What's your plan, Stan? As we near the halfway point for 2007, what's your strategy for the next six months? What will you do to insure that your business booms, not busts? As you plan ahead, don't just dwell on what to do. Think, also, about what not to do. This is as good a time as any to bring ou
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24 days. That's how long you have to save $150 off the registration fee for the 2007 Business of Design conference Sept. 6-7 in Las Vegas. Register at www.designingprofits.com by the July 15 Early Bird Deadline and enter"fred" when you're asked for a discount code, and you'll save $150. If you're se
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One Magic Christmas on dvd From a former design school student who now hires students: another spin on the design education controversy. You may recall my recent posting in which I charged that design schools are doing a crummy job of teaching the business side of the business. Buried Alive dvdr
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Dirty Sanchez: The Movie video Working too hard? Earning too little? Something's wrong there. Something's wrong when you're more "busy" than profitable. And when you spend too much time on things that yield too little. And when you don't have enough time for family and friends and fun. "Earn More
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Interior design schools are flunking when it comes to teaching business skills. One Magic Christmas divx There's a crisis in the classrooms at America's nearly 150 accredited interior design schools. Dirty Sanchez: The Movie hd Those schools are doing a crummy job of teaching the business side of
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Design professionals and industry partners are better off with no web site than a bad one. Their web sites are hindering rather than helping many design industry professionals. That's my conclusion after surveying dozens of sites created by designers, manufacturers, retailers, window fashion profe
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Get real. The Master of Disguise movies That's my advice to students who are serious -- really serious -- about a career in interior design. "Getting real" means enrolling in schools, and taking courses that will prepare you for the business of design. That, after all, is what design as we know it
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