start up design agency
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- bhawk0
Tell them the market is saturated and that the only way to get big clients is to low ball other firms, but in doing so will alienate them from the rest of the design community and they will never get any respect. But the key is small. 1 guy project managing and husling clients. one or two who works on design. Two prefreably cause it sucks to design alone get boring, creates a synergye. Another who works on backend, PHP,ASP etc. and if print is involved another to do pre press, colour balance and dealing with printers etc. max 5 people. And maybe one guy to manage the cash flow and hopefully has really rich parants. However student starting a business is a big mistake cause they don't know exactly what would be involved in a project and under estimate cost. Then there is the problem how do people get paid, do people work for a percentage of the project? Which seems like a nightmere 2 me. Is there a boss who gives out salaries? If so where the money gona come from. And yes don't work with friends, friends and money don't mix.