Interview with Design Vetica: designvetica.com
Do we have a treat for you! We got the chance to interview the young team behind designvetica. How young is young? Let’s just let these Go Getters tell you their story.
YGG Interview with Design Vetica
1) We know you’re a “Young Go Getter”, but so our readers know, how old are you?
Our team is comprised of high school students aged from 16 - 17 years old.
2) Can you tell us the quick history about Design Vetica, and what drives you guys to succeed?
We have all either worked as freelance web designers/developers, or have built websites on our own, and we’ve all been tinkering with the web since we were around 12- and 13-years-old. We’ve been involved in web design about 2 years before we started the company, and most of the projects we received were referrals from friends. William and I started talking about building a company for web design and media production in a shared IT class, and we pulled in Alex as he had worked on previous projects with William. In February of 2009, Design Vetica was born.
3) We know you are a younggogetter, but I am sure there is more to you than that. What are some other things you have done prior to you current job or things you are currently working on?
Our goal has always been to establish a premium design agency, and we will be looking to expand and grow, with a new motion graphics team, and the development of web applications. Currently we are focusing on the launch of our upcoming web app, so you can expect to hear the announcement from us soon ;)
4) Adversely, what has been your biggest vice?
Our most challenging aspect of being a young entrepreneur is that we are STILL in high school! People who are not constraint with schoolwork can focus solely on their work. However, we, as students have to juggle school work and getting good marks while keeping up with deadlines from multiple projects with clients. This has caused some problems already. For example, we had to drop potential clients during finals. Nevertheless, at times, we encourage each other to keep up our grades in school.
5) What can we expect next from the talented Design Vetica in the near future?
this question is basically answered in #3
6) Everyone starts to feel burn out on a project every now and then. What do you do to keep yourself motivated and focused?
Meeting new people, going to conferences, and working with new clients every week really makes the whole experience enjoyable and pushes us to go forward.
7) Can you give us three tools that you use every single day to make your life as a younggogetter more efficient, productive, or fun?
We use the usual suspects, like Basecamp, and Google apps, but we still prefer to do the initial draft of any design work in our Moleskineand dotGrid notebooks. Nothing beats pen and paper!
8) What is your favourite quote?
We don’t have one at the moment.
9) And last but not least, if you could give one piece of advice to fellow Young Go Getters, what would it be?
It may sound cheesy, but just DO IT; because you never know unless you try. The truth is when we think back to how we started, we were even shocked to find ourselves following such a crazy idea; but we are glad that we did it. Even if your idea fails, use it as an experience because we all learn from our mistakes.
