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Beyond Design

Are you actually behind, or does it just feel that way?

You've built a creative business. But between pricing, clients, money and everything else, it's hard to know how you're really doing.

Ten questions to see where you stand, what's holding you back and what deserves your attention next.

01 / 10

Your tier

The tier is the easy part.

Underneath it sit eight things that decide it — pricing, positioning, how work reaches you, briefing, boundaries, money, admin, and who you've got around you. Your tier moves at the speed of the slowest one.

You've got one that's noticeably behind the rest. And in my experience most designers guess wrong about which it is — they name the thing that irritates them most, not the thing quietly costing them the money.

  • Your full tier read — what it means and what it costs to stay
  • All eight pillars scored, so you can see which one it actually is
  • One specific action for that pillar. Not a list. One thing.
  • The single move that takes you to the next tier

I'll send the full read to your inbox so you've got it later, and then some honest letters about the business side of design. Leave whenever you like — no hard feelings, no six emails asking you to reconsider.

Your tier

The eight pillars

Where it's actually decided

Your tier isn't one thing. It's these eight, and it moves at the speed of the slowest one.

    Your weakest pillar

    Do this one thing

    The next tier