TY - BOOK AB - "The most comprehensive business companion available, The Business Side of Creativity is the bible for every freelance graphic designer, art director, illustrator, copywriter, and agency or design-shop principal. Cameron S. Foote, successful entrepreneur and editor of the Creative Business newsletter, guides you step-by-step through the process of being successfully self-employed - from getting launched as a freelance to running a multi-person shop to retiring comfortably."--BOOK JACKET. "How should you organize? What should you charge? What marketing techniques yield the best returns? When are you ready to expand? What are the most effective strategies for managing employees? How can you build salable equity? The Business Side of Creativity delves into these questions and hundreds more - and it gives you practical, real-world answers. It includes seventeen useful forms, from a sample business plan to a prototype spreadsheet, that will save time and help you run your business more professionally. (You can download these for your own use from W.W. Norton's Web site, as described on page 387.)"--BOOK JACKET. "Compiled over six years, from the experiences of more than 4,000 entrepreneurs, The Business Side of Creativity is the indispensable guidebook for becoming a successful creative entrepreneur."--Jacket. AU - Foote, Cameron S. CN - NC998.5.A1 CY - New York : DA - ©1996. ET - 1st ed. ID - 1387167 KW - Commercial art KW - Self-employed KW - Commercial art N1 - "Norton professional book." N1 - Includes index. N2 - "The most comprehensive business companion available, The Business Side of Creativity is the bible for every freelance graphic designer, art director, illustrator, copywriter, and agency or design-shop principal. Cameron S. Foote, successful entrepreneur and editor of the Creative Business newsletter, guides you step-by-step through the process of being successfully self-employed - from getting launched as a freelance to running a multi-person shop to retiring comfortably."--BOOK JACKET. "How should you organize? What should you charge? What marketing techniques yield the best returns? When are you ready to expand? What are the most effective strategies for managing employees? How can you build salable equity? The Business Side of Creativity delves into these questions and hundreds more - and it gives you practical, real-world answers. It includes seventeen useful forms, from a sample business plan to a prototype spreadsheet, that will save time and help you run your business more professionally. (You can download these for your own use from W.W. Norton's Web site, as described on page 387.)"--BOOK JACKET. "Compiled over six years, from the experiences of more than 4,000 entrepreneurs, The Business Side of Creativity is the indispensable guidebook for becoming a successful creative entrepreneur."--Jacket. PB - Norton, PP - New York : PY - ©1996. SN - 0393730093 SN - 9780393730098 SN - 039373031X SN - 9780393730319 T1 - The business side of creativity :the complete guide for running a graphic design or communications business / TI - The business side of creativity :the complete guide for running a graphic design or communications business / ER -