In response to Kathleen’s entry, I wonder if the DE has an accountant. This is typically one of those areas where business owners “think” and “consider” when, in reality, someone needs to crunch numbers and see if it makes sense. Typically financial matters are easily decided with analysis.…
Author: Miracle Wanzo
Marketing budget for a start up
Hilarie wrote:
…As I determine my marketing budget, I am curious as to what percentage of ones budget you feel a budding design business should dedicate to marketing and what return should one expect for the first year or so on that percentage.
Indie designer goes to Hong Kong 3
After my first day in Sham Shui Po, exhausted and barely making my way back to the MTR station, I knew that I missed out by not finding any trims at all. Trust me, I got so much better at finding my way around by the second day.…
Indie designer goes to Hong Kong 2
[Kathleen here, posting for Miracle. The photos she sent are interspersed throughout the text sans descriptions which I decided to do rather than sticking them all in at the end. You can see them full size in her web album.]
So…As I got closer to my travel to Hong Kong, I decided to get organized.…
Why I went to Hong Kong to buy fabric
Let me tell you the story of how I ended up here in the first place. I could go way back, about a few months to a year, when it all really started, because I had this obsession with getting myself a silk kimono style dress that I refused to sew for myself (I hate sewing).…