A Recipe for Accomplishment

His advice for new catalogers: “You need some unique reason for being,” he says. “Don’t be just another swimsuit or food catalog. Bring something new to the table.”

Citing his own inexperience when he founded the Home Bistro catalog, Thompson notes that you also need to surround yourself with people who know more than you do and are willing to disagree with you. Says Thompson, “If everyone only gives you good news, something’s wrong.”