// Special note //

As of Dec 29, 2022, The 1st edition of Run Studio Run is sold out. We’re excited to share the 2nd edition with you. It features a few changes from the 1st, most notably, the colorway.

Run Studio Run is a book that details how to manage and grow a small creative studio.

The book is a step-by-step guide that helps you look at your studio critically — as a business as opposed to an artistic endeavor. You will establish goals and paths for reaching them. You will see that the more of your business you can commit to process, the more you will free yourself up to do the work you really love.

Focusing on:

YOUR OFFERING / MEASURING SUCCESS / BOOKKEEPING

MEETINGS / DELEGATION / STUDIO PROCESSES

GOAL SETTING / THE COMPETITION / STUDIO CULTURE

FINDING WORK / NEGOTIATION / AND MORE ✨

Run Studio Run is filled with insights and tips from the leaders of a diverse range of studios including: Commercial Type, Draplin Design Co., Hey Studio, Kate Bingaman-Burt, Manual, Moniker, Mikey Burton, OCD, Perky Bros., and Under Consideration.

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Feedback department:

”For anyone looking to start their own creative services business of any kind, this is the holy grail. Eli keeps it real and talks through everything you need to know to be successful.” —Jennifer

”Run Studio Run should be required reading for all creative individuals and small studios. After running our agency for over a decade, there is still plenty of valuable information from Eli Altman and his insight into running a successful studio. It is a great, easy to digest, book that is also beautifully designed…” —Rocky

”I loved this book and found it helpful in so many ways. Eli is a great writer - feels like you're sitting across from him, picking his brain on how to run a successful creative studio. I will be recommending this for years to come to everyone I know working to turn their creative mind into a successful business.” —Michael

“One of the most useful marketing books I’ve read in a while. So many of them are either about vague metaphors or theories that have no real world application, or they’re just too basic, but yours was a great balance between how to think of the problem and a methodical path to solving it. I really enjoyed it.” —Ryan

Run Studio Run started out on Kickstarter where it became a featured project and raised 150% of its goal. The book was designed and illustrated by Moniker in San Francisco.