DesignHub brings website development and jobs to Saline
DesignHub is making a name for itself in Saline and helping the small town make a name in the new economy. The website development and marketing firm has grown to four people and hopes to add another job or two sooner rather than later.
When you hear the words “website development” in southeast
The creative service and marketing firm gets most of its work through website development, the rest comes from things like creating brochures. It’s a classic lemons to lemonade story: DesignHub’s founders Karen Ragland and Ted Chesky left the failing firm they worked for and took their clientele with them.
DesignHub’s four-person firm will frequently scale up to as many as 10 to 15 people when things are really hopping. Ragland and Cheskey chose to set up shop in Saline because nearly a third of their business could be traced back to the area and available office space in Saline was competitively priced.
Business has been going well for the firm. It recently increased its client base from 25 to 35 regular customers, and if business continues to do this well, DesignHub expects to create another full-time job or two sooner rather than later.
“Things seem to be going that way,” says Chris Kochmanski, a partner with DesignHub.
Source: Chris Kochmanski, partner with DesignHub
Writer: Jon Zemke
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