Yesterday I left off talking about the Company logo, and I was discussing how the graphic designer that we wanted to work with had not given me a quote. I did say that if I did not get a quote this morning, I would look elsewhere. Well, I did get it but not exactly the numbers I was hoping for it was well over my budget.  Forbes article, “7 Big Things A Start-Up Must Have to Succeed” helps me stay on task. Don’t get me wrong I do not doubt that his work is worth it, but since I am starting out I really need to stretch every dollar. Maybe once the company is making profit, he would be a great asset. And although this may sound like bad news at the time it turned out to be quite the opposite.  Minutes later of receiving the email with the quote I received a phone call from my associate, which by the way it’s time to reveal his name since I’ve been mentioning him a lot, his name is Pepe. Anyway, he called knowing I was in a state of shock after receiving the email and immediately began discussing various things that we had pending which I will tell you about in a second. Not only did he agree with me on my decision to pass on the quote but he offered to create the logo and website for my company. As you can imagine I was thrilled since like I mentioned previously, I am a HUGE fan of his work, which by the way I will post a link to his website once it’s finished. You know how they say things happen for a reason, well they do. I love the quote, “Always Believe that Something Wonderful is About to Happen” I am not sure who wrote it but I did find it on www.tinablueshoes.com. I did not get the estimate for the logo that I expected but instead got the best news that I could have asked for. Of course, I had thought about asking him to do it a while back but since he hadn’t offered I did not want to impose. During our conversation he told me that he had spoken to the shoe manufacturer and since we had changed the patterns of the new prototype it required a couple of more days to be completed which I completely understand. It is said to be ready by Monday, can’t wait. But to my surprise, I received other news which I did not expect at all. Pepe notified me that not only will the new shoe prototype would be ready but the backpack as well. A little on the backpack, we did not expect to even begin with this project yet, it was project number two but Pepe got the lead of a great leather manufacturer that was more than happy to reproduce a prototype for us. All in all this was a great unexpected exciting day, full of surprises. I will now have to get moving on the backpack designs and combinations since we moved a little faster than we had planned, but I don’t mind one bit. I also want to share with you an awesome “Infographic” that can be found in the article, “21 Ways to Get Inspired”. If you sometimes find yourself lacking inspiration this article will help you, I am going to print it out and every time I need some inspiration I will take a look at it. Until tomorrow, thanks for reading.