Jasmine Designs

“What I wish I knew as an ambitious creative trying to run a business”

This one was very fun to write. I remember that budding creative I was way back, almost a decade ago, when I leapt to freelance full time.

I wore the blazer and white shirt. Said the things corporates did. Dragged the employee handbook into freelancing thinking that was the right thing to do.

It wasn’t. It sucked. And truth be told, it only got better once I ditched the handbook and started acting like the ambitious creative I am today.

These days I do most business in trackies and cross legged (adhd things). I run both businesses authentic to the way I think, act and feel. Some days I follow the dopamine, other days I follow the dollars. That’s just how it works for me and it’s working out pretty well…

Thanks Inside Small Business and Tim Ladhams for having me in this issue of ISB, and The Publicity Princess Meet The Press - Kate Engler for always championing me