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Design Business Council > Design business strategy > How designers are disrupting

How designers are disrupting

  • February 7, 2017
  • Posted by: greg@dbc
  • Category: Design business strategy
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How designers are disrupting – themselves

After three years of working with more than 100 design studios I’ve developed an understanding of how designers grow their business through disruption.

If you want to learn more about disrupting your business you can use the Design Business Model section of The Business of Design.

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