Start A Design Firm? A How to Guide By Forrst Users

"Create a document explaining why bakeries need websites". Jeez, that's just really bad advice.<p>If you start a new design firm (and particularly if you're inexperienced), you need to go where the money and the work is already, not try to create new markets.

My advice would be to work for a design firm FIRST, and once you grow out of it, go on your own. It takes years to build relationships with clients and accounts people who will authorize $100k projects to you. Going door to door is a waste of your time and talent and not the best way to approach building business, unless you're starting from scratch, in which case, I reiterate working at a design firm first.<p>Also, don't fool yourself. "Design firm" is just a sexy and sophisticated title. What you're really doing is research 80% of the time and execution 20%.

&#62; Do more then promised<p>Tip number 1: Proofread your *&#38;^% copy!