Tools and strategies are only part of the story.
The real magic happens when you’re part of a group working toward the same goals, lifting each other up along the way.
Here's what we KNOW will change everything:
COLLECTIVE SUCCESS
Collective success means each of us contributes to our peers success, and we all work together to create social change.
RADICAL GENEROSITY
Radical generosity means showing up to uplift, cheerlead, encourage, check on, and offer gifts of knowledge and insight.
OPEN INFORMATION SHARING
This means we not only offer and share, but we deconstruct toxic individualism by participating in asking and receiving.
Dear Fiber Business Owner,
I've advised and represented so many individuals and small and large businesses with tax and business issues, it would make your head spin.
And while I love legal research and getting into the nitty-gritty details, community-building and advocacy is what fulfills me.
As a legal junkie and fiber enthusiast, I'm in a unique position to lead the Fiber Business Collective (also lovingly known as the "FBC"). I also have experience in community-building.
I founded NeuroStitches, an online community connecting neurodivergent folks through fiber arts. With NeuroStitches, I advocate for neurodivergent business owners within the fiber arts industry through the Autistic-Owned Business Directory and the NeuroStitches Business Podcast. I look forward to bringing those same ideas and advocacy to the FBC.
This community, founded by Anastasia, is an amazing brain trust of radically generous business owners, and I am honored to carry on the legacy Anastasia built. Knowledge is power and there is nothing more powerful than a community of business owners with shared values and wisdom!
Collective success means each of us contributes to our peers’ success, and we all work together to create social change. It means that the membership experience is characterized by a group culture of investing in each other and the Collective as an entity.
Whether you are a wool producer, notions maker, designer, yarn dyer, fiber mill, or anything in between, there is a place for you here. For us to arrive at the world we want to collectively see, we need diversity to build a thriving industry together.
As an FBC member, you are not alone, rather, you have a community of fellow business owners eager to help you build your dream.
Meet the Team
We're here to guide you every step of the way!
(Click our photos to learn more about us.)
Liv
Olivia "Liv" Scott
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Director
Anastasia
Anastasia Williams
she/her/hers
Founder - Marketing Consultant - Coach
Teresa
Teresa Runnett
she/her/hers
Community Manager
(DEI/B)
WHAT A COMMITMENT TO DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION, AND BELONGING (DEI/B)
MEANS TO US
The Fiber Business Collective exists to create a healthy, resilient, and inclusive fiber arts industry. It’s our firm conviction that a critical element of this mission is creating lasting cultural change.
As a US-based business, we operate (and as individuals, have been conditioned) in a culture dominated by white supremacy, patriarchy, Christian hegemony, and other power structures and systems that prioritize the comfort, safety, and experiences of majority identities.
Inequity impacts all of us differently and people of marginalized identities disproportionately, especially when those minority identities intersect. Identities may include race, gender identity, sexual orientation, religious group, body size, ability, country of origin, health, and wealth (among other things - this is a non-exhaustive list!). We also recognize that operating in a culture dominated by white supremacy impacts every one of us, and we all benefit when we seek to overcome it and change the culture.
As a membership organization, we also recognize that our responsibility and our impact extend beyond our own business operations. In addition to being committed to operating in alignment with our values, we are also committed to the urgent and important work of creating a more racially and socially-just community and industry.
Click the button below to read more about how we put our commitment into practice.