Welcome to the first Resourceful Friday:
Resources: Business of Design Blogs

The aim of BoDo is to gather in the conversation from websites, blogs, books, magazines and even tv. When I started researching for BoDo’s Resources on the subject of the business of design, a few focused blogs stood out. By focused, I mean 98% of the posts are about running a design business.

Resources: Business of Design Blogs

GraphicDefine
Author: Daniel Schutzsmith
Six years in the industry, Daniel’s background is Web Developer, Graphic Designer, Project Manager, Business Developer, Business Manager, Business Developer, and now Entrepreneur. At present Daniel is Adjunct Professor at the School of Visual Arts (NY), teaching (amongst other subjects) the Business of Studio.

One of my favourite posts at GraphicDefine:
Are You Ready to Open Your Own Design Studio?

FreelanceTipster
Author: Jen Gordon
Jen has ten years in the business (six as a freelancer artist), working as art director and designer. FreelanceTipster is a new blog (only three months deep), but is turning into a great resource.

One of my favourite posts at FreelanceTipster:
Top 10 Mistakes Made by New Freelancers

Check out the Hourly Rate Calculator on her business site, Jen Gordon. Similar to Creative Latitude’s, only software.

CREATEaPRO.com
Author: John Rubio
Thirteen years in the industry, John Rubio has worked in print design, marketing, advertising, corporate branding, video, film, web design, multimedia, illustration, cartooning, comics, and animation. Although he stalled at three months, CREATEaPRO.com is a good resource, and with a nudge (hi John!) I’m hoping he’ll recharge.

One of my favourite posts at CREATEaPRO.com:
Flat Rate or Hourly?

With Designers who Blog going into its second year, I have a handle on a great deal more blogs discussing the business of design (to one degree or another). I plan to share all on Resourceful Friday. Eventually. Along with websites, books, magazines, software, anything to do with running a design business.

If you have any resources to suggest, drop me a line. Depending, I’ll add them to our resources and BoDo’s del.icio.us.

Until the next
Resourceful Friday,
cat