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		<title>Running your own Web Design Agency</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week I had the pleasure of giving a guest lecture to some students from the School of Computing and Creative Technologies (CCT) at the University of Abertay in Dundee.
The focus of the talk was on the highs and lows of setting up and running your own business, drawing on experiences and &#8220;lessons learned&#8221; since [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Last week I had the pleasure of giving a guest lecture to some students from the <a href="http://www.abertay.ac.uk/Schools/CAT/index.cfm?Key=003.001">School of Computing and Creative Technologies</a> (CCT) at the University of Abertay in Dundee.</p>
<p>The focus of the talk was on the highs and lows of setting up and running your own business, drawing on experiences and &#8220;lessons learned&#8221; since founding NSDesign over 10 years ago.</p>
<p>All in all &#8211; a really good afternoon, for me, and also (from the great feedback) for the students also..  always inspiring to see them asking some good questions, many of them tied to the current economic issues we&#8217;re all facing today.  And of course &#8211; always nice when a few of them ask for jobs!</p>
<p>So thanks to everyone who attended, and for the many that have since follwed me on <a href="http://twitter.com/nsdesign">twitter</a>.</p>
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