The waterfall is gorgeous-definitely worth the uphill hike. (See figures 1 and 2.) We rest on a big rock for several minutes, enjoying the view, hoping the sweet little old ladies don’t accidentally tumble over the edge (they’re posing for a picture, and getting too close to the waterfall, if you ask me). Then we turn around and head back. It’s downhill the whole way. Wheeeeeee!

Do some test market research for your T-shirt store. Do some easy test market research with your T shirt business before you start designing your T-t-shirt shopping. Check out some popular spots where your target market shops and check out the designs on T shirts and other apparel. You might be surprised at some of the T shirts that people are buying. Designs such as fantasy images and retro artwork from the seventies’s and Acttee eighties’s are popular with many young people. Also evaluate the quality of the T shirts you are going to be selling by getting honest opinions from others, preferably people that are within your target market .You can do this by creating a couple of test T shirts and wearing them around or getting your friends and family to wear your designs.

And speaking of cards, do you have all the addresses you need for cards? Now is a good time to get them ready. Update your list every time anyone moves. Have you made new friends? Add them to your list. You don’t want to forget anyone.

Thai Kitchen & Bar in Estes Park is small and doesn’t look like much from the outside, but it sure smells good inside. As we’re looking over our menus, Dan tells me I have to try the mango lassi, some kind of yogurt-mango shake. He had one at an Indian restaurant once and thinks I’d love it. So I order the cashew tofu dish with mild spices, and a mango lassi. Dan orders one of the pad thai dishes, “medium” on the spices. We get spring rolls as an appetizer. Yum!

A refugee takes a small job of a salesman and starts a business of making artificial flowers. To start his small business he borrows money from friends and relatives. Today his personal net worth is more than $26.5 billion.

Dan’s too hungry to argue with me now. We turn off the stupid GPS and drive to Thai Kitchen & Bar. An old man cuts us off as we’re pulling into the parking lot. “Learn to drive, dumbass!” Dan hollers. He’s such a sweetie.

Step eight. Advertise your products carefully. Your markup on an individual T-shirt is probably about two dollars. Most people who buy from your site will buy only one T-shirt. You can not afford to be paying very much per customer who arrives. Fortunately there are places to advertise for free on the Web.