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How big of a company is it? If it's just you and your friend / brother / partner, try to use the network you already have: family, friends, colleagues and so on
by s1k3s 5y ago
How big of a company is it? If it's just you and your friend / brother / partner, try to use the network you already have: family, friends, colleagues and so on. This isn't a joke, every time I go back to my hometown, someone has to ask me to build a website or app for them. You'll be paid pennies at first probably, but you build a network and the word spreads out.
If you're bigger than that just hire sales people. That's how it works anyway.
And the 3rd way of proving your worth is doing open source work. I've seen plenty of companies start like that.
- bletaspecifik 5y agoThe company is pretty small, a two man team. Yeah I guess talking to friends and family might be viable but it would lead to penny projects. Making something for free or pennies is a real time drainer if you know what I mean.
- s1k3s 5y agoI’m currently in the same spot, 2 very experienced guys looking to start our own thing without networking. I tried ads on every platform, got no returns. Seems like working in our own network is the only way to go.
- brudgers 5y agoNew consultants typically will get the worst projects because they have the worst clients. Good projects come from good clients and their existing consultants work hard to make them happy. Generally you will get calls from three classes of people. Amateurs, grifters, and established players who will use your low due to desperation price to beat down the established contractor they are going to hire regardless. Some amateurs can turn into good clients eventually after five or ten years of relationship building. Basically you have to be in it long enough to grow your business alongside theirs. Grifters will have lots of experience but somehow failed to establish strong business relationships with the people they worked with. The reason is the people they worked with didn’t make money.