Comments on: There are No Absolutes in Business http://www.ourstartupstory.com/there-are-no-absolutes-in-business/ Tracking the journey of some startups Mon, 30 Aug 2010 23:19:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Julie http://www.ourstartupstory.com/there-are-no-absolutes-in-business/comment-page-1/#comment-59 Julie Thu, 12 Feb 2009 04:13:48 +0000 http://www.ourstartupstory.com/?p=198#comment-59 I got to #1 and was confused - what does designing on spec have to do with writing a spec? In design terms, I'd view the later as helping the client with their creative brief - not equivalent to actually producing a salable product. Also, to quibble with the near-absolute you proposed - I think it "absolutely" possible to produce an empirically good design that also achieves the client's goals. If it weren't, why hire a professional designer at all? A poor design can hamper your business goals just as much as a poor product or poor salesmanship. Wait... do you work for CrowdSpring? ;) I got to #1 and was confused – what does designing on spec have to do with writing a spec? In design terms, I'd view the later as helping the client with their creative brief – not equivalent to actually producing a salable product.

Also, to quibble with the near-absolute you proposed – I think it "absolutely" possible to produce an empirically good design that also achieves the client's goals. If it weren't, why hire a professional designer at all? A poor design can hamper your business goals just as much as a poor product or poor salesmanship.

Wait… do you work for CrowdSpring? ;)

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