Consulting Zen

Neal Kemp

California

What I Do Ruby / Rails

Javascript / Angular

HTML, CSS, etc...

What I Do Project Management

Product Development

Technical Advising

I MAKE THE INTERNET well, part of it...

What is consulting

anyway?

FREELANCER

FREELANCER

CONSULTANT

Consulting is

super.

Super? Why?

Super? Why?

Real Problems

Super? Why?

Real Problems

New Projects

Super? Why?

Real Problems

New Projects

Choose Your Adventure

10 hours a week? (beach mode)

70 hours a week? (investment banker mode)

Three Businesses

Three Businesses Finding clients

Actually working

Getting paid

Finding Clients

Finding Clients

Local meetups

Finding Clients

Local meetups

Conferences (like TakeOff!)

Finding Clients

Local meetups

Conferences (like TakeOff!)

Former clients, friends, etc

Finding Clients

Local meetups

Conferences (like TakeOff!)

Former clients, friends, etc

Online communities

BE A PERSON

Dealing with Clients

Dealing with Clients Engineer happiness

Dealing with Clients Engineer happiness

Empathize

Dealing with Clients Engineer happiness

Empathize

Communicate

Managing Time

Managing Time Use tools

No  

No  

No  

No  No  

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Use real tools.

Trello – Task Management

Streak – CRM

Harvest – Time Tracking & Invoicing

Managing Time Use tools

Avoid context-switching

Managing Time Use tools

Avoid context-switching

Eliminate distractions

On your side

On your side Tax person

On your side Tax person

Financial Planner

Get a lawyer.

Oh yea, use contracts too.

Invest

Invest Headphones with microphone

Good chair

Stay Current

Stay Current

Conferences

Blogs

Open Source

Experiment

Experiment Pricing

Experiment Pricing

Projects

Experiment Pricing

Projects

Client search

Thank you!

me@nealke.mp (I like emails!)

@Neal_Kemp (I tweet)