Articles: Tips for Design Entrepreneurs

How to Be a Design Entrepreneur: Seven Tips for Running Your Own I.D. Business | Core77

Tips for running your own Industrial Design business. Includes 11 case studies.

  1. Make a business plan…eventually
  2. Let focus be a priority
  3. Find another way to make some cash
  4. Don’t do it all by yourself
  5. Master at least one form of marketing
  6. Define success
  7. Take a break!

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  1. Expect a huge learning curve
  2. Design for the retail shelf
  3. Be a quality hound
  4. Love your suppliers
  5. Budge, budget, and budget!
  6. Pricing is a science and an art
  7. Having inventory can be bad
  8. Strive for creative manufacturing
  9. Don’t take no for an answer

You’re a design entrepreneur, not a designer | dezeen

  1. Validation
  2. Access to resources
  3. Exposure
  4. Experience