Mark Brinn

I’m a designer on a mission to turn 1 million startups into successful brands.

[Mark Brinn @markbrinndesign]

I got laid off in January.

Spent six months looking for a new job.

No luck.

Decided to go out on my own. Spent a month on my personal brand.

Things started slowly.

Then, I changed to a subscription based billing model.

Three clients in three weeks!

It’s working!!!

[Mark Brinn @markbrinndesign]

@nounproject Honestly looks like the worlds richest person is just kind of… winging it.

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Put on the Tetris movie last night as background as I was doing some work. Got completely distracted and watched the whole thing - getting 0 work done.

Highly recommend this film. If you played Tetris growing up you’ll appreciate it even more.

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They literally just took Unicode character U+1D54F Mathematical Doublestruck Captial X [ 𝕏 ], with no changes to the original letter form.

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@JonathanACaruso @DareeseDevelops @MelissaHottinga @HighThingsAhead @MajickShadow @growthucator @Real_King_Reco @ashleyvanren I’ll be telling my grandkids “I was there at the beginning”

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@ItsAliceChristi @jfromdulo There are dozens of us!

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@BrettFromDJ I get the design subscription concept.

But why cut out the thinking behind design?

Why not work those very proven strategies into the subscription service?

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@thealexxroy Thanks for the shoutout @thealexxroy it was fun making it with you. A lot of people have no idea what they want and it’s always refreshing to work with someone who does!

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@BrettFromDJ Just set it up last night. Can't wait to start playing with it!

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@PhillSteinchen Great newsletter this week.

Great quote from Musashi - I love 5 Rings.

Do you read Sun Tzu as well?

"Victorious warriors win first and then go to war, while defeated warriors go to war first and then seek to win."

[Mark Brinn @markbrinndesign]

I just discovered variable weights in illustrator 👀🤯

[Mark Brinn @markbrinndesign]

@jfromdulo best kind of alarm!

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@marcelwrites Do you analyze just you or competitor brands as well?

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Struggling to come up with ideas for content?

Check out Gary Vee's deck on how to repurpose content on multiple platforms.

https://t.co/Mtj0D0xgdG

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@jfromdulo I need a way to do this when im falling asleep. Can’t tell you how many times I have a great idea at night only to be left scratching my head in the morning.

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@PhillSteinchen Gotta disagree with you here Phillip. I think having balance is important. Sometimes it’s hard when you get caught up in a project but taking regular breaks is vital for the long term!

[Mark Brinn @markbrinndesign]

@LeadwithCyril In my (art) college profs would regularly rip work off the walls and throw it in the trash to “thicken our skin”. They don’t do this anymore sadly, because it’s helped me considerably over the years brush off opinions.

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@samjordie05 “Steal everything” - @JimJarmusch