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100 Days of Design Entrepreneurship

Shares our inspiration and process for the book. Designers are working together to create products that make the world a better and more beautiful place. Their energy is contagious.

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Feature: Day 16

The design entrepreneur must take the leap away from the safety of the traditional designer role into the precarious territory where the public decides what works and what does not.

— Steven Heller

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    Day 100

    Kern and Burn

    We have reached 100. A look back on the past months, and a huge thank you to you all!

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    Day 99

    Ben Pieratt

    Ben Pieratt says we should believe that we can disrupt billion dollar markets.

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    Day 98

    Enrique Allen

    Enrique Allen: Have a deep motivation of love for who you’re serving and what you’re building.

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    Day 97

    Simon Collison

    Simon Collison urges us to leave our own trace on the web.

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    Day 96

    Kern and Burn

    You are your portfolio.

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    Day 95

    Kern and Burn

    Write More.

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    Day 94

    Swiss-Miss

    Tina Roth Eisenberg talks about the “Power of Side Projects.”

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    Day 93

    Brooklyn Beta

    Brooklyn Beta inspires designers and developers to build products for the web and change the world.

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    Day 92

    House Industries

    Ken Barber tells us about House Industries: entrepreneurs, collaborators, and purveyors of cool.

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    Day 91

    Jim Coudal

    Jim Coudal on being in control of your own destiny.

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    Day 90

    Kern and Burn

    Paul Graham teaches us how to do what we love.

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    Day 89

    Aaron Draplin

    Aaron Draplin challenges us to: Invent Your World and Get Out There (And Get Dirty).

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    Day 88

    Wilson Miner

    Wilson Miner says we have a responsibility as designers to step up to the plate.

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    Day 87

    Elliot Jay Stocks

    Elliot Jay Stocks tell us it doesn’t matter what you do or who you are, everyone wants to know how you got from A to B.

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    Day 86

    Scott Wilson

    Scott Wilson says having the courage to take a risk is really what separates entrepreneurs from dreamers.

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    Day 85

    Alissa Walker

    Alissa Walker writes what she’s passionate about, period.

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    Day 84

    Duane King

    Duane King believes that while design is a profession, it’s above all a passion.

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    Day 83

    The People's Pennant

    The People’s Pennant celebrates the everyday with limited-edition felt pennants.

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    Day 82

    Entrepreneurial Design

    SVA’s Entrepreneurial Design course teaches students to use the internet for impact.

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    Day 81

    Kern and Burn

    The end of an amazing journey marks the start of a new one.

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    Day 80

    Chris Coyier

    Chris Coyier told us to fall in love with your idea, not the idea of being a founder.

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    Day 79

    Tad Carpenter

    Tad Carpenter lives his life by a simple motto: love it, or leave it.

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    Day 78

    Make Something You Love

    Reddit founder, Alexis Ohanian teaches us how to Make Something You Love.

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    Day 77

    Generation Flux

    What defines Generation Flux is a mind-set that embraces instability.

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    Day 76

    Joe Gebbia

    Joe Gebbia’s first start-up wasn’t a business. It wasn’t a product. It was a sports team.

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    Day 75

    SXSW

    SXSW provides startups a chance for exposure, buzz, and most importantly, a chance for immediate growth.

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    Day 74

    Kern and Burn

    Kern and Burn: the story behind the name.

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    Day 73

    Monocle

    Monocle’s “The Entrepreneurs” weekly radio show highlights innovators.

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    Day 72

    Peter Buchanan-Smith

    Peter Buchanan-Smith says if you’re so in love with what you’re doing, there is no such thing as failure.

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    Day 71

    Kern and Burn

    Design entrepreneurs, don’t wait for permission.

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    Day 70

    Josh Brewer

    Josh Brewer is a leader at Twitter and in the UX community.

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    Day 69

    ADX (Art Design Portland)

    ADX Founder, Kelley Roy, has created a place for people to get their ideas out of their heads and into the world.

