I am revisiting the idea of creating an interdisciplinary firm that includes legal services + design services.
I have design experience in both corporate and consulting settings. I also have extensive real-life experience in manufacturing, distribution, sales and marketing via my ventures. I appeared on QVC twice and sold my own brand of fragrance at Sephora and Henri Bendel. I also contract manufactured for a South Korean fashion brand. I have hands on experience in bringing product to market. I really think this is one of my strengths. However, one of my major clients went bankrupt and owed me over $600K! This wiped out my young venture.
So, I fell back into law. I currently run a small law office and do general practice, but my specialty is intellectual property law. However, small law offices do not really attract many product related start-up companies. Plus, being in law only is very limiting, and I don’t feel I’m living professionally to my full potential.
I think I would do very well if I also moved to an area where there is a lot of innovation, i.e., the west coast.
In any case, I am going to pursue this, but would love to hear your opinions and thoughts on the viability of design + law firm that provides the following:
Product design and development;
Trademark design and development;
Market Penetration Strategy; and
Legal protection.