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From the show: Narrative stories of freelancers & solopreneurs who have scaled their business to be something much bigger than themselves. Hosted by Brandon Hull. Featuring the enlightening & entertaining stories of Mixergy founder Andrew Warner, Bell + Ivy founder Cynthia Johnson, SeanWes…

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[SHORT] Got My First Client...Now What?
How Much Should You Spend on Marketing?
[SHORT] - Are There Non-Spammy Networking Groups?
How to Surprise & Delight Clients
[SHORT] Using the Same Contract for Every Client
These Social Posts Get the Best Clients
[SHORT] Should Your Client Choose How to Pay?
Best to Focus on Hiring or Client Work?
[SHORT] Should You Delegate Client Communication?
Productivity Secrets
[SHORT] Building Passive Income as a Freelancer
Delegate without Sacrificing Quality
[SHORT] Fixing an Invoice Mistake
Can Your Business Run on Autopilot?
[SHORT] When To Hire a Project Manager
Should You Scale With a Business Loan?
Perfectionists Can Scale Too—Here's How
[SHORT] Should I Give Up Files for Free?
Crushing Through Cultural Barriers
[SHORT] Can I Put In-House Work in My Portfolio?
Gold Mine of New Clients—Are You In?
[SHORT] HELP! Client Spouse Getting in the Way
The Power of Client Trust [RECAST]
[SHORT] I've Lost My Passion, Now What?
Is Scaling Your Business Really Worth It?
[SHORT] Should I Make This Big Leap Into a Different Industry?
Mastering Stress-Free Delegation in Your Business
[SHORT] Does Niching Down Waste My Skills?
Drumming Up More Attention
[SHORT] Selling Old Files to a Client
Should You Charge for Deliverables or Results?
[SHORT] What Does Your Freelance Pricing Say About You?
When to STOP “Doing Everything”
[SHORT] Are Proposals Really Worth Your Time?
Are You Ready to Hire Your First Virtual Assistant?
[SHORT] Best Software for Getting Paid Faster?
Give up Control to Build a Successful Business
[SHORT] Should I hire a CPA or use a tax software?
Just Say “No”
[SHORT] My client is paying every month but not sending any work
Pivoting to Passive Income
[SHORT] How do you deal with freelancers that don't deliver as agreed?
Breaking Free from Agencies as Clients
[SHORT] Impressing big-brand clients
Getting More Established Clients
[SHORT] How do I find product/market fit?
Landing Big Clients (like Walmart) w/ Elna Cain
[SHORT] How do I pitch a retainer?
Riding the Rollercoaster
[SHORT] Should I hire a project manager?
How to Find Referral Partners
The Power of Productizing
The #1 Reason You’re Not Making Progress
Who wins? Employees -vs- Contractors
Hiring the Best Freelancers
Jobs Go Begging on the Open Road
You’re a Strategist, Get Paid for It
“Risking” Money on Paid Ads
Will you sink or swim?
Hate “Networking”? Do this.
Client Referrals: Dangerous or Powerful?
The Power of Automation
Powerful Lead Generation Strategy for 2022
Scaling without Sacrificing Personality
Our Mega Productivity Episode
To Retire Early, Hire These People
Spend Money to Make Money?
Charge Like a Founder—Not an Employee
When You're Too Busy to Scale
Crushing it with Cold Outreach
If We Had to Start Over from Scratch...
Getting Clients to Trust Your Team
Filling Your Lead Generation Gap
The Power of Personal Brand
A Flood of Questions (Can We Keep Up?)
Are High-Ticket Clients Enough?
Should Managers Code?—Introducing 'Compiler', an original podcast from Red Hat
The Freedom of Being "Out of the Loop"
Getting Agency-Quality Leads (w Big Budgets)
10 Low-Cost Marketing Tactics That Get Results
Monetizing a New Skill from Scratch
Six-Figure Upwork Profile in 90 Days
How to Stay Motivated While You Grow
$100,000/mo in Recurring Revenue
Hiring Salespeople is Painful—Here's a Fix
Getting Clients on LinkedIn
Growing Beyond Job Sites
Does Getting Clients Keep You from Scaling?
Can You Win at Business ... Without Burning Out?
How to Unlock a Floodgate of Client Leads
Getting More Clients (as an Introvert)
Introducing 'Creative Elements'
3 Ways to Finally Raise Your Prices
Should You Do Your Own Marketing?
