While you're specifically asking about finding your first few clients, this previous thread has some great overall advice for finding clients in general as a fr

While you're specifically asking about finding your first few clients, this previous thread has some great overall advice for finding clients in general as a freelancer: http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435 http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4585435 Also, we recently launched the beta of matchist (http://matchist.com http://matchist.com) to help freelance developers like yourself find quality clients and get paid on time, every time.