by Austin Price | Mar 16, 2015 | News
Design critiques are a necessary part of any design process. They can give a designer the feedback they need to make a good design great — sometimes. Many times, though, critiques can end with a designer coming away with not much feedback or questioning whether...
by Clark Buckner | Mar 13, 2015 | News, Podcast
I recently spoke with Astute Communications’ Anna Stout, a web designer and front-end developer with keen insight into building better websites. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/191346879″...
by Giovanni DiFeterici | Mar 11, 2015 | News, Podcast
Rob Harr @robertHarr The Business of Talent In recent months, a number of design firms have met with hard times that resulted in this dissolution of the firm or, at the least, major cutbacks. These developments have been alarming to the industry and like many business...
by Rita Fitzgerald | Mar 9, 2015 | News
Imagine if every time your business missed a call, you didn’t follow up on the voicemail that was left. It could be a message from a business partner, vendor, or worse – a potential customer. What kind of damage would that do to your business? It’s the same...
by Clark Buckner | Mar 6, 2015 | News, Podcast
nGen Works founder and BizCraft co-host Carl Smith thought he knew how to run a business until a cold winter’s morning and a persistent five-year-old proved him otherwise. Clark Buckner interviewed Smith about “Lessons From the Lemonade Stand,” a talk Smith has given...
by Giovanni DiFeterici | Mar 4, 2015 | News, Podcast
James White @Signalnoise The Business of Illustration One of the scariest moments as a creative is realizing that you can’t just create, you have to sell. Even creative professions require business acumen. This is a major problem for many creative people, many of whom...