
35 Things to be Grateful For
- CK’s dad who taught her everything about business and how to serve customers
- CK’s mom who had a great sense of intuition about people and passed it on
- A man named Peter Secchia who was one of the first to encourage CK to quit “freelancing” and make it a business
- The banker who gave CK and CO our first loan even though we had no track record
- Paul Hence, our first accountant, who set us on a path to succeed
- Kap Jones, our corporate attorney, who set us up, then connected us to Kim Baber our amazing business attorney
- Herman Miller for giving us our first big chance with a long-term contract
- A friend who worked in HR and wrote our first employee handbook for free
- Bryan Parris who called one day to see if there was an opening and has been with CK and CO for over 20 years (wow)
- John Cuevas who relocated from Florida to Michigan to work for CK and CO (yes, he is a bit crazy)
- AVID technologies for choosing us to be a Beta test site when they first launched
- Small Business Association of Michigan who advocates for small business and helps keep us current on the issues
- The SBAM business owners who have “taken our calls” and offered advice when needed
- Our families who have been so understanding as we travel around the country every week
- Janelle Horvath, who literally does everything, and does it well
- All the TV stations the CK and CO team worked for previously because they helped us hone our skills so we can respond quickly
- West Michigan, a great place to live and work
- All of the “toys” that we get to buy and use, including Orville and Amelia (our drones)
- Corporate Technologies – everyone needs great IT support like they provide
- Delta Airlines – they get us where we need to be and don’t charge extra baggage fees
- Steve Kohn who gets on a plane without ever complaining and shoots gorgeous video
- Plug-ins (don’t worry if you don’t know what they are – we do, and you will appreciate them)
- Equipment manufacturers who continually downsize the equipment to save our backs
- Our Hungerford accounting team and Hungerford Financial (they have our back and help guide us every day)
- Mariah (she is speedy and creative in the edit room)
- Evan (his client photos make the covers of magazines)
- Health: without it nothing else matters
- Our ability to give away media production to non-profits that do so much for our community
- Allie and Taylor (our two newest employees)
- The Tellys, Addys and other awards over the years (especially Siemens Woman-Owned Small Business Supplier of the Year 2018). We appreciate the recognition, but even more important, we love doing the work.
- Those who recommend us to others – the highest praise we could ever receive
- Many clients who are our friends as well
- A team that works so well together that it makes it hardly seem like work
- Creative freedom to take the company to the next level
- All the companies, big and small, who trust us to create the communications that are so important to their success. We won’t let you down.