Client Management For Nice People: Jaw-dropping client experiences (and how they changed us.)

Best Story Tellers

Matthieu Mehuys took on a high-stakes garden project for a wealthy client—only to end up blindsided by delays and an unexpected lawsuit. His story is a powerful lesson in preparation, client expectations, and surviving your first business crisis.
This episode of Client Horror Stories opens with light banter between host Morgan Friedman and longtime UX and product strategist Tamara Adlin, but quickly settles into a story that reshaped how Tamara chooses clients and structures her work.
Tamara Adlin was brought in to help a blockchain startup build smart contracts—but quickly realized the team was rushing ahead without a solid foundation. Her efforts to slow things down for long-term success clashed with the founders’ chaos, leading to a hard but necessary split.