[thelist] best business book for designers

[Liam Delahunty]

construct Sent: 27 February 2003 00:20

>can anybody suggest a great book for the "Business side" of being a web
>designer?

Not specifically web design, but this is a good read:

How to Keep Running a Successful Design Company
Marcello Minale
An account of how to run a multidisciplinary design comapny. Every step of
the the way in design is covered - from organizing one's portfolio and what
to wear at an interview, to setting up in business, building a reputation
and expanding internationally. This edition features new chapters on public
speaking and the future of design on the eve of the next millennium.
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1861541309/

Also:
Go It Alone - the Streetwise Secrets of Self Employment
Geoff Burch
http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/ASIN/1841124702/

Kind regards, Liam Delahunty, Mega Products Limited