Lemonly 2015 Interactive Annual Report

Presented at the HOW Design Live Conference

Our CEO and Co-founder, John, was a keynote speaker at the HOW Design Live conference in Chicago. John shared his insights on the power of visual storytelling while our Director of Business Development, Ryan, got the chance to meet with a few clients in the Windy City.

700

People in the Audience

5

Meetings in
Chicago in 2 days

2

Deep-dish pizzas consumed

Launched our new website

This year, the Lemonly website got a major facelift featuring homepage animations, a responsive layout, case studies, a restructured blog layout, and more fun and functional additions sprinkled throughout.

Take a peek!

Completed 1,000 projects

After doing a little research from past years and tallying up where we were so far in 2015, we were so proud to finally announce in July that our 1,000th project was finished.

Celebrated our 4th birthday

On August 15th, Lemonly celebrated being a company and creating sweet visuals for four whole years!

Started Humans and Resources podcast

With the launch of Humans and Resources, we set out to learn and talk about HR for a new generation of businesses. In each of our first three episodes, we interview some of the best companies in the world, ask ourselves if Lemonly’s policies are working, and talk about it all transparently on the podcast.

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MINUTES OF
INTERVIEWS

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BEER SPILLED DURING
AN INTERVIEW

Episode One

Episode Two

Episode Three

Held our Second company retreat

This summer, we gathered the team for three days of fun in a lakeside cabin at Lake Okoboji, IA. With team-building exercises and a little fun (okay a lot of fun) sprinkled in, we went over our progress in the past year and planned how to make the rest of 2015 and 2016 even better for Lemonly.

Boat ride around the lake.

Plenty to eat.

Time for education!

Lake view.

Mini golf.

Sunset at the lake.

101

Miles traveled
from HQ

10

Pounds of shrimp
eaten (Yum!)

2

Hours of
Pictionary played

1

Person thrown
in the lake

Selected as the Van Zante visiting artist at South Dakota State University

With co-founder Amy and several other Lemonheads being South Dakota State University alumni, we were incredibly proud to have Lemonly be selected as a Van Zante visiting artist. John and Amy got the opportunity to speak about the company’s journey and our team also had a month-long show at the Ritz Gallery on campus as part of the Van Zante visiting artist series. It was a great way to bring the team together to work on a few new and tangible pieces as well as show off our past work to both the Brookings and SDSU community.

Included in Entrepreneur Magazine's E360 index

This fall, we were humbled to be included in Entrepreneur Magazine’s Entrepreneur360 Index of the Best Entrepreneurial Companies in America. The E360 Index is a compilation of some very impressive and innovative companies, and it was a pleasant surprise when they reached out to include Lemonly on the list.

Thank you to Entrepreneur for the great honor and to all of our clients, partners, and mentors for getting us to where we are today.

Moved into our new office space

With continued growth at Lemonly HQ, we quickly realized at the beginning of the year that we were starting to grow out of our old space. Lemonly found a new home in another great building in beautiful downtown Sioux Falls, SD, and got to rebuild the inside to fit our needs to a T. We’re still making ourselves at home at the new HQ, and we love how much we can make this space our own for years to come. Stop by and say hi sometime!

Old Office

1700

Square Feet

New Office

4000

Square Feet

Big News

This year, the Lemonly team grew and we excitedly welcomed new baby Lemonheads as well. With three engagements and two more babies on the way, it was a year of big news for our team.