How to Live Life as an Entrepreneur

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

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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�

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#2 Look your bank account right in the eye. #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur�

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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�

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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�

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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�

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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�

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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�

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#8 Build relationships.

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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�

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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�

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May 20th, 2013

#designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt Pratt Design Incubator - Design Entrepreneurship Program “Design Your Life Like an Entrepreneur�

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May 20th, 2013

Intensives:

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May 20th, 2013

Design/BIZ:

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Prepared by: Debera Johnson, Rebeccah Pailes -Friedman. Tiffany Burnette and Kristina Drury

May 20th, 2013

For more information contact: cde@pratt.edu #designyourlife @prattincubator @pratt

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