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If you had a booth at Painted Tree, this one’s for you.
April 14th. One email. Ten days to pull your inventory. Rent already paid, deposits likely gone, and a customer base you’d spent months building — tied to a location that’s now closed.
A lot of vendors are figuring out what comes next right now. Some are looking for a new space. Some are taking a breath first. Both are reasonable.
startWorks works with small business owners at this stage — not the polished version, the actual one. If you want to talk through what rebuilding looks like for your business specifically, link in bio. No pressure, just a real conversation.
If you know someone who was a vendor, share this. They may not have seen it yet.
Drop a 🌿 in the comments if you were at Painted Tree. We’re paying attention.

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If you had a booth at Painted Tree, you woke up last week to an email that changed everything.
Ten days to get your inventory. Rent you’ll probably never see back. A storefront you’d been building — sometimes for years — just gone.

A lot of people are still figuring out what to do next. Whether that’s moving online, finding another market, or just catching your breath first. All of that is a reasonable place to be right now.

exists for this part of running a small business. The part that doesn’t make the highlight reel. If you want to talk through what comes next — what your options actually look like, what systems might hold up better going forward — we’re available for that conversation, no pitch attached.

Drop a 🌿 in the comments if you were a vendor. We’d like to know how you’re doing.