Category Mother’s Garden

Entries 8 Total

Beware the trademark conmen

Nov 22, ’12 3:06 PM

I have a recent experience regarding trade marks which I should share. We may only be a micro business, but we feel our name and logo – our brand – is so valuable. We registered it ten years ago. It was due for renewal in January. During the summer we received an official-looking notification, complete…

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Gut feeling? Go to the fair

Jun 26, ’12 1:02 PM

Everyone’s a foodie. People smile when a laden plate is put in front of them. Our optimism levels lift when we are well fed and watered. While there are many things people think they can’t live without, food and drink are two body and soul imperatives, making that industry one of the most complex, competitive,…

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Tick tock, tick tock

Jun 12, ’12 2:15 PM

Our priceless tree logo bears many fruits. Spare yourself a second or three to study it. Drawn by our then 11-year-old niece Rosa and our 6-year-old daughter Ella it holds all things precious not least the colours of life, diversity and optimism. It represents not only our business but reminds us also of the greater…

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Is there a teenager in the house?

Jun 5, ’12 5:02 AM

I don’t know about you, but running a micro business requires a filter to sift out the chaff from the precious wheat when it comes to computers and gadgetry. What do you really need? I am ageing while the world is modernising with ever-increasing velocity, and in an effort to cultivate some savvy my stupid…

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Making do is no longer an option

May 25, ’12 2:30 PM

OK, let me start to paint you a picture of office life at Mother’s Garden, the English/Catalan micro business based in a little office in our old farmhouse in The Priorat, Catalunya, north east Spain. It will be self evident why we need to evolve. Perhaps this is how things are for a few of…

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Work within reason, wise Dad advised

May 16, ’12 4:44 PM

My father, who worked for himself all his life, either alone or running his small business, said to anyone thinking of going for it (me included) that it would take ten years to get established. I couldn’t see that at the time but I now fully understand what he was getting at. Dad died in…

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More than just a brand

May 9, ’12 7:00 AM

I told you last week that “back in 1998-9 our instinct was to radically change the course of our lives”, promising to tell you this week just how, where and why. That was a tad ambitious for one small blog, but here are the bones. Mother’s Garden is more than a brand; it is a…

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Are you up for an adventure?

May 2, ’12 4:30 PM

This is the ongoing tale of one tiny business – Mother’s Garden – and our journey, the lessons and never-ending learning, the pain and the glee. And I tell it in the sincere hope it will both enlighten and entertain everyone who wants to, or already has, taken that dry-throat, adrenalin-rush step to independence and…

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