Before you start a business of any kind, there is a lot of planning and research to be done. If you do your homework, you will have a better chance at getting your business off the ground. Unfortunately for designers, business classes usually aren’t a required part of design curricula, so a lot of us creative types have to learn as we go along. Lack of business sense is also the reason many creative start-ups fail. So, in my efforts to avoid that, I’ve been doing lots of homework and research on how to run a business.
Being fiercely independent, I have always known that someday I wanted to run my own business and work for myself. It’s one of the reasons I decided to study graphic design. But since college didn’t really prepare me for running a business, I have spent the last couple of years reading and researching not only how to start and run a business, but how to do it sustainably. What follows is a long list of resources that have been helpful to me.
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Thank you for finding this information. It is always easier to start green than it is to switch over to green. Bob Hernreich