10 November 2025

Personal Business

Are.na founder Charles Broskoski in Personal Business:

A Personal Business is run by people who are truly into what they are doing, and invested enough to offer products, services, and/or experiences that are both high-quality and idiosyncratic. The type of business that both sustains and is sustained by a community. Think of the bodega down the street that will accept your packages for you, or restaurants that have been in operation for as long as you can remember, or a store that you stop in just to chat.

If I ever start a business, this would be the foundation of my manifesto.