by Emma | Nov 27, 2018 | Uncategorized
One of the biggest lessons I have learnt over my ten years in business is that there will always be assholes. No matter how wonderful you are, no matter how brilliant your systems are, no matter how nurturing your processes are, there will always be that ONE client...
by Emma | Nov 21, 2018 | Uncategorized
She was adorable. Curly black ringlets. Big brown eyes. An ice-cream in one hand. Leaning down to tie her shoelace with her other hand. It was a disaster waiting to happen. And I knew, without any fortune-telling skills whatsoever, that shit was gonna go south really...
by Emma | Nov 15, 2018 | Uncategorized
You’re pretty sure that when you decided to do this biz thing, you signed up to be a graphic designer. Yet, somehow, you’re also the creative talent, the receptionist, the bookkeeper, the client manager, the email bitch and the errand runner as well.And the truth is...
by Emma | Nov 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
Her eyes were bloodshot. Her nails were bitten to the quick. And she had the desperate air of a woman one e-mail away from completely losing her sh*t.  She told me gravely… “I’m done. At this point, I can’t do it anymore, my clients suck and I’m...
