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Designers that've transitioned from working for a company to full-time consulting & freelance: What's helped your transition and what wisdom would you pass on?

over 8 years ago from Greg Corby, Human

  • Gilli Sigurdsson, over 8 years ago (edited over 8 years ago )
    • Charge upfront
    • Make sure you aren't undervaluing yourself. You have to remember to account for unbillable hours, like when dealing with your own business but not clientwork. It is likely that 1 hour a day or more will go into this, so up your hourly rate to make up for that.
    • If a potential client has issues with your pricing and/or paying upfront, he is most likely a trouble client and you should walk away.
    • Don't waste your time with clients you can tell will be trouble. You will find other, better clients. Don't worry.
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