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    Day 68

    Wilson Miner

    Wilson Miner speaks about how we shape our environment through design in his talk, When We Build.

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    Day 67

    Danny Miller

    Danny Miller, co-founder of Little White Lies, has grown a company around an innovative film mag.

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    Day 66

    Andrew Losowsky

    Andrew Losowsky urges print publishers to create a sensation, an atmosphere, and a cohesive story.

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    Day 65

    Kern and Burn

    Ten books that have inspired us, energized us, and made us think.

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    Day 64

    Neil Blumenthal

    Warby Parker co-founder, Neil Blumenthal has a heart for the world, and an eye for style.

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    Day 63

    Jessica Hische

    Jessica Hische is an entrepreneur who focuses on making things beautiful, useful, and fun.

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    Day 62

    Chris Muccioli

    Chris Muccioli helps shape the passionate culture at Kickstarter.

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    Day 61

    Jen Bilik

    Jen Bilik does it all for Knock Knock.

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    Day 60

    Kern and Burn

    General Assembly encourages us to Stop Talking. Start Making.

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    Day 59

    Mimi O Chun

    Mimi O Chun believes the entrepreneurial instinct transcends disciplines.

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    Day 58

    Eight Hour Day

    Eight Hour Day has designed a life where work, life, and inspiration are all equal.

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    Day 57

    Keetra Dean Dixon

    Keetra Dean Dixon makes a career out of delighting others.

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    Day 56

    Kern and Burn

    Support the Kern and Burn book on Kickstarter!

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    Day 55

    Tymn Armstrong

    Tymn Armstrong has a penchant for side projects and self-publishing.

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    Day 54

    Generation Sell

    William Deresiewicz characterizes the Millennial Generation as sellers of ourselves.

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    Day 53

    Invisible Creature

    Don and Ryan Clark make inventive posters, small toys, and heavy music.

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    Day 52

    Kate Bingaman Burt

    Kate Bingaman Burt is a huge champion of entrepreneurialism.

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    Day 51

    Kern and Burn

    Halfway to one hundred and we haven’t quit yet.

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    Day 50

    Air bnb

    Many of Fast Co.’s World’s 50 Most Innovative Companies cite design as crucial for their success.

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    Day 49

    Frank Chimero

    Frank Chimero on letting our interests expand us and lead us in new directions.

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    Day 48

    Jake Nickell

    Jake Nickell talks about Threadless and the importance of encouraging curiosity.

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    Day 47

    Society of Design

    Society of Design crafts a clever invitation and spreads smiles across the internet.

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    Day 46

    Derek Sivers

    Derek Sivers thinks you can do Anything You Want.

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    Day 45

    Kern and Burn

    Just how important is it for a designer to be educated in business?

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    Day 44

    Khoi Vinh

    Khoi Vinh encourages everyone to make art with Mixel.

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    Day 43

    Kyle Sollenberger

    Kyle Sollenberger is an architect for the internet.

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    Day 42

    Elana Schlenker

    Gratuitous Type is a labor of typographic love.

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    Day 41

    The Good Times

    The Church of London’s The Good Times spreads cheer in print.

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    Day 40

    Allan Chochinov

    Allan Chochinov encourages designers to ask themselves “what do I want to do?”

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    Day 39

    Cennydd Bowles

    Cennydd Bowles writes “The Things of the Future” for The Manual

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    Day 38

    Start Up America

    The White House “hangs out” and talks about Startup America, a resource for entrepreneurs.

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    Day 37

    NPR's From Scratch

    From Scratch is a weekly radio show about the entrepreneurial life.

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    Day 36

    Mikey Burton

    Mikey Burton on personal projects and mountain-top inspiration.

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    Day 35

    Lost Type Co-Op

    Riley Cran talks about Lost Type, the pay-what-you-want font foundry.

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    Day 34

    Armin Vit

    Armin Vit on making a successful living from an online enterprise.

