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Starting up a Start-up. How to start a service design business?
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This discussion follows from my interest in the fields of design thinking / service design and the perception that my country lacks such services. My immediate reaction was: "why not starting such a…
Started this discussion. Last reply by Ricardo Carolas Dec. 15, 2009.
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@Jess - Guess I'm with Matt and Duncan on this: the first phrase sums up really well the essence of starting a business.
Like the idea of setting up a discussion regarding messages for clients.
Excellent Idea.
Really like your first phrase there Jess, that's a very useful way of thinking about.
Heh. All of my too long post is to say that starting a service design business is first and foremost about starting a business, and then about consulting, and then only after that is it about service design.
You're absolutely right about just getti…
@ Jess McMullin - those are all very relevant considerations you've posted and I think often it is hard for the person considering starting up to know the answers to some of them. This kind of ambiguity is something I think designers are well equipp…
Hi Jess. Thank you for such sound advice. One of my challenges when thinking of setting up a business is actually the financial part. Although this is yet just an idea, some of the questions you pose made a lot of sense and I had already confront my…
Hi Matt,
Thank you for your comment and link. Definitely open to continue the conversation.
Cheers, Ricardo
Hi Daniel!
Very interesting information! Actually, I had also to look up information regarding TRIZ.
While analyzing Six Sigma and TRIZ tools (and I should stress here that my background is not an engineering one) and trying to relate them with Desi…
This group tries to gather all those people involved in teaching, lecturing, tutoring or assessing design thinking subjects.
Share your approaches and get feedback! Let's learn together and improve our own skills & knowledge..
Ricardo,
I believe you have the educational background and training required looking from your web site
You say that you will probably be a pioneer in your country for such services
You are interested in pursuing a business
Go pursue your dream, you…
Hi Ricardo,
It's always exciting to think about starting your own firm. I started a user experience firm in 2003, we're now at 15 people and have had some great opportunities to work with fantastic clients. A significant portion of our work overlap…
Hi Ricardo. THe good thing about starting a service design business is that there are no large overheads when it comes to equipment. Friend of mine started up his SD business with a really nice pen, some A3 card and a swathe of post-it notes.
Take…
@ Ricardo. Me too! I'm looking into starting a Service Design business and, like you,feel that it's a largely vacant niche in my country. I'm in the planning and networking phase and am finding that I need to be very precise, and remove design speak…
Good questions...
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- Recently graduated from an MSc Innovation, Creativity and Entrepreneurship, Newcastle University Business School
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- Innovation, Creativity, Design Thinking, Service Design, Entrepreneurship
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- At 1:42am on December 17, 2009,
Matt Currie said…
- Hey Ricardo. What do you think of Arne's idea? I'd certainly join such a group and would be happy to start it up if you didn't want to...
- At 6:05pm on December 14, 2009,
Arne van Oosterom said… - HI Ricardo,
Maybe you should start a group here on Wenovski, for people starting a design thinking business. This way you can collect useful information and help each other out.
All the best,
Arne
- At 11:32pm on December 11, 2009,
Daniel Christadoss said…
- Ricardo,
Thanks for your email. Please let me know about the questions you have
Regards
Daniel
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