After completing our group presentation and after attending all of the enterprise lecture and sessions I feel a lot more aware in regards to being a working professional. Although I do not yet feel ready to have my own company I know a lot more about the behind the scenes work that goes into making a company successful.
In regards to the group presentation I feel we all did really well as a team. We all had similar goals and so the aims of the company seemed to flow nicely. Our individual skills, in terms of setting up the business, also complimented each other and we each took on one section of the project. Therefore the work was evenly distributed and no one person felt hard done by. When necessary we would meet to discuss and help one another in the different areas and this again worked well and there were no arguments.
My personal challenge would probably be organization but this was encouraged as I did not want to let my team down. Another issue I struggled with was keeping on top of my blog. As well as having numerous other projects to be updating I felt I put enterprise to the bottom of the list but eventually did get it done and I am glad I have done it.
On a practical level I feel I know more about where I can see myself working and the tasks helped me evaluate my position as a graphic designer in the industry. I would one day like to set up a small studio though I now understand the implications behind this and I know that I would want to wait at least 3 years after my degree before attempting to do this. Again this has all been extremely helpful information to analyse. In terms of terminology and analyzing companies I feel I have been able to learn a more professional business language and so feel more confident when talking with other professional designers.
Another important lesson learnt was in regards to budgeting, rates and start up costs. Before I did not really know much about any of these when considering a business and so now again this has encouraged my professionalism and I feel a lot more ready to talk about my profession.
