Betty Belts Blog

Pretty Please Vote to Help Betty Belts Win a Grant

Dear Friends, I am applying for a grant for much needed funding to improve the business to the benefit of all involved. Click on the link below and read my funny story. You will read things about my past that you probably never knew and [...]

Sample Sale in Ventura March 26th and 28th

If you are in or anywhere near Ventura, don't miss our combo sample sale together with Betty Belts/Betty B. and Stewart+Brown. I will have a selection of real goodies (belts/necklaces/earrings/bracelets/bags) marked WAYYYY down including some one-off samples to grab while you can. S+B will have [...]

Article About Donna in Green Issue of DEEP Magazine

DEEP is a wonderful magazine about the Ocean and those who pursue its pleasures. I was fortunate to be featured in their Green issue this year with a profile about my business and ethics lovingly written by the man who knows me better than anyone, [...]

More Great Insight from Seth Godin

Gotta love Seth. He always writes things that resonate so deeply with my own business ethics and style. Here is a recent post of his that I think can be really helpful to many who are finding themselves stuck or scared with their business and [...]

Betty Belts Surfer Mary Osborne Interviewed in USA Today!

Congratulations to Mary, for getting this well deserved attention by one of our country's biggest daily newspapers. Mary Osborne was the very first surfer to join the Betty Belts Surf Team way back in 2003 and I've watched her career explode over the years. By [...]

The Times They Are a Changin’

This brilliant post by Seth Godin applies to many industries/sectors. http://sethgodin.typepad.com/seths_blog/2009/02/music-vs-the-music-industry.html Think in terms of your own gig while you are reading it. I know why I never marched to the beat of the fashion industry drum with my brand Betty Belts. I never really [...]

Why We Shouldn’t Do Business With Large Retailers

This is an article a friend of mine, Ray Bowman, International Trade Consultant, wrote about the cut-throat strategies of big businesses which routinely put small businesses like mine (and bigger ones too!) out of business. I have been asked many times why don't I sell [...]

Mary Osborne on What to get for your Surfing Valentine

Mary really knows what you need to get your surfing Valentine. Something fabulous from Betty B., of course! Read her recommendations here.

Surfing Partridge Twins Show Their Glamorous Side

We had the twins down from Santa Cruz for the weekend, Betty Belts Team Riders Sierra and Hailey Partridge, a.k.a. "The Surf Twins". These girls are among the marvelous female athletes that my company Betty Belts sponsors. They came to work with David (Pu'u) on [...]

A Proposal Like No Other

A filmmaker friend of ours, Brent Sumner, proposed to his girlfriend Polly in the most amazing, funny, entertaining and touching way. He made a film. And it's a doozy! You will laugh, you will cry, you must see this crazy production of a man in [...]

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