2008 How Design Conference Notes: Financial planning for solo designers

presented by Shel Perkins, author of Talent is Not Enough: Business Secrets for Designers. (original description)

  • you need to have adequate startup capital to cover the first two years
  • most start with savings and personal loans
  • most only last about three years
  • essential to work with a CPA
  • because you’re self-employed, you need to make quarterly tax pre-payments

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