How to design your life like an entrepreneur. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt
Debera Johnson
Executive Director Pratt Design Incubator Center for Sustainable Design Studies Chair Industrial Design 1998-2005
Rebeccah Pailes-Friedman Associate Director CDE program Pratt Faculty (Fashion/Industrial Design) Design Consultant
#designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#1 You have to start by jumping off. @deberajohnson #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#2 Look your bank account right in the eye. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#3 What are you good at? Do you need a partner? #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#4 It’s not easy to keep the passion going. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur” Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#5 Nobody cares as much as you do. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#6 Really, really, really do your homework. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#6 Really, really, really do your homework. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#7 Get feedback from everyone you can. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#8 Build relationships.
#designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#9 Befriend a lawyer, hire an accountant. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#10 Get away from it now and then. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
#designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
Intensives:
#designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
Design/BIZ:
#designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur� Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury
May 20th, 2013
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