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    Day 33

    Public School

    Public School represents Austin’s “New Guard” of creatives.

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    Day 32

    Christian Helms

    Hot dogs, cold beer, and collective conscious conversations with Christian Helms.

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    Day 31

    Austin, Texas

    Warm weather, hot dogs, and design entrepreneurs from the great city of Austin.

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    Day 30

    Society of Design

    The Society of Design is a non-profit that invests in design discourse.

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    Day 29

    The Sound Supply

    Soundsupply offers 10 albums, for 10 days, for 15 bucks.

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    Day 28

    The Startup Store

    A Startup Store launches retail experiences in beta mode.

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    Day 27

    Kern and Burn

    Take the Kern and Burn design entrepreneurship survey.

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    Day 26

    The Designer Fund

    Designer Founders shares stories from successful design entrepreneurs.

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    Day 25

    The Manual

    The Manual archives meaningful conversation in a printed platform.

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    Day 24

    Frank Chimero

    Frank Chimero says everyone is just making it up as they go along.

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    Day 23

    Cameron Koczon

    Cameron Koczon on “An Important Time for Design”

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    Day 22

    Say No To SOPA

    Wikipedia, Reddit, and Google take the lead in the protest against SOPA.

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    Day 21

    Best Made Co.

    Peter Buchanan-Smith is passionate about products.

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    Day 20

    Warby Parker

    At Warby Parker, it’s good business to do good.

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    Day 19

    Warby Parker Bazaar

    Warby Parker, Best Made Co., and a well-crafted yurt.

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    Day 18

    Designer Founders

    Designer Fund’s Enrique Allen on design’s impact on start-ups

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    Day 17

    The 99 Percent

    The 99 Percent empowers creatives to make ideas happen.

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    Day 16

    Goods That Sell

    The Design Entrepreneur: Turning Graphic Design Into Goods That Sell

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    Day 15

    Werner Design Werks

    Werner Design Werks capitilizes on an unexpected opportunity

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    Day 14

    Craig Mod

    “The Year in Kickstarter” and Craig Mod’s “Kickstartup”

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    Day 13

    Ellen Lupton

    Ellen Lupton on “Reading and Writing” and self-publishing

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    Day 12

    Louie CK

    “Why 2012 will be the year of the artist-entrepreneur” by GigaOM

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    Day 11

    Rework

    Ignore the real world, good enough is fine – 37Signal’s Rework

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    Day 10

    Jessica Hische

    Jessica Hische openly shares her thoughts on “The Dark Art of Pricing.”

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    Day 09

    MagCulture

    magCulture’s Jeremy Leslie assures us that print is not dead.

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    Day 08

    Studio Neat

    Studio Neat takes the Glif from idea to market in 5 months.

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    Day 07

    General Assembly

    General Assembly and The Next Web host a panel on social entrepreneurship.

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    Day 06

    Cameron Koczon

    Cameron Koczon encourages designers to co-found start-ups.

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    Day 05

    CreativeMornings NYC

    People > Craft – Larry Legend at CreativeMornings NYC

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    Day 04

    GD: Now In Production

    Graphic Design: Now in Production at the Walker Art Center

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    Day 03

    Ben Pieratt

    Ben Pieratt wants designers to chase greater opportunities.

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    Day 02

    Kern and Burn

    Meet the design entrepreneurs.

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    Day 01

    Kern and Burn

    An introduction to the 100 Days of Design Entrepreneurship

About Kern and Burn

Kern and Burn is an online and print publication that curates discussions, interviews and essays. We invite design entrepreneurs—those who pursue self-initiated projects, think for themselves, and channel personal passions into self-made careers—to share their perspectives. They are designers who dream big and burn the midnight oil to forge their own paths.

Kern and Burn is a collaborative effort between Jessica Karle Heltzel,
Tim Hoover and you.

@jkheltzel@iamtimhoover

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