Credit where credit is due
Farewell, fickle friend.

Credit where credit is due

You know the story: how I recently started my own business and how Big Bertha, a 1991 Ford E-350 Econoline van, came to be my first company car. Since then, Bertha has hauled my art, my pop up gallery and me from Dallas to El Paso, St. Louis to Key West and points between. She has also served up tantalizing lessons in fortitude with every mile.

When I started unplain jane studio, I budgeted for making at least one costly mistake. I knew that I didn’t know what I didn’t know. So, as my intermittently faithful steed rode off into the mid-afternoon haze on the back of a tow truck, one episode came to mind which perfectly encapsulates our time together.

That time that Big Bertha had my back. At amyjschultz.blog

Carol S Mann

Experienced CEO | Turnaround Professional

8 年

Great post.. the joys and perils of startups! Love your writing and your work!

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Amy J. Schultz

pictures + words

8 年

Thanks for the like, Teri Schultz!

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