Part two in the Illustries sharing series! Today, working together...
One of the best things about forming Illustries has been
working together. We both run our own companies, so striking out alone wasn’t
as scary as it could have been, but this was our first time as ‘partners’. It
could have gone either way, we suppose, we didn’t know each other well before
‘getting into bed’ (ah, such a familiar tale) but we knew we liked what we saw.
We’ve been lucky because we have forged a really solid friendship out of
working together, and perhaps some of that comes from not being able to second
guess the other person, so you don’t assume you know what they think – you get
everything out on the table and talk about it.
Today, we are loving what we do,
and dream of the time we get to have an office together – for now, we make do
with meetings, Skype and wedding fairs, usually accompanied by too much beer to
celebrate. As we came to launch Illustries we learned so much about each other,
not least that Sam is a little cautious and Emma is a lot gung ho.
Lesson Two most definitely was: not everyone
has the same style and that’s fine, you can find a happy medium (ours is that
we take risks, but not all of them).
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