Just a reminder that the Philly Design*Sponge Biz meetup will be this Thursday!

Date: Thursday, October 11
Time: 7-9pm
Location: DWR, 1710 Walnut Street

We will be discussing small business concerns, marketing/PR, real life designer success stories and retailing/wholesaling. Some of the speakers include:

Marketing & PR – Grace Bonney, Design*Sponge
Designer Story – Teresa Chang, Ceramicist
Women’s Small Business concerns – Bonnie Mazza, Philadelphia Development Partnership
Accounting and taxes for the small business – Pam Gibbs
Retailing/wholesaling – Kim Zimmerman, Bruges Home

I’ll also be available to answer questions about maintaining a freelance business.

Please bring a snack or drink with you if you can and RSVP to: info{AT}ohjoystudio.com. If you’ve already RSVP’ed to Grace at Design*Sponge, no need to RSVP twice. We’ll see you then!