Revenue on Autopilot—Is It Really Possible?
Getting Press as a Freelancer (from the Editor of Entrepreneur Mag)
Are You Attracting the Wrong Clients?
Unleashing the Power of Local Clients
Hiring 50 Contractors in a Year (Whew!)
Close 90% of Clients (without Proposals)
Coaching at Scale
How to Speak Your Clients' Language
Should You Branch Out or Niche Down?
Do You Have the Wrong Target Audience?
You've Been Lied to About "Work/Life Balance"
Do Clients Treat You Like an Expert? or Employee?
Collabs vs. Hiring
12 Mo. of Revenue in 30 Days
Less Convincing, More Closing.
Are You Stuck in "Create" Mode?
3 Ways to "Spy" on Your Ideal Client
Leader vs. Entrepreneur
Are You Optimizing for Profit?
Getting Out of Your Own Way
Will Clients “Subscribe” to Freelancing?
Make Art, Make Money
Working From Anywhere (Remote Works Podcast Sneak Peek)
The Truth About Being a ‘Founder’
Giving Yourself a $40K Raise + Investing in People
Attracting the Best Projects
Getting Clients to Treat You Like an Agency
The Power of Automation
Control Freaks Can Scale Too...Here's How
Crushing Your To-Do List
How I Finally Became My Own Boss
Should You Ever Turn Down a New Client?
I Caught Covid-19 and Lost Half My Business. but Then....
Getting Clients via Affiliates, Social Media, or Email
How to Scale When You Feel Too Busy
Fixing Awkward Money Conversations w/ Clients
Cold Pitching vs. Content Marketing
You're a Bottleneck—and it's Killing Your Business
An Audience is Not a Business
Do I Really Have to Be the CEO?
5 Triggers to Raise Your Rates
Is Upwork Legit?
Why You're Failing at "Finding a Niche"
Building a Business vs. Creating Another Job
Is Social Media Worth Your Time?
Be Yourself, Get More Clients
Clay's Fight to $100K/month in Repeat Client Revenue
We're Back on April 9 with All-New Episodes!
A Year-End Announcement from 'Freelance to Founder'
Escaping debt and a cubicle to build a $150,000/yr business with Whitney Hansen
WordPress freelancer builds $1M business in 6 months
How Chris Do is Building a Multi-Million-Dollar Agency
Building a $30K/mo company with podcaster-turned-CEO, Matt Johnson
How Ever Gonzalez Left His Day Job Behind to Host Events All Over the U.S.
How Tedd Grew an All-Virtual Team of 10 People While Staying Profitable
From the US Army & Wall Street to Finally Starting His Own Business with Michael Pratt
How Two Friends Poured Their Hearts Into a Million-Dollar Business
How Shane Built an 8-Figure Business & Paid Freelancers $50 Million in the Process
How to Reach $1,000,000 in Under 2 Years (with Almost No Experience)
From charitable "underwear run" to building a $6,500 /mo. business helping startups and freelancers
How to build a $450,000/year business when college fails you twice with Matt Giovanisci
How Spencer built 200 websites that made $1/day (and then way more!)
How getting deployed to Bahrain forced Stephanie to build her business from scratch
How Scott quit his job after thousands of customers joined "Scott's Cheap Flights"
How to convince huge brands to become your clients: the 7-year journey of Springzy
How to build a $130K side-hustle in 6 months with Ben Tossell
How this freelance web developer got 400,000+ students on Udemy
How Emily quit her day job to illustrate for big brands as a full-time freelancer
From founder to freelancer: How Louis Nicholls has flipped the script for success
From aspiring actor to transformational public speaking trainer
From struggling teacher to 6 figures with John Sowash
From unemployed to an 8-figure exit with Chris Cobb
From struggling commercial pilot to 6-figure podcaster
WordPress freelancer builds $1M business in 6 months
Escaping debt and a cubicle to build a $150,000/yr business with Whitney Hansen
How a hobby turned into a six-figure business for Krista Stryker
From “failure” to a $43,000/month business with Baird Hall of Wavve
Why Copyblogger co-founder Sonia still freelances on the side of her multi-million-dollar business
From Video Editor to $2M in Annual Revenue with Chris Ronzio
15 Months to hit six figures with freelance copywriter & stay-at-home mom, Allie Smith
Passing $1 Million in her first year with one-woman company Aether Beauty
Building a $30K/mo company with podcaster-turned-CEO, Matt Johnson
Building seanwes from freelance to 7 figures with Sean McCabe
From 3rd-grade teacher to six-figure blogger with Courtney Slazinik
From freelancer to 7-figure agency with Shannon DeJong and House of Who
Over $500K/year working just a few hours a week with Brian Casel of Audience Ops
From summer camp teacher to over $300,000 in revenue with Pamela Capalad of Brunch and Budget
From freelance writer to million-dollar BBQ blogger and a Guinness Record with Susie Bulloch of Hey Grill Hey
BONUS: From stay-at-home mom to multi-million-dollar brand with Courtney Brown
From freelance writer to $300K/year with Chelsea Baldwin of Copy Power
Paul Jarvis: From web designer to six-figure “company of one”
From 0 to 100k customers with AWeber's Tom Kulzer
BONUS: Chris Do - From immigrant childhood to millions in revenue and winning an Emmy
The Elephant in the Room…
From plumber to $4 Million business with Stuart Draper of Stukent
From feeling stuck at a day job to $500K/year with Brittney Castro of Financially Wise, Inc.
