Hi, Jennifer. I like this tagine best: No fiddling, fussing, or fooling around.

And o-m-g! I am in awe of your animated charts!!

It may be just because it’s the late end of a long day, but it may also be a sign that a little clearer explanation of what you’re offering would be helpful: I’m not 100% sure what people would be downloading. Is it that they would send YOU their data, you would create the animated chart, and they would download and resize THAT, to fit their presentation or website or whatever?

Also, I’m curious (and maybe fantasizing about using your services someday) — What kind of pricing are you going to offer?

This seems like an exciting possibility, Jessica. I don’t have experience with it, but I was on the other side of it before I purchased the firm I run now. My then-boss was talking about retirement, and if I had not been interested in purchasing the firm, she told me she would approach someone else in the field to see if they would like to purchase it. That would have given them, presumably, this firm’s portfolio of current and past clients. I think finding a selling/buying price could be tricky and expensive, in terms of the legal help both sides would want to engage. (Buying this firm was kind of expensive for me, partly for that reason.) My retiring boss was very relieved not to have to go through process of selling to another firm.

Hi, Rachel. I get most of my business insurance through The Hartford, but when I had to get special E&O insurance this year to subcontract with a client who is working with a state-level agency client, I found Hiscox to be way more transparent, easy to deal with, and somewhat less expensive.

Hi, Rachel. I have a more updated data security statement somewhere, but for now, I’m pasting a couple of what I think are the most relevant parts of an internal policy I developed in 2022:

– The most important way to keep data secure is to have the most recent downloads and patches installed on your computer for whatever software and operating systems you use and to have antivirus and malware protection.

– Dropbox has a strong industry standard for security. This means that the safest way for us to handle most of our data is to keep it in Dropbox. Instead of sending attachments, send a link to the Dropbox folder where the item is and paste the name of the item in your email.

(I know that last one is in contrast to what Karen recommends. We did research and consulted an IT professional about Dropbox and learned that it apparently encrypts files and is considered very secure.)

– Files with particularly sensitive information, such as sensitive interviews or survey data with people’s names are password protected.

I’ll look next week for the more recent statement we developed for a client and share it when I find it.

Yay, Bionca!! I can’t wait to see what you do with this on your website. (I chose to work with a consultant on my website, and I really loved the way she worked, what she did, and her reasonable fees. Let me know if you’d like a referral.)