I have recently decided to to take on a business partner to grow my business. Mary Hickling, a Boulder resident, and fellow home stager and I have decided to form a partnership!
My vision is for Ambiance Staging to be a driving force in our community and an industry leader; and I felt that in order to do that Ambiance Staging would need to be a more substantial entity. I didn't want to be just a 'one-man band'.
Also, together we can get so much more accomplished, share the load, and respond to inquiries/needs in a more timely manner.
Mary has always had a passion for 'staging' and interior design, and now that her two daughters are in high school she felt the time was right to branch out in a new direction.
Mary contacted me about 6 weeks ago when she was researching home staging online. She found my Active Rain blog, read about me online, liked my online personality, and thought it worthwhile to contact me to see if I was interested in working together in any fashion.
Since then we have collaborated on a couple of projects and find that we work well together. I am so pleased and grateful to have met her. I couldn't have found a better partner if I'd tried, and she just stumbled across me in the most serendipitous of ways thanks to Active Rain!
Now we just have to iron out the details and figure out the logistics of how our partnership will work; all the legal stuff YUCK!
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Yay!! Love a good success story like this! You'll get the legal stuff worked out easily enough. Then off to the fun! Er, I mean, WORK!
Fantastic! It is so nice to see this sort of growth. Best wishes on your new undertakings.
Jessica and Mary. May your partnership be exactly what you want of it and more!
Good Luck
Leslie
Very cool Jessica. A new partner! Will she be blogging on AR too?
As Monika would say "Kewl Beans!" It's nice to see you back on A.R. Jessica.
Thanks everyone!
Dena ~ It's good to be back! You are a sweetheart, I really appreciated you checking up on me!
Maureen ~ I sure hope she starts blogging, I could do with someone sharing that load as well!
Jessica - Best of luck to you both - I look forward to using your talents very soon!
Jessica, partnerships have their ups and downs ...At the end of the day, I love the fact that I have a partner and I can count on her. Best of luck to you both!
Congratualtions Jessica! Being the mom of two small children is challenging in itself, so I would imagine that it must be a relief for you to have found someone to not only work with, but to help share the load! Best wishes to you both for a successful and long-term partnership!
VAL
Good on ya, mate! Glad to hear that you and Mary have decided to "make it legal." :-)
I'm in the Qantas lounge at the start of my long journey back to Denver from Australia. I look forward to seeing you both after I get back and recover from the jetlag.
Great looking photo, by the way!
Cheers,
Veronica
Select Home Staging
Denver, Colorado
www.selecthomestaging.com
Jessica,
Congrats on finding a teammate, when you figure out all of the legal stuff, fill us in, that is an area that I am looking into because I need help, but I am scared by how it all needs to be done. It's a bold move, but it will be great for business opportunity!
I'll let you all know how it goes with the legal aspect.
Roni~ I'm so excited that you're on your way back! The market has really picked up! The photo was taken by the Boulder Daily Camera, they did an article recently about home staging that we were featured in, but I still haven't had the chance to blog about it :)
Congrats and yes there is so much to work out. I too just hired someone and it's tough with the logistics but fun when you get to stage and share ideas, and OH YEAH, move furniture, LOL
Phyllis Pafumi
congratulations to you both! I wish you great success.
Congratulations on the Boulder Daily Camera article, Jessica. That is AWESOME! Good to hear business has picked up...we knew it would!
I'm now back in Denver. Last week was the jet-lag hangover from hell...actually had a migraine for 5 days. But I am getting back into the swing of things.
Can't wait to hear about your new partnership in person. And I eagerly await that blog on the BDC article!
Tell Mary I said, "Hey!"
Veronica
Select Home Staging
Denver, Colorado
www.selecthomestaging.com
Congrats to you both! These are truly exciting times when a) we're able to form friendships (let alone partnerships) with those we've met from this site and b) when our business is growing.
Good luck to you both!
Kathy