An informational interview consists of a list of questions that are posed to a presumed authority, by a student, regarding the status of one’s industry and future employment or business prospects. To save myself some effort since I get requests for these, I thought I’d post the answers to the questions with the idea it might be helpful to others.…
This applies to any service provider -the key problem is communication. This is not an intended slam of designers because they typically do a lot of talking and or a lot of writing in an attempt to get their point across.…
Following the theme of yesterday’s entry, I’ll post some suggestions on getting your stuff back from a sewing contractor. The first step is to know what you have (inventory management) and a lot of people don’t. I will also provide some suggestions to avoid getting in a bind like this.…
Here the worst has come to pass, such an ugly drama.
If you’re not a member and can’t access the details, one of our designers -we’ll call her Jane- received several angry emails from her sales reps saying that another designer -let’s call her Haley- was selling many of Jane’s styles and in Jane’s exact fabrications.…
The cut to the chase answer to the question of where and how do you start a design business depends on your goals.
But first, this needs to be tied into last week’s entry What kind of designer are you?…
