The future of our company is uncertain
For those of you who don't want to read this, here's the short version: Clever Web Design may shut down in the next six months. However there's no need for past and current clients to panic as we will continue to support and offer you the same quality service we have thus far for as long as you either use our work or our hosting. Of course there's more to it than that so please read on for details.
As you may or may not know, Clever is run by Bill Patrianakos who not only handles day to day operations but also develops 90% of all Clever projects himself. It's tough to find good help and so for the past two years Bill has been forced to work alone. Business has been great for Clever and steadily grew since the company was founded in 2010 however the income generated was still not comparable to what other developers make and he had always planned to make the move to working for another company anyway. The past two years were an experiment and an exercise in gaining experience and gaming the system. The whole thing was a success because recently Bill was offered and accepted a position as a web developer at GoHealth, a Chicago based tech company.
As of this writing Bill has begun his first day of full time work at GoHealth and that is where the uncertainty comes in. Clever's ability to operate as it has since 2010 is gone. A full time work schedule imposes certain restrictions that just cannot be worked around. These restrictions all center around the inability to have a flexible schedule for client meetings and Bill's ability to juggle both his position at GoHealth and the business.
There are two possible outcomes from this situation:
Clever Web Design shuts down for good. This is an absolute last resort but it is a possibility. We currently have no plans to go out of business but the possibility cannot be ruled out. But to be clear, we do not want to shut down and will do everything in our power to continue to do business.
In this scenario we would wind down all our current projects and simply not take on any more. All past clients will continue to receive the same quality support as we have always provided included no interruption in any services related to your site including editor functionality and web hosting. We will finish all current projects and the same scenario as above will apply to current clients. For those in the proposal/pre-contract/negotiation phase, we will still gladly take on your project and the terms of our proposals will not change. Our ability to meet in person may be hindered but we will follow through with your project and deliver on all promises we made. Once all these projects are complete we will then operate in a support role only. All agreements made with all clients will continue to be honored for as long as you use what we have set up for you.
We wind things down and simply take on less work. In this scenario we would be limited in our ability to meet with clients but would still continue to provide web development services to all who ask. We would limit ourselves to 1 - 2 clients per month and our deadlines would increase by 10 days per contract. Besides that everything would stay the same. We just operate in a little more of a low key way. Also, we may not be able to take on clients from certain professions in the healthcare industry, namely insurance agents but not limited to them, because of contractual obligations Bill has with his new employer.
So what's the bottom line? Well, Clever might shut down. If it does you won't notice a thing and we will continue to service your account as if nothing has changed. This applies to past clients and anyone we are currently in talks with. Or we may just continue to do business and be more picky about pricing, number of clients, and project sizes.
In most cases you won't notice a thing. We will keep you updated and outline our final decision by July 1st. Until that time Clever Web Design most certainly is still very much alive and in business. Over and out.
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