Ready to strike out on your own as a freelance designer, or build your own design studio from the ground up? This path provides you with essential information, expert insights, and inspiration for running a design business.
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Learn best practices for starting a design business.
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Grow your business and maintain creativity.
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Learn to manage your work using expert best practices.
Courses
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1
Entrepreneurship Foundations1h 13mEntrepreneurship Foundations
By: Kim Kaupe
Learn the foundations of entrepreneurship and assess your potential to become a business owner.
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Entrepreneurship: Bootstrapping Your Business1h 19mEntrepreneurship: Bootstrapping Your Business
By: Kim Kaupe
Start and grow your own business without outside funding. Learn what it takes to manage your spending, prepare your personal finances, apply for awards and grants, and more.
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3
Launching Your Creative Business41mLaunching Your Creative Business
By: Amy DeLouise
Learn about business considerations and strategies unique to launching a creative business. Explore ways to help your creative business succeed.
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4
Running a Design Business: The Staffing Rule Book1h 5mRunning a Design Business: The Staffing Rule Book
By: Emily Ruth Cohen
Learn how to make better, smarter, and more strategic staffing and organizational decisions to grow and manage your creative team.
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5
Creating a Business Plan1h 11mCreating a Business Plan
By: Mike Figliuolo
Looking to build a business or expand one you're already running? You need to write a business plan. Learn how to define your business, market, product, sales strategy, and more.
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Running a Design Business: Creative Briefs1h 13mRunning a Design Business: Creative Briefs
By: Terry Lee Stone
Learn to write and use a creative brief for client-commissioned projects and ensure you have a roadmap for developing great design.
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Running a Design Business: Writing and Pricing Winning Proposals50mRunning a Design Business: Writing and Pricing Winning Proposals
By: Emily Ruth Cohen
Explore how to write a winning proposal that effectively communicates your services and includes a smart pricing strategy.
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Running a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements1h 10mRunning a Design Business: Designer-Client Agreements
By: Terry Lee Stone
Learn to protect you and your client's interests and ensure a great creative design with a well-written contract.
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Running a Design Business: Presentation Skills1h 4mRunning a Design Business: Presentation Skills
By: Petrula Vrontikis
Convey your ideas with confidence and clarity to get the approval needed to move your project forward.
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Branding Strategy: Define Your Creative Edge1h 17mBranding Strategy: Define Your Creative Edge
By: Nicte Cuevas
Get strategies for confidently promoting your work as a designer or illustrator, developing a consistent brand, and landing your dream clients.
Instructors
Kim Kaupe
Founder at Bright Ideas Only, Keynote Speaker & Moderator, LinkedIn Learning Instructor & Host of Coffee With Kim a LIVE Weekly Podcast
Amy DeLouise
Helping Brands Tell a Better Story | Content Strategist | Video Producer | Keynote Speaker | Writer | #GALSNGEAR Founder | #Tequity Evangelist
Emily Ruth Cohen
Business Consultant & Founder at Casa Davka
Mike Figliuolo
Managing Director, thoughtLEADERS, LLC®, LinkedIn Learning Author, and Board Member
Terry Lee Stone
Petrula Vrontikis
I teach designers how to make things and how to make things happen.
Nicte Cuevas
Connecting color, cultura, and design into purpose-driven brand strategy 📌 Linkedin Top Voice in Design 💬Bilingual 💡LinkedIn Learning Instructor with 140k+ learners