We’ll begin with words of Emerson:

There is a time in every man’s education when he arrives at the conviction that envy is ignorance: that imitation is suicide: that he must take himself for better, for worse, as his portion: that though the wide universe is full of good, no kernal of nourishing corn can come to him but through his toil bestowed on that plot of ground which is given to him to till.

It’s tempting to get all choked-up talking about the printing of new business cards and what they represent; possibility, hope and so on. We’ll spare you from all that. Suffice it to say that we’re ecstatic to be off on our own, working with great clients on projects we can really pour ourselves into.

We’d also like to thank the following people, whose support has been essential during our founding weeks:

• Ben Masters and Matt Gersting – whose technical proficiency is humbling.
• Alfonso Urdaneta – whose world-class cuisine we hope will inspire us through many more late nights.
• Marc Rapp, Chris Bahor, Mark Sunderland, Clay Shivers and Jason Gregory – whose council is always welcome.
• Dhaval Patel – to whom we wish the best, even though he’s a suit.
• Brent Koepke and John Fareed – who are great clients and great guys.