Big Deal! Now What?
Congratulations, you've scored a huge client. Now the real work can begin.
By Nichole L. Torres •
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Ever since you hung your shingle, you've dreamed of landingthat big client. Coca-Cola, Target, Wal-Mart and others beckon youto the promised land of clout and financial security. If only youcould land that big fish-you'd be a real business, right?
But what would it be like to service a big account? RolandoCohen and Stephen Holt of Yak Pak, a fashion bag manufacturer in New York City,secured licensing agreements with the Williamson-DickieManufacturing Co. (maker of Dickies) and Levi Strauss & Co."A small company shouldn't be intimidated to go into anagreement with a larger company if the small company has a uniqueservice," says Holt, 35.
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