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A magical thing happened yesterday

A magical thing happened yesterday. Automatically, several dozen invoices were sent to my clients. In total, more than $10K in invoices. Many of my clients have auto-payment setup for their invoices. The money is already heading toward my bank account. It's only the...

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A magical thing happened yesterday. Automatically, several dozen invoices were sent to my clients. In total, more than $10K in invoices. Many of my clients have auto-payment setup for their invoices. The money is already heading toward my bank account. It's only the...

All good things must come to an end

Yesterday, I wrapped up the last week of my IGNITE Design Business Academy. Whew! This was my fifth cohort of the Academy. I love teaching all the content. The lessons come directly out of the hard lessons I've learned as a design business owner. It includes all the...

Collaboration for the win

I live in a really small, rural town in Kansas. 650 people live here. Some of the locals refer to our town as Mayberry. I think it's a fair comparison. In all the best ways. Our family moved here in 2001. I started my freelance design business here in 2006. Let me...

Coming back for more

When I was in Paris with my family a couple of weeks ago, we found an amazing bakery. It is called Maison Marquise. Just a 10 minute walk from our lodging. The food... amazing and fresh. The physical space... clean, bright and beautiful. The staff... friendly,...

Do your client’s trust you?

My son, Luke, called me from college the other day. His car needs to have some work done. He’s driving his car down tomorrow to drop it off for a few days. We’re going to drop it off at my friend, Brian’s shop. Why is Luke driving an hour and a half, when there are...

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