> Any one else encounter the glass ceiling? What did you do?
I may have hit, or at least encroached, the glass ceiling for Phoenix, but for me, the decision to start my own firm came from the realization that by joining another company, I'd become an anonymous cog in the machine. Instead of abandoning my identity and churning out designs for a single company, I thought I'd do much better on my own, not only financially, but I'd also be able to work with more companies on a wider variety of projects. I definitely spend more time now than ever before on marketing and management, but it's not because of the competition, it's because it's a new business that needs to build up a reputation of its own, and because ... well, I'm new at running a business and am bound to make boatloads of mistakes along the way. That said, our business model is unique enough that I don't really feel like I'm competing with anyone, and some upcoming strategic changes will solidify that even more. It's far better to be *different* than to compete with 1,000 other firms doing the same thing with varying levels of talent/skill/experience/education. -r- ________________________________________________________________ *Come to IxDA Interaction08 | Savannah* February 8-10, 2008 in Savannah, GA, USA Register today: http://interaction08.ixda.org/ ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
