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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONUpdate time I took the last two months to remake the current website to have public surveys where users can give feedback to each other. Users can now: Rate 5 stars on other designers work Leave comments Create public surveys Aside from that, the website has a cool redesign. In parallel...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONFast update My first user CAME BACK to use the product again! This is the first user who actually used the product as it was intended! And now after about a month he used it again! I feel good about this :D He now created 2 surveys and if he wants to create more he will have to pay the 8$...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONHey guys, sorry for a long time between updates. Emailing initial users To continue with what happened after the last update, I emailed my initial users. I had one person who used it to choose between multiple versions of the same logo (The intended thing). This guy didn't respond to emails...- OVS
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I've Read The Great Rat-Race Escape!
GOLD! HOT!I'm 5 hours into listening to it on audible! It is a great book to keep you motivated and with the right priorities in mind! Thanks, MJ!- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONUpdate time Good parts Being active on Reddit paid off! Last week, I posted a video demonstrating how the application worked on r/web_design, and it had a great response. It had 325 upvotes and many comments. I had 40 sign-ups from that event. Another entrepreneur who helped in the research...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONUpdate time Visits to the website: 89 Accounts made: 2 Last week I focused on Reddit with some mixed results. The main thing I was mindful about is not to advertise upfront, as Reddit hates that. I tried to add value. The communities I targeted were r/web_design and r/graphic_design. Plan of...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONIndeed you are right about this. The best thing I can do right now is to suggest some websites that offer targeting audiences as a service so the user can link there. If you really need that service, you can use PickFu for that! Currently, my plan is to focus on designers. For example, let's...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONDribble 5k$ : It's for a boosted shot with a link to your website- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONYEs. I've been doing hybrid app development for the last 4 years. Normally I would recommend React & React Native with shared Business Logic and API but you would need a good developer for that. Drop me a dm and maybe I can help with some suggestions- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONHei man! Currently, I'm doing this: - Scraped 1000 emails from dribble and started a direct marketing campaign for those (Currently 5% response rate which is decent) - This week I will make two value posts on dedicated subreddits: r/website_design and r/logo_design Currently, the battle plan...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONUpdate time Sorry if these are rare, I could update more but things aren't really that dynamic right now. Anyway, after 4 months in development I have a working product. Check it out here: Designvote - Choose your design Ok. Now to the interesting part... The things I f-ed up during this...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONAlright! Time for some updates! Related to the freelancing gig I mentioned, I finished that! It payed 1k$ for more than one month of hard work. After finishing that project, I decided that freelancing isn't for me as I don't want to exchange time for money. Other than that, competition is...- OVS
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Should I quit?
EXECUTION RANTHei man! Not here to say anything about what you should do, just wanted to say that I respect your journey and I'm sure it will all work out in the end. From what I read, seems like the part about control is the deciding factor in your situation. Maybe you can do something there?- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONStatus update: Got my first client on upwork!! It is a gig to build a managing system for a hair salon. It is backend + admin + mobile app for reservations. I estimate it should take about 3-4 weeks. I will work on it in the mornings and weekends. It pays almost 1k$. Tbh it is not that much...- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONThat is motivating for me :D- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONHei @AdrianB ! Great! Thank you for stopping by! Are you getting local clients for the agency?- OVS
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From 9-5 employed developer to freelancer and then entrepreneur - my journey
EXECUTIONHello, guys! My name is Ovidiu. I am 26 yo, living in Romania. I am currently employed as a developer. In my spare time, I built a portfolio for myself to attract clients for freelance work. I am sick of being employed. My goal right now is to quit my job, get freelance clients to build apps and...- OVS
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I've Read The Millionaire Fastlane!
GOLD! HOT!I've read the book two years ago, while in a speed run of reading everything I could get my hands on about self development, money and business! Great book! The thing that remained all this time, and is the reason why I quit a startup where I was an employee: Be a shark!- OVS
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I've Read UNSCRIPTED!
GOLD! HOT!I am on my second listen of Unscripted. Man this book really hit home! After I finished it, I started listening to it again! I will write a process post about me leaving my current job to start freelancing! Thank you, @MJ DeMarco for the great information and inspiration!- OVS
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