WordCamp North Canton - So you want to be an entrepreneur

joe rozsa
wcnc#2015
twitter: trailertrashus
joe@trailertrashdesign.us

so you want
to be an
entrepreneur?
wcnc#2015

1956
joe@trailertrashdesign.uswcnc#2015

commercial art/graphic design major
minor in photography - 1988
first design job - goodyear tire and rubber - 1988
[insert scratching record sound here... life defining moment]
graduated from kenmore high school - 1979
university of akron - accounting major
me

story time…

2 ways to become
an entrepreneur
you can choose to be
you can be “volunteered”
in my opinion

vol·un·teer
A person who freely offers to take part
in an enterprise or undertake a task.

vol·en·tre·pre·neur
+ +
A person persuaded by/with various tools (the
boot) to take part in an enterprise or undertake a
task they weren’t really ready for or want to do.

volentrepreneur®

so... I am a
volentrepreneur.
now what?

august 25th, 2007
august 2007 - december 2007

short/long term goal
august 25th, 2007

short/long term goal
$968
august 25th, 2007

calls...
lots of
calls.
“blah, blah, blah.”

friends
friends of friends
old clients
current clients
family
friends of family
old bosses
vendors
EVERYBODY!

Trailer Trash Design

short/long range goal $968
business plan
register with the government
file paperwork with the state
open bank account

short/long range goal $968
register with the government
file paperwork with the state
open bank account
wing it!

North Canton Area Chamber of Commerce
Brews AfterBrews AfterBrews After
OctoberOctoberOctober
3rd3rd3rd
Hoover Park kk
National Software EscrowINC.
NORTH
CANTON
GONE
MAD

1
saving
grace

what keeps
Trailer Trash Design
going?

drive

drive
ambition

drive
ambition
credit cards

drive
ambition
credit cards
commitment

drive
ambition
credit cards
commitment
focus

drive
ambition
credit cards
commitment
focus
passion

189%

always learning

always learning
meet new people

always learning
meet new people
(I talk to everyone, always on)

always learning
meet new people
lectures & seminars

always learning
meet new people
lectures & seminars
network

always learning
meet new people
lectures & seminars
network
(network in the opposite)

solid foundation
of support
(trust is key)

designers
copywriters
printers
other service providers
solid foundation
of support
(trust is key)

me
entrepreneur in residence (EIR) - Kent State University
entrepreneur in residence (EIR) - Walsh University
entrepreneur in residence (EIR) - North Canton Chamber
graphic arts advisory board - Akron Public Schools
board of directors - Stark County Hunger Task Force
board of directors - Friends of the Little Art Gallery
board of directors - Pawsitive Ohio
community business volunteer - JA of Stark County
member - 3 chambers of commerce
organizer - wordcamp north canton

clients

clients(trust)

2011

1765ﬁxlerroad•wadsworth,ohio44281
aBMRW&Associates,Inc.company
arkovi

2012[life defining moments]
on or around February 14th...

no expectations

thanks
www.trailertrashdesign.us
Twitter@trailertrashus
Linked in: www.linkedin.com/in/joerozsa

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