Dylan Curran
Contributor
Well I have finished TMF , and yep, blew my mind. I've read many books such as Think and Grow Rich, 7 Habits of Highly Successful People, The Slight Edge, etc. And while they were decent, and gave good information, I never really felt connected to them. I understood the concepts, but I would always kind of come out thinking "so that's it?".
The book has ignited a fire in me I have never really felt before, and an obsession to work and get the right things done (could also be the Modafinil I've started taking but I'll give them both their dues).
Moving on, I own a relatively new, freelance web design company. I trade underneath my own name.
I've had a few clients, averaging around €500-€750 per client, with maybe 20-30 hours of work. This is ALRIGHT, but I have really struggled to get work despite my best efforts and the clients I have had weren't exactly inspiring. As a fairly young student, it's difficult to get businesses to respect me or even give me a chance, despite my skills being superior to pretty much anybody in the general area.
So after reading TMF , and in particular the sections about 'look big, act small' and to stop selling time for money, I have been considering re-branding. Changing to an actual business name, establishing an LLC, and giving the appearance of an established and growing company with multiple employees offering multiple services.
Once I have a respectable premium company established, I can start charging premium rates. This is where I'll begin outsourcing any work I get to UpWork, taking perhaps a 20% cut. With some decent marketing skills and a lot of networking, I believe I can make this work. I live in a country where this kind of thing isn't common at all, and would be quite easy to pull off.
I have the skills to develop fully fledged websites, and don't technically need to out-source, but I'm sick of spending all my time pulling my hair out and barely paying the bills. There's many out there better than me, who will do the work for a cheaper rate, but don't have any marketing or networking skills. Or the know-how. And I believe I do.
This is a loose draft of the plan anyway, I'll be starting the entire process and perhaps even a process thread tomorrow. If it fails, it fails. I move on and I learn. If anyone has any advice, I'd absolutely love to hear it!
The book has ignited a fire in me I have never really felt before, and an obsession to work and get the right things done (could also be the Modafinil I've started taking but I'll give them both their dues).
Moving on, I own a relatively new, freelance web design company. I trade underneath my own name.
I've had a few clients, averaging around €500-€750 per client, with maybe 20-30 hours of work. This is ALRIGHT, but I have really struggled to get work despite my best efforts and the clients I have had weren't exactly inspiring. As a fairly young student, it's difficult to get businesses to respect me or even give me a chance, despite my skills being superior to pretty much anybody in the general area.
So after reading TMF , and in particular the sections about 'look big, act small' and to stop selling time for money, I have been considering re-branding. Changing to an actual business name, establishing an LLC, and giving the appearance of an established and growing company with multiple employees offering multiple services.
Once I have a respectable premium company established, I can start charging premium rates. This is where I'll begin outsourcing any work I get to UpWork, taking perhaps a 20% cut. With some decent marketing skills and a lot of networking, I believe I can make this work. I live in a country where this kind of thing isn't common at all, and would be quite easy to pull off.
I have the skills to develop fully fledged websites, and don't technically need to out-source, but I'm sick of spending all my time pulling my hair out and barely paying the bills. There's many out there better than me, who will do the work for a cheaper rate, but don't have any marketing or networking skills. Or the know-how. And I believe I do.
This is a loose draft of the plan anyway, I'll be starting the entire process and perhaps even a process thread tomorrow. If it fails, it fails. I move on and I learn. If anyone has any advice, I'd absolutely love to hear it!
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