Viri Vig

I’ve always been an entrepreneur, working across graphic design, retail, and creative businesses. I’ve been writing this blog since 2014, sharing my work, creative projects, and business journey.

We took Paperspokes to Milan Design Week

25 April 2016

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2016 We suddenly got the opportunity to take part in Milan Design Week 2016 in Italy as exhibitors with PaperSpokes. This was a pretty big deal for us, because taking part in an event like this is very expensive. Being invited and getting to participate for free was an […]

Berlin Fahrradschau + PaperSpokes

23 March 2016

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2016 Between March 18 and 20 2016 we took part in Berliner Fahrradschau in Berlin with PaperSpokes. It was one of the main events of Berlin Bicycle Week, and most of the big cycling brands were represented there. We had applied for the exhibition back in October last year […]

What markets teach me as a tights designer

16 March 2016

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2016 We’ve been taking Virivee to more and more markets in Vienna lately. The market we did last November went extremely well, so we spent the first weekend of March at another design market in Vienna, Austria. As an independent tights designer and the person behind Virivee, I’ve found […]

10 tips for female entrepreneurs

4 September 2015

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 A few months ago I wrote a short list on Medium about the advice I would give to female entrepreneurs who are just starting out. I thought it would be worth putting it on my own blog too. I had already been an entrepreneur for around 15 years, […]

My own US mailing address from the EU?

22 July 2015

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 It had happened to me several times before that I found something online that I really wanted to buy, only to discover at checkout that the US webshop didn’t ship internationally. At that point you can either give up on the purchase, or if you really want the […]

What I’ve learned about international shipping by post

19 July 2015

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 “What do you use for international shipping?” This is one of the questions I get most often from entrepreneurs who are just starting to sell internationally. If you decide to sell B2C, directly to customers, sooner or later you have to deal with the challenges of shipping abroad. […]

Indiegogo Fixed or Flexible Campaign?

15 July 2015

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 Now that Indiegogo has changed the fee for both fixed and flexible funding campaigns to 5%, making it the same as Kickstarter’s fee, it’s worth taking another look at when it makes sense to choose one version over the other. First of all, it’s worth clarifying when each […]

Kickstarter vs Indiegogo

5 July 2015

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 Until fairly recently, even just two years ago, Indiegogo didn’t really seem like a serious alternative to Kickstarter among crowdfunding platforms. Today, however, the two platforms seem much more evenly matched. One of the main reasons is probably Kickstarter’s strict country restrictions. Only residents of...

How a filming day turned into a new business

12 May 2015

THIS IS AN ARCHIVE POST FROM 2015 In August 2014, I was invited to be part of Telekom’s campaign introducing interesting businesses and entrepreneurs. As part of the campaign, they made a short video about me, which I also wrote about on my blog. RTL Klub (one of Hungary’s major television channels) then aired the […]