A Divergence in the Force
Last week I discussed changes in business from a Social Media and Marketing stand point. Today I want to apprise of other changes – more of an Evolve business nature.
I mentioned, in the beginning of March, that change was gonna come. That change was that I merged my company with another in the Greater Grand Rapids Michigan area. We had been selling each other's services for some time and developed a friendship. We decided that living together was worth giving a try. So I grabbed some clothes, my tooth brush, and was allowed way more than a drawer in their apartment.
Do you know how much work it is merging two companies? And on top of that we thought we could also start another company together? Consequently, I've been too incredibly busy to blog - and, until recently, barely able to tweet.
Things didn't work out, unfortunately, and the merger diverged or divested a couple weeks ago. Occasionally, through no end of trying, relationships don't succeed. So as to not lose a friendship or working relationship, gNetworks' owners and I separated back to being Affiliated Partners. Evolve will still work with gNetworks to provide the highest quality website designs and Content Management Systems for West Michigan and beyond, but we're going to do it in a coextensive manner. So we're kinda like friends with privileges.
I am back accomplishing Social Media Consulting, Website Design, eCommerce applications and Internet Business Consulting for Evolve Solutions' clients. I am pretty happy about this move. Some might think this a setback or a failure - I believe something untried is a potential loss. Risk doesn't always succeed in reward, but you will not know until you try. We tried something that sounded great, looked good on paper, and was an expansion of an already good relationship. I learned a lot. I hope they did too. Moving on.
Quote: "For every failure, there's an alternative course of action. You just have to find it. When you come to a roadblock, take a detour." - Mary Kay Ash (1918-2001) Founder of Mary Kay Cosmetics
