How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm, Second Edition: A Guide for Interior Designers and Architects
Allworth Press, 2007
ISBN: 1581154747, 256 pages, PDF, 1,2 MB
For interior designers and architects who have always dreamed of having their own design firm…this book
can make that dream a reality. How to Start and Operate Your Own Design Firm takes readers step-by-step
through the process of establishing a business, from developing a business plan to running an office.
This comprehensive guide is packed with nuts-and-bolts information on such topics as getting financing,
setting fees, establishing a client base, advertising and marketing, dealing with insurance and banking,
and getting accounting and legal assistance. There’s even valuable help with the psychological
challenges of starting a business—fear, risk, guilt, success. Filled with real-life success stories,
business checklists, and self-evaluation forms, this invaluable guide offers everything designers and
architects need to make their dreams come true.
