In his third instalment, Koto's creative director and co-founder James Greenfield shares some sage advice on how to grow a creative business with grace.

How Do You Grow a Creative Business?

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Design

From finding a co-founder to building your reputation and voice, James Greenfield shares some solid advice on how to set up a creative business - the right way.

How to Start a Creative Business: Setting Up for Success

Project Management

Struggling to land a job in tech? SuperHi teacher Lou has compiled some handy resources and key tips to give you the best chance of getting hired.

How to Land Your First Job in Tech

Code

Are you dreaming of starting up? Ask yourself these five vital questions every budding entrepreneur should consider before embarking on the journey.

Do You Really Want to Start a Creative Business?

Nika offers advice to a creatively-deprived developer pondering a career change to product design.

Ask a Designer #12: Shall I Change My Career Path to Save My Creativity?

How much of life are we cropping out? Nika reflects on this vital question in a brief history of aspect ratios in tech.

What Gets Lost in the Crop? How Aspect Ratios Shape the Way We See the World

SuperHi's advice columnist and graphic designer Nika takes us through the journey of starting (and finishing) a personal design project.

Ask a Designer #11: How Do I Start a Side Project?

No clients? No worries! Nika shares her wisdom on how to create an impressive portfolio without any paid design work.

Ask a Designer #10: How Do I Create a Portfolio Without Any Real Client Work?

Nika offers some key tips for cracking into a crowded industry.

Ask a Designer #9: How Do I Break into Graphic Design?

We chat to graphic designer Adam Ho on designing Abstract, a design version control tool

How Designer Adam Ho Blurs the Lines of Branding, Interaction and Art

Why Collaboration Trumps Competition When You're a Freelancer

SuperHi's community specialist Brian on taking on new challenges and the lessons he's learned.

How to Thrive in a New Startup Job

We all have something that's unique about each of us and it’s important to be able to share that with our potential clients.

How to Stand Out With Your Story

Nika writes about how to keep up with the fast-changing tools in design.

Ask a Designer #8: How do I Keep Up With Changing Software and Jargon?

Max Pete on what it really takes to freelance full-time, and stick it out for the long term.

The Mindset Shifts You Need to Make When Becoming a Freelancer

Career reinvention doesn't look one way and we're all on the same page.

The Many Faces of Career Reinvention

Today, Nika walks through what to do when you think it might be time to give up on your dream career.

Ask a Designer #7: How Do I Know When to Give Up on My Dream Career?

We chat to SuperHi's designer and art director André Cândido on his creative process as he worked through SuperHi's brand refresh.

How Designer André Cândido Is Setting Up SuperHi's Brand for Scale

Nobody ever said it was going to be easy. Why big changes don't equal big growth and how to live and thrive in the uncertainty.

The Hard Thing About Growth

We chat to designer Meg Lewis on how she's built a company based entirely on her personality.

How Designer Meg Lewis Combines Comedy and Performance with Her New Podcast

The hardest thing about side projects isn't coming up with ideas. 

From Idea to Done: How to Finish, Ship and Launch Your Creative Side Projects

Anyone who's wanted to work on a creative side project has come across the challenge of not knowing exactly what to work on. 

How to Come Up With Your Next Side Project Idea

We chat to information designer Giorgia Lupi on how she manages her creative process, making Happy Data, and the book she's writing next.

How Information Designer Giorgia Lupi Works With Many Mediums, Many Projects

A brief look at creative side projects you may or may not have heard of.

A Brief Study of Creativity, As Seen Through Side Projects

The side hustle has become synonymous with success and ambition in modern work, but is it really the best way to achieve your goals? 

Welcome to the De-glorification of the Side Hustle

We chat to designer Anton Sten on working remotely, "dining together" with your team, and making Toast.

How UX Designer Anton Sten Works Remotely

How do we decide what creative work to keep for ourselves and what work to do for others? 

How to Find Meaning in Creative Pursuits Outside of Work

Are you living that #wfh life? Alice Katter shares her tips on how to stay creative while working from home.

How to Stay Sane and Embrace Downtime When You're Working From Home

If only there was a formula to producing good creative work. There isn't, but let's try to get as close as we can. 

How to be Creative Even When You Don't Feel Like It

We chat to designer Olivia Charlesworth on her journey as a freelancer, what she's learned, and what she's still learning.

How Designer Olivia Charlesworth Found Clients and Built a Network in a New City

The internet is a noisy place, both a web of beautiful, boundless connections and information and a cesspool of whatever you can possibly imagine. It can be the best of places and the worst of places. 

