How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm - Hardcover

Rubeling, Albert W.

 
9780070542228: How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm

Synopsis

Nothing can be more anxiety-provoking than starting your own business - it may be the fulfilment of a dream, but it takes hard work, determination, and know-how. This fact-filled guidebook walks professionals through all the steps unique to creating a new design firm - positioning them for success from the day the doors open. Written by a successful designer/entrepreneur, the book is filled with down-to-earth tips and advice on how to develop a strategic business plan; find funds for capitalization; set fees; seek out new clients; advertise and market design services; plan the physical setup of the new office; and more. There are also tru-life success stories, business checklists, and self-evaluation forms.

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