Inside Design With Kandrac & Kole

1.  INTRO We are big advocates for staying ahead of the design curve as it relates to product, our skills as designers and our business acumen as entrepreneurs. To do this, we invest quite a bit of money, time and brain energy attending national conferences, conferences and hiring business coaches. For all of you new and old designers out there who don’t venture outside of your bubble for one reason or another, you might find this podcast very inspiring. 2.  BUSINESS OF DESIGN CONFERENCE WITH DAVID SHEPHARD A. When? 2004-2006 B. Where? Las Vegas, Palm Springs, New York C. How did we benefit? 1. Rubbing shoulders with designers in an entirely different category than ourselves – Tobi Fairley. 2. Meeting lifelong designer friends – Joann Kole and Melinda Headrick 3. Accounting for time – the silos philosophy 4. Studio Webware D. What he’s doing now – David is retired from this conference and is a Professor of Entrepreneurship at TCU in Texas. He is however, going to speak at the next Bold Summit which is the Bus