What is this site all about?

Any Fans?  When are they coming to Texas?

I’m an artist and am looking for creative and new ways to use my art! For Christmas I had one of my paintings printed on greeting cards and sold them to people I know. I’d love to get into marketing, actually creating my own company, web site fun, etc… I know Etsy is one way to sell my creations but I’m looking for more ideas.

Some questions I have include: Any good/cheap websites out there? How do I watermark images so they don’t get stolen?

I’m looking for advice/ideas/things to think about/whatever as I work on this new project!

Economics is a science. Why are we in the economic mess we are in? It certainly is not because there is a non-existent precedent to observe and learn from.  In fact, everywhere Socialism is tried it fails, yet we (Americans) like sheep, gravitate toward feel good kool-aide when what we need is some real life robitussin. Talk is cheap. Let’s cut capital gains taxes, lift ridiculous environmental regulations, and encourage freedom, capitalism and entrepreneurship and see what the DOW does in the next few years.  Or we could make the rich worker bees pay for the jealous middle-class/poor bees who feel that life is not fair and watch our economy tank and our freedoms taken away….ok I’m rambling. What do you guys think?

A friend and I have started a for-profit that aims to help non-profits.  The idea is similar to Tom’s Shoes (tomsshoes.com); with each pair of shoes you buy, Tom’s gives a pair to children in Africa, S. America, etc.  We’re taking a little different spin on the idea and are selling trendy, top quality t-shirts that target ages 13-30.  With the purchase of each shirt, a portion of the profit goes to orphans in Sudan.  Each new shirt released will also have a new cause (e.g. water wells in Africa, etc.).

Our website just went live at wewerenaked.com.  It’s certainly not perfect, but rather is a work-in-progress.  Please feel free to give suggestions on the site and, if so inclined, pre-order a shirt.