Hard relate ❤️. Tough lessons for all us small agency owners who moved from larger teams - I’m still unlearning them! And working till midnight each day this week 😭😄.
Great Substack post! Balance is key! Agencies are notorious for over promising and scope creep is the worst. I used to write quite a lot for Brandchannel and have even been pulled into some naming projects back when you were probably there—so nice to find you here through Courtney!
This is such a resonant story from my own experience running a small nonprofit - the difference being the pressure to operate as big came from the board, funders and the peers in the sector. It meant we were rarely able to complete the thread of good work and I left burnt out and wilted. You’ve also given me language as I think about the agency I’m building as a one person shop now and how I do that well and true to me. I don’t have to be the Goliath.
Hard relate ❤️. Tough lessons for all us small agency owners who moved from larger teams - I’m still unlearning them! And working till midnight each day this week 😭😄.
Just wanna add, shaved looks great on you! But I’m sure it was such a tough journey 💛
Oh, we alllllll fall back into our old ways 😩 But we learn more about what not to do every time!
Real
For real.
So good — and so relatable.
Thank you for reading, Nancy! <3
Resonates! Sadly, my male pattern baldness tells me nothing abouty stress levels.
Great Substack post! Balance is key! Agencies are notorious for over promising and scope creep is the worst. I used to write quite a lot for Brandchannel and have even been pulled into some naming projects back when you were probably there—so nice to find you here through Courtney!
This is such a resonant story from my own experience running a small nonprofit - the difference being the pressure to operate as big came from the board, funders and the peers in the sector. It meant we were rarely able to complete the thread of good work and I left burnt out and wilted. You’ve also given me language as I think about the agency I’m building as a one person shop now and how I do that well and true to me. I don’t have to be the Goliath.