First decide if you want to be a consultant on your own or run a company. If you go the corp route, follow Duane's advice and set it up properly. Then figure out what you want to do. When you have a company and you talk to people about your business, they will inevitably ask you a handful of questions:
What do you do? Services or products? What is your target market? Industry? Company size? Perfect client? Listen to the author of e-Myth and figure out all these question (to the extent you can) before you start. Otherwise you have no focus, and without focus, you might struggle to target your market and find clients. Having said that, IT services are still enough in demand that you might just get business through dumb luck. As many of us can attest to, sometimes that's just the way it happens. Just don't count on luck to provide your entire client base! On Thu, Feb 26, 2009 at 5:13 AM, Scott Stewart <sstwebwo...@bellsouth.net>wrote: > > Well, it's my turn to be bitten by the economy. UNC released my contract > yesterday afternoon due to budget constraints and lack of available work. > > My question is for the folks on the list who are working for themselves. > how > did you get started? What does it take to generate enough income to live > on? > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;207172674;29440083;f Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/message.cfm/messageid:289922 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/cf-community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
