advice for starting a graphic design/web business
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- sparker0
ok, a business plan is NOT only for getting money, folks. sorry to burst your bubbles...a proper business plan should not only include your company structure, but the goals and kpi for the business, the cost -> price equations for what you charge clients and, probably most importantly the definitions of your contracts, licensing and intellectual property rights.
this is where you set, in stone legally, how and what clients are able to do with your work once you hand it off to them.
this is what keeps you from getting fucked, either in lawsuits or from clients a) not paying or b) stealing your work.
this is also where patent/copyright definitions would be housed.
this is why designers get fucked so often by clients...they simply don't know how important doing things right can be.