Designer As Entrepreneur

Designers Are The New Drivers Of American Entrepreneurialism

Written by: Bruce Nussbaum

Designers are merging their ways of thinking with startup culture. The result, writes Bruce Nussbaum, is greater innovation and astounding VC success rates.

inShare

I recently walked into a packed hall of 200 Parsons students for an event called “Start Something--Why Creatives Need to Become Entrepreneurs,” organized by the NYCreative Interns group. Four women entrepreneurs, including Laurel Touby, the founder of Mediabistro, were up front, talking about their experiences of launching their respective businesses. The incredible energy in the room highlighted an emerging trend--the headlong crash of creativity into capitalism to forge a startup model for the future. In this new model, designers drive the force of American entrepreneurialism.
http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665120/designers-are-the-new-drivers-of-american-entrepreneurialism

http://www.amazon.com/The-Design-Entrepreneur-Turning-Graphic/dp/B00AK3WXQG

http://brineandbyway.com/brine-and-byway/?pfsection=539413&parent=532345&pfsection_name=DESTROYED_T-SHIRTS