Great reads for indie business owners

In addition to and in support of my own fulltime indie business, I'm continually reading about business, marketing, strategic planning, financial management, and the list goes on. Although I possess years of experience (and education) in the management of financial and administrative resources, my business education is never ending!

I'll be sharing with you all great business reads that I find online (blogs, articles, etc.) at least weekly. If you haven't already done so, developing the habit of continual learning and improvement via reading and practice of new ideas can only help you with your own business.

So without further ado, here are a few great midweek reads:

From Design*Sponge Biz Ladies: Biz parents - balance and time management (anyone can benefit from this post - I'm not a parent and I loved it)

From Crafting an MBA: Copyright, trademarks and patents

From Craft Venture on papernstitch: to hire or not to hire (okay, full disclosure, I write the Craft Venture column!)

From Ittie Biz: Michael / box of crayons (be sure to watch the video - good stuff in there!)

Enjoy - I'd love to hear what you think - and please feel free to share additional great reads in the comments! Image credit: Amazing anatomical brain tea towels from Girls Can Tell

Brenda - Phydeaux Designs