Rhonda Gilmore began her career at the furniture design company Herman Miller. In the mid-1980s Gilmore founded her own sole proprietorship, Rhonda Gilmore Design Consultant, in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Gilmore closed her business after six years to return to school and pursue a teaching career. Currently, Gilmore is a lecturer in the Department of Design and Environmental Analysis at Cornell. Rhonda Gilmore received her B.S. from the University of Cincinnati in 1982 and her M.A. in Interior Design from Cornell University in 1994.
I was trying to determine whether or not I wanted to take out a loan, to start my corporation, to start my business. Fortunately, I saved a considerable amount of money from my coop experience, so I did not have to take out a loan. That would have been, m...(Full transcript available to logged in subscribers.).
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Rhonda Gilmore Shares Challenge of Being a Young Entrepreneur and States Importance of Connections
Rhonda Gilmore States Biggest Surprise Being an Entrepreneur Was How to Operate Business on Day to Day Basis
Rhonda Gilmore States Importance of Having a Contract and Paper Trail in Client Relationships
Rhonda Gilmore States Most Exciting Part of Owning a Design Business Is Having Your Own Designs Be Implemented
Rhonda Gilmore Discusses Advantage of Teamwork When Working For a Large Design Corporation
Rhonda Gilmore Discusses Decision To Hold Off on Sole Proprietorship While Raising Three Small Children
Rhonda Gilmore States Many Designers Have to Seek Out Manufacturing Firms To Get Designs Produced
