Burn Your Portfolio: Stuff they don’t teach you in design school, but should

70. Oddities at the Start Mean Oddities at the End

A few years after starting my company, we were approached by a client to create an interactive entertainment website. The project was big, and it was right up our alley. After all, we work with clients like Disney, Warner Bros., Fox, Sony, and such. We were a great choice for them, and our whole team was excited about the prospect. We sent our first estimate, just shy of $300,000, to get things rolling. Although they ended up green lighting a much lower price due to scope revisions, there was no sticker shock with the initial proposal. Moreover, the client was an advertising agency, and we were convinced this was going to be a great project. How could they be a bad client when they walk in our ...