In fact, three of the initial clients of Brown Kelly O'Neill, which is opening with 18 employees and billings estimated at $11 million, fit that description.

Ms. Cohen said she planned to start a consulting company, with Simmons as an initial client.

The initial clients of Link include the Club Libby Lu unit of Saks Inc.

Of course, the initial client may have a problem with that since the new drug is likely to be competition.

Their initial client, Johnson & Johnson, hired them to create corporate brand advertising.

He started his own business in 1924, where among his initial clients were Manhattan hotels for which he generated newspaper coverage of their notable guests.

While there has been speculation that they might open an agency with Dreyfus as an initial client, Mr. Schmidt said he was not interested in such a move.

MBS's initial clients were two adult content web sites.

From that initial client, Wojdak's firm has developed into one of the premier lobbying firms in the state.

The initial clients of the Ad Store Paris include RTL2, a new FM radio network.