Heading in the Right Direction
Sometimes I forget what it was like when I first started my company, and all the challenges that came along with creating something from nothing. In the process of writing this book, I was able to revisit each of the steps I went through and remember what is was like to be a new entrepreneur. This …
Resources for Veterans Who Want to Start a Small Business
If you have served your country in the armed forces, you have developed unique skills and experiences that are well suited to becoming a small business owner. Veterans tend to possess many of the top characteristics of a successful entrepreneur, including discipline, leadership and risk analysis …
Cameron Ungar of Stylehawk Event Services: Turn Your Unique Skill Set into a Thriving Service-Based Business
Cameron Ungar is the President of Stylehawk Event Services, a Southern California-based company specializing in event and venue management. Businessing Magazine sat down with Cameron to find out more about the event services industry and the niche that his company fills. We also wanted to know more …
Top Small Business Ideas for Stay-at-Home Parents
If you have made the commitment of being a stay-at-home parent, you already know about the invaluable benefits of being home with your child. However, those benefits do not come without financial sacrifice. As a result, you may be looking for some ways to boost your income while being available …