How to Stay Inspired Through the Noise of the Internet

Daniel Milroy Maher's bread and butter isn't the design or code work, but the spaces in between: the cultural discourse, the celebration of designers and artists, the work it takes to create a space for creatives to thrive. 

How Writer and Editor Daniel Milroy Maher Got Going On His Freelance Career

Maybe it's not about balance: maybe self care is about whatever you need to keep going, to keep doing, to say all the things you want to say. 

How Coding Became My Self Care

We chat to designer Carolyn Zhang about all kinds of things, from what it took to make the leap, to her take on the future of freelancing, to what it means to make meaningful and creative work.

How Independent Digital Designer Carolyn Zhang Built Her Freelance Career

It's time to talk about what you want to build for your future, freelancing and beyond.

The Creative Freelancer's Guide to Growing a Business and Scaling Independence

You're operating the engine of your independence. That means deciding what you're worth, closing the sale, and managing your cash flow.

The Creative Freelancer's Guide to Setting Up a Business and Getting Paid

When you really need work and the long game won't work for now, you've got to get out there and go get it.

How to Pitch Yourself to Get Freelance Work

Wanted: freelance developers, designers, writers, artists, marketers, and creatives - all of you who aim to live and work in the mysterious yet wonderful, and sometimes anxiety-ridden world of creative freelancing.

The Creative Freelancer's Guide to Getting Clients

We chat to Tina Essmaker on false beliefs about work, the pressures of social media, and making small changes that add up over time.

How Career Coach Tina Essmaker Took a Grown-Up Gap Year

Rachel dishes on setting expectations and navigating internal politics when it feels like everyone has different priorities.

Ask a Project Manager #2: How Do I Navigate Internal Politics to Get the Right Things Done?

We chat to Lauren Hom about post-burnout career transition, burning out even when doing what you love, and getting comfortable with saying no.

How Letterer and Designer Lauren Hom Had Her Burnout Moment with Ravioli at 3am

What's burnout, anyway? How is it any different from plain ole run of the mill stress and why exactly are so many of us burning out? 

When Creatives Burn Out

How do you find the time? What exactly should you be working on? When you want to upgrade your skills, whether it's for creative or career growth, it's not as easy as saying go. 

How to Project Manage Your Learning

We chat to creative technologist Matt Marshall about his career, from working on award-winning inventions to art installations to video games. 

How Creative Technologist Matt Marshall Built a Career from Theatre to VR/AR Design

We chat to SuperHi's customer experience specialist Mariví Nadal on how ambition used to look one way but life is a series of second chances you give yourself.

How SuperHi's CX Specialist Mariví Nadal Made Her Big Move

We chat to type designer Troy Leinster about how he ended up in type design, the importance of continuing education and the experience of transitioning between disciplines.

How Hoefler & Co. Type Designer Troy Leinster Keeps Learning

Unlike a lot of creatives who'd often much prefer to do the work rather than lead it, Stewart Scott-Curran quite clearly a strategist and leader. It's in the way he thinks, the way he talks. 

How Loom's Brand Design Lead Stewart Scott-Curran Gets Strategic 

The hard and beautiful truth about how the world today is tailor-made for changing minds, hearts and careers.

Work in Progress: How to Build a Career You Love When Everything is Changing

Here's a scenario that isn't really that glamorous to talk about because it's not about major reinventions and wild, endless possibilities. What if you're already working at your dream company? How do you keep growing from there?

In Pursuit of Growth: How to Job Hunt Internally

How do you navigate applying for jobs when you come from a non-traditional background? What are the things you should know and how do you stand out? How do you turn your perceived disadvantages into career leverage? 

In Pursuit of Change: How to Job Hunt for a New Career

When it comes to modern job hunting for creative people, are you even searching in the right direction and asking the right questions?

In Pursuit of Fulfillment: How to Define Your Dream Job

Writing cover letters is tough! Here's how to address a cover letter, how long it should be and how to talk about your experience.

SuperHi on Cover Letters: How Do I Address It, How Long Should it Be and How Do I Talk About My Experience?

All about cover letter basics: why you should even write a cover letter and what should be in it.

SuperHi on Cover Letters: Why You Should Write One and What it Should Include

All about process, how to talk about freelance work and how to write a resume if you've only worked at one place.

SuperHi on Resumes: What to do if You've Only Worked at One Place and How to Talk About Freelance Work

Meg tackles launching a fulfilling career in the creative fields, especially when you feel like an imposter.

Ask a Designer #6: How Do I Launch a Fulfilling, Creative Career?

We're talking how far back to go, summaries and how to order your resume, when it comes to your resume.

