This is in fact more about logic than anything else. Being a designer on our own means that sometimes we will have assignments and sometimes not. When we are making money we must have in mind the times when we might not, so... We cannot afford regular bills like studio/place, electricity, water, etc. At least if you are on your own and your parents cannot afford your designer's life.

So, if you have recently dropped out a steady job where you were explored (you were, period) you will have your mind set to do better than your boss did. But the tricky part is that starting a design “company” you will do to others, sooner or later, what your former boss did to you, explore your creative talent to the bone in order to create more lucrative “income”.
The issue here is that I personally stand against capitalization of the individual, even more if it's about creative talent. So why having a plan to do that to others?

Rather than creating a company, far more interesting is to unite with creative talents from other areas than design. Imagine a copywriter, an illustrator, a graphic designer and a web designer, even odder, a programmer, all splitting expenses and bucks and making what matters the most, quality work for the client. Profit must be considered as a mean to subsist doing what you love to do, which is what matters the most, do whatever we love to do and getting paid in the process. That is a goal everyone should aim.

Examples for creative top collectives are Brazilian artists, illustrators and graphic designers, working together and breeding fun and quality to everybody. One can sense different approaches from the individuals talent and mixed to obtain higher ground.

So, you have brains, use them. Write on a Moleskine your aims and goals, a manifest and explain your ideas to a group you admire and you want to work with and work.

by Nuno Soares