Brand for founders

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An eight-page brand book you can write yourself

Lesson 7 of 11 in Brand for founders.

Checked against the makers' documentation on 9 October 2026.

Lesson

A founder's brand book has three readers. One is you in six months, who will have forgotten why the green was dropped. The others are a freelancer making the first ads and a printer who wants numbers and nothing else. Eight pages serve all three. The Brand book module covers the full manual, and its lesson on short books against full manuals explains when a long one earns its keep, which for a brand with one or two people behind it is years away.

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  1. Question 1, locked

    What standard does the lesson set for every rule in the brand book?

    • It must fit on one line
    • Someone who has never met you must be able to check it
    • It must be approved by a designer
    • It must include a picture
  2. Question 2, locked

    Why does the lesson put a labelled drawing of the back panel in the brand book?

    • So the printer can skip the proof
    • Because Canva needs it to print labels
    • So a later redesign of the front cannot squeeze the legal text out
    • So corrections can be made later with stickers
  3. Question 3, locked

    Which pages does the lesson say founders tend to over-write?

    • Mission, vision and values
    • Colour and type
    • The label and the back panel
    • Files and owner

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