A couple of weeks ago on Maker’s Row Live we interviewed a great friend of Maker’s Row, Lauren Cecchi, who is the founder and designer at Lauren Cecchi Handbags. Lauren began her line almost four years ago and is still going strong thanks to her bullish attitude towards running a business. Lauren talked to us about all aspects to starting a luxury handbag line from her idea to what she did to get started to making her first sample and launching. She had so much great advice that you can watch on the full episode on our Facebook page, but here are some of our favorite pieces of advice.