SuperHi on Resumes: How Far Back to go, Do I Need a Summary, and What Order?

Meg answers a question all entrepreneurs and entrepreneurs-to-be can relate to.

Ask a Designer #5: Should I Try to Do it All Myself?

We're taking on the quietly tricky skills section: what goes in there, what doesn't and how do I organize it anyway?

SuperHi on Resumes: What Skills Should I List?

Meg walks through how to land your first job, the one that seems so hard to get.

Ask a Designer #4: How Do I Land that First Breakthrough Design Job?

Welcome to the inescapable and inevitable topic of failure, and why you should be conducting your own retros regularly. 

Hello, Goals #4: Learning From Failure

If success is 99% inspiration and 1% perspiration, it's time to sweat (the good kind!), as we explore ways to get to the finish line.

Hello, Goals #3: Getting to the Finish Line

It's time to explore the foundation of it all: you. We'll also explore the different ways to think about goals so that you can harness their power to drive momentum and progress.

Hello, Goals #2: Working on the Right Things

Meg talks about how to build a business that doesn't rely on millions of followers.

Ask a Designer #3: Is Passive Income Possible if I Don't Have a Lot of Followers?

It's time to get what you want, what you really, really want.

Hello, Goals #1: Setting and Planning Career Goals

Meg talks about how to set proper boundaries at work, even when it comes to your manager.

Ask a Designer #2: Help! My Manager Is Stressing Me Out

Meg gives us a lesson on personal branding in the creative world.

Ask a Designer #1: Does it Matter What I Call Myself?

Carly Ayres is a founding partner of HAWRAF, which she and her partners recently closed. She is a board member of AIGA’s New York chapter, and lives in Brooklyn.

How HAWRAF Founding Partner Carly Ayres Manages Imposter Syndrome

Eric Hu is the global design director at Nike in Portland, Oregon. Previously he worked as the director of design at Ssense in Montreal.

How Nike's Global Design Director Eric Hu Manages Imposter Syndrome

Jennifer Daniel is the creative director for Google's emoji program. Previously, she was a graphics editor at the New York Times and Bloomberg Businessweek. 

How Creative Director Jennifer Daniel Manages Imposter Syndrome

We're expanding what it means to grow as a creative here at SuperHi.

Skill-up + Grow with SuperHi

In a world obsessed with overwhelm and taking in and taking on so much, slowing down is probably the greatest medicine you can give yourself and others.

Wind Down – SuperHi’s Guide on Scrapping Your To-Do List, Letting Go and Reflecting on Your Year

We chat to Camille Hearst on how to formulate ideas, Kit's processes and saying "no" when things aren't good enough.

How CEO Camille Hearst Built a Startup 

The founders of People of Creativity discuss building solidarity, how they make connections through storytelling, and how to make an impact on the creative industry.

People of Creativity on how to amplify underrepresented stories in the creative industry

The hosts of design podcast North v South talk to us about how to talk about design, the technical aspects of setting up a weekly show and how to score pies out of ten.

How North v South Started a Design Podcast

Nick Asbury discusses Sideways Dictionary, how to make jargon understandable again, and the value of a good analogy.

How Writer Nick Asbury Works on Making Technology Understandable

Carly Ayres talks to us about the path that led her to co-founding a creative studio, how practice makes perfect, and the rewards of learning in public.

How Writer and Strategist Carly Ayres Set Up a Creative Agency

Daniel Howells talks us through the past, present and future of the web design and what it takes to get your site featured on Siteinspire.

How Siteinspire's Daniel Howells Picks the Best Web Designs

Rehat Kathuria talks us through how he started making apps, what you should think about if you want an app made and the pitfalls of learning to write code for iOS.

How Developer Rehat Kathuria Started Making Iphone Apps

Zach Inglis talks us through how he and his business partner Laura set up a design and tech conference with a little twist.

How Designer and Developer Zach Inglis Started a Design Conference

BONG International talk to us about how to work as a remote team, company independence, self initiated projects and how to work as designer-slash-developers.

How BONG International Gets Paid to Make Fun Websites

Going freelance is one of the scariest career moves you can make. But done well, it can make you better off, give you more freedom, and most importantly, make you happier.

 How to Go Freelance and Stay Freelance

Startups are emotional roller coasters that one minute make you feel like you’re changing the world and the next minute, that everything is falling apart. This guide about how to start a startup may help.


How to Start a Startup Without Ruining Your Life

New York City is one of the biggest and most vibrant cities in the world, but also one of the most trickiest to navigate and adjust to.