What is your name/Business Name?
-Delux Designs (DE), LLC
Why Did You Start Your Business?
-I began my business out of a search for creative freedom.
Are you a Full Time Freelancer or Part Time?
-I am a full time freelancer
What’s the greatest lesson you’ve learned as a freelancer?
-The greatest lesson I have learned as a freelancer is pure patience. At first I thought and believed that things were supposed to happen as fast as possible. After one year, I realized that patience is the most important thing of being a freelancer and even a creative. Being an African American plus a female in general, I learned very quickly that I would not survive the entrepreneurship world without hard work and patience through trials and errors.
Where do you see your business in 5 years?
-I see my business moving from a solely virtual one, to a physical art gallery of my own. I am currently in the process of getting things together for it and I am accepting donationsΒ hereΒ if anyone would like to help out towards it. Thanks for your support if you can! πŸ™‚
What advice do you have for other freelancers?
-My advice for other freelancers is to don’t give up. That moment you think about giving up is the moment your breakthrough is about to come through for you.

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Stephanie Alston
Founder & CEO, BGG Enterprises Β· Career Expert Β· Diversity Advocate