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1. Pick a broad industry (say law/attorneys) 2. Go to craigslist for your nearest city 3. Post a job for the category that best fits the industry you chose in
by callmeed 16y ago
1. Pick a broad industry (say law/attorneys)
2. Go to craigslist for your nearest city
3. Post a job for the category that best fits the industry you chose in #1 above. The post should be along the lines of:
"Local software startup is seeking experienced attorneys and legal professionals to consult with. We need help testing our software and validating our new product ideas. We can offer free use of products after launch."
4. You will absolutely get emails back from professionals and business owners who simply want to help and think it's "cool" to be part of such a process.
Have coffee/lunch with them, pick their brain, find their pain points and make a project out of it.
I've got 2 in the works that started this way.
- faz 16y agoFrom a freelancer's perspective, I would be the only one working on a project for a industry I choose [as you had suggested]. Wouldn't this require some form of prior experience in that industry? Just wanted to know whether we do need prior experience in a specific industry.
- callmeed 16y agoI don't think so—that's why you're out looking for someone with domain knowledge. For me, I really want to work in the food/restaurant space but I've never owned/managed one. So I found people who do.