1. A PUBLICATION OF THE GRAPHIC ARTISTS GUILD
Starting Your Own
Communication Design
Business
WEBINAR SERIES:
Part 1: Wednesday, July 25
Part 2: Wednesday, August 8
www.graphicartistsguild.org
LARA J. KISIELEWSKA
3. Contents
Introduction...........................................................................................4
The Business Plan:
Always Necessary, Even If You’re A One-Man Band..............................5
Financing Your Business:
Even More Important Than Your Logo!..................................................9
Business Relationships:
It’s All In Who You Know......................................................................11
More Numbers To Memorize:
Your EIN And Duns Numbers..............................................................13
Buyer’s Remorse Is No Fun At All:
Acquiring The Right Equipment...........................................................14
Who Needs Headhunters?:
Attracting Top Talent............................................................................16
Nuts & Bolts:
Pricing, Contracts, and Other Paperwork............................................19
If You Build It They Will Come:
Actually, It Doesn’t Really Work That Way…........................................24