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Become a Design Business Owner

Ready to strike out on your own as a freelance designer, or build your own design studio from the ground up? This path will provide you with essential information, expert insights, and inspiration for running a design business.
Learn and apply best practices for starting a business.
Grow your business and maintain creativity
Discover how to manage your work using expert recommended best practices.
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13 Hours of expert-created video tutorials
Practice to reinforce what you learned
Certify your achievement
Advance your career
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Entrepreneurship Foundations with Whitney Johnson

2h 20m • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Freelancing with Petrula Vrontikis

1h 23m • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Starting Small with Petrula Vrontikis

1h 33m • COURSE
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Creating a Business Plan with Mike Figliuolo

1h 12m • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Creative Briefs with Terry Lee Stone

1h 13m • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Pricing and Estimating with Terry Lee Stone

1h 5m • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements with Terry Lee Stone

1h 10m • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Presentation Skills with Petrula Vrontikis

1h 4m • COURSE
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Sales Secrets for Small Business with Dave Crenshaw

48m 53s • COURSE
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Running a Design Business: Self Promotion with Sean Adams

1h 23m • COURSE

You'll learn to start a design business with these experts

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