DMI Rethinking Design Conference San Francisco – Recap
This is my 3rd DMI conference. What can I say? I LOVE THEM!
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Do startups need VC funding?
A couple weeks ago, Joe and I attended the local SD TechCrunch Meetup at Karl Straus in the Sorrento Valley Tech Center, organized by Vipul Bahety of Qualcomm. Read more →
CONNECT FrameWorks Workshop: Strategy in the 21st Century: Open Innovation, Business Model Design and Portfolio Agility
Yesterday, I was excited to attend a workshop on strategy innovation. It’s because this workshop is NOT in my usual San Francisco area. Read more →
We can play and innovate!
Many times, people often think designers are too “crazy” or that we have no “focus” or we play too much. Or we are not serious enough for “business talk”. Watching this reminds me of why I love design + business and how I can still be me. Do some of these exercises from Tim Brown, IDEO. A corporate office does not have to be serious at all as innovation stems from a lot of play.
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Technology for Humanity
It’s been a while since we’ve posted some new discovery. We’ve been so caught up with the January events of ’09. First Joe and I had to finish up our 2009 new year resolutions, which turn out to be more like long to-do list than resolutions.
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Working with sales reps or agents
Before you continue reading this article, let me warn you that Joe and I have a biased opinion on working with sales reps and agents. This is because we have worked with super amazing people and really unethical crappy people. So the experiences that we share here with you come from both sides.
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Getting press – how to do a press/ media kit
Recently a fan wrote in asking us how to put a media/press kit together. I told her we are not professional press agencies or publicists but we can try to share as much information based on our experience.
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Establishing a look
A fan emailed, asking if she could mix product styles or if she should stick to a certain look for her line. My answer is if it’s your BRAND new debut collection, stick to one strong cohesive look. The collection has to represent what your line/brand is about. Come up with a concept first then the rest will fall into place.
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Price Points – Wholesale, Retail & Distributor’s Pricing
A fan that is also interested in establishing her own line recently emailed us asking us about price points. This is definitely a tough question but we will try our best to answer.
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