How to Run a Subscription Design Business: Vadim Carazan on WeGrow, Nine Days and AI

This week, Ian's joined by Vadim Carazan, founder of WeGrow and Nine Days, to explore his journey from freelancing on 99designs as an engineering student to building a successful subscription based branding studio.

The episode dives into the retainer model behind WeGrow, how they keep client relationships flexible and fair, and Nine Days, a branding sprint that brings strategy, identity and a landing page together in one fast moving package. We also explore AI, including whether it really is a threat to designers and how Vadim built his own AI powered tool, Tessera, in just a day.

This episode is sponsored by Superside, the world's leading AI-first creative partner for enterprises. Scale creative capacity with Superside: brand and presentation design, ad creative, social and video.