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Mar 2024
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100 Strategies to Grow Your Design Busin...

Kady Sandel
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Your Business Can Be Successful and Still Be the Wrong Business | EP 224
A business can work perfectly on paper and still leave you feeling completely disconnected from it. The invoices get paid, the clients are happy, and by every external measure you've built the thing you said you wanted, and yet you open your laptop and feel nothing. That flat hum ... Show More
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Jul 21
The Real Reason I Became So Picky About My Design Clients | EP 223
Building a profitable design business isn't just about attracting more clients. At some point, it becomes about deciding which ones deserve a place in the business you're creating. That shift is much harder than most people expect because it forces you to stop measuring success b ... Show More
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Jul 14
What I Would Do Differently If I Started My Agency Over | EP 222
Most creative businesses do not stay small because the owner is not talented enough. They stay stuck because the business was built too broad, too reactive, and too focused on proving something instead of building something with a clear shape underneath it. Scattered services, un ... Show More
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