Had to make the tough decision to shut down our little creative agency this week. Never easy to do, an excerpt from the notification email:
We have suffered a series of financial setbacks which we attribute to the current economic climate. We have an unusually large amount of accounts receivable that even with outside legal firms employed, we have been unable to collect. The quality of our work spoke for itself, this is unfortunately a purely financial reality for us.
We are saddened by this turn of events here at Zemelo, but remain proud of the work we’ve delivered and wish all involved the very best in your future endeavors.
I made some mistakes along the way, and some really crazy things happened including the mother of one of our designers accusing me of lusting after her daughter (with zero basis for the accusation) which was a truly unbelievable thing to experience in this day and age – biggest WTF voice mail I’ve ever listened to – but we also produced 8 or so kick ass brands that I am really proud of.
Big thanks to Xiang Ling and Yuchi Su for your dedication and willingness to sit through our daily design meetings, you guys are the future! And of course a huge thank you and deep felt appreciation to my business partner Angela T. She kept us going far longer than we should have lasted, I dare to say.
I’ll see you at the next mile post everyone, in the meantime, I’m outside working in the yard…
