live. work. dream.

The new owner of Marcom And POP is smart. She seems to know how to manage a business, has a good designer on her team, and appears to have picked up everything very quickly. She has strongly given us the impression that she is totally confident to run this show and is ready for us to move on.

Our premiere clients must be getting taken care of because I have not heard any bad news. In fact, I have not heard anything from anyone. No news is good news… right?!?! The production schedule is still full and new business keeps coming, so this transition is really working out for the best for everyone. It’s just a matter of time, and that’s hard to keep saying after delayed escrows and rescheduled move dates.

1. If you’re the entrepreneurial type, by all means, start up a business and grow it with a solid exit strategy in mind. Selling a business is an excellent way to reward yourself for years of blood sweat and tears.
2. If you ever get the inclination to sell your home and hit the road for a sabbatical or change of life, just do it. Do it before it’s too late and you look back saying you wish you had.
3. Don’t try to do both of these things at once.

Knowing that we will soon be enjoying all the benefits of our new full-timing lifestyle, is the only thing keeping us sane through the final days of this business sale and vital transition period. Training the new owner, delayed escrows, packing the trailer, and keeping clients happy all while preparing to move from 3,800 sq. ft. to approx. 200 sq. ft. has certainly been a challenge. But hey, we’re crazy that way…

What a trip! And it’s just begun…

We enjoyed the first night in our new mobile home and drove another ninety minutes to another Premier RV Resort in Eugene Oregon. So far the trip has gone off without a hitch.

Well, not quite. We couldn’t have even made it off the lot without our new Pullrite Superglide Fifth Wheel Hitch. Having never towed anything before in my life, I was a little concerned about pulling a huge trailer. I hadn’t even really gotten used to the size of our new Dodge Ram 2500 yet… But this hitch made it simple! (Read on to see the video that confirmed my decision!)

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OK, I might’ve jumped the gun a bit with that last post. Needles to say, we’re just a bit excited.

The truth is: We’re currently working our way back to Eureka with our new Fifth Wheel trailer to wrap up the sale of our graphic design and production business – Marcom And POP. We have sold our home based business (and home) and plan to embark on a research and development raod trip to see what the future has in store for Agreda Communications.

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Well, almost.

If you can still see the counter ticking down above, you’ll notice we still haven’t quite moved on to the next big thing … more about that later.

For now, suffice it to say we have just begun what is sure to become a great adventure. And so far, so good!

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It’s hard to keep a secret in a town like this. Especially when an ad for another local sign shop appears on the the same website advertising this business for sale. We can only assume that owner discovered our ad and helped get the rumor mill going about the sale of our operation. But it was bound to happen soon anyway, considering our new owner just ran her DBA in the local weekly.

Training is going very well. There is a lot to learn about the many aspects of design, production, website management and equipment maintenance, but the new owner is more than capabale to take the reigns. Our escrow is scheduled to close in a couple weeks, at which point we’ll divulge the big secret about who we are … if you haven’t found out already! Now comes the exciting task of informing our clients and officially spreading the word around town.

When we find the time to post again, perhaps we’ll explain the “next big thing” counting down in the header above. Big things are in store for the current management. Big things indeed…