From zero business plan to million-dollar podcaster with Andrew Warner of Mixergy
From 3rd-grade teacher to six-figure photography blogger with Courtney Slazinik of Click it Up a Notch
From freelance web designer to topping the Product Hunt charts with James Rose of Content Snare
From PR Manager to highly successful SaaS consulting business with Kaleigh Moore
From freelance developer to millions in revenue with Hotjar’s Marc von Brockdorff
From college dropouts to power couple growing two agencies with Reliable PSD’s David & Lou
From answering customer support calls to building a successful lifestyle business online
From "checked-out employee" to full-time freelancer & blogger with Sarah Morgan of XO Sarah
From web designer to building Freshbooks to a multi-million-dollar company with Mike McDerment
From “terrible student” to building a multi-million-dollar agency with Cynthia Johnson of Bell + Ivy
From "nerdy kid" to building a $45,000/mo business from scratch in less than a year with Jake Jorgovan of Lead Cookie
Chris Do: From immigrant childhood to millions in revenue and winning an Emmy
Season 4 is coming with Chris Do, Cynthia Johnson, Justin Jackson, Sarah Morgan and more!
BONUS: Andy quit his job...now what? Listen to the trailer for our new podcast, 'My Freelance life'
A quick message for listeners of 'Freelance to Founder'
From flailing freelancer to a $500,000/month "unlimited design" business with Russ Perry of Design Pickle
From struggling design blogger to building a huge six-figure business with Tom Ross of Design Cuts
From 8-yr-old computer whiz to selling his company to Stripe with Courtland Allen of Indie Hackers
From college dropout to $828,000 in monthly recurring revenue with Nathan Barry of ConvertKit
From quitting law school to building a copywriting empire with Joanna Wiebe of Copy Hackers
From losing everything to building a massive podcast career with Michael O'Neal and 'The Solopreneur Hour'
From financial analyst to million-dollar blogger with Michelle Schroeder-Gardner and 'Making Sense of Cents'
From high-school web developer to teaching freelancers how to double their business with Brennan Dunn
Season 3 is coming—and we've got Brennan Dunn, Michelle Gardner, Michael O'Neal and lots more!
From fortune 500 companies & failed startups to building a successful business on their terms - the story of Fizzle founders Corbett Barr & Chase Reeves
From receptionist to designing for Google and becoming a bestselling author - the story of Sarah Cooper & the Cooper Review
From college drop-out to building a massive social selling business — the story of Phil Gerbyshak
From project manager to highly sought-after hand-lettering instructor - the story of Becca Courtice
From a Boeing cubicle to making videos for Pat Flynn, John Lee Dumas, Chris Ducker & more - the story of Caleb Wojcik
From kindergarten teacher to Kickstarter success & thriving mompreneur - the story of AshLee Winterrose
From getting fired to building a thriving creative agency - the story of Clay Mosley and Rock City Digital
From washing windows to building a massive online brand — the story of Sean McCabe and the seanwes brand
Season 2 is coming in one week with Sean McCabe, Sarah Cooper, Corbett Barr & Chase Reeves, and more!
From freelance designer to building a luxury fashion brand
From designing video games to getting hired by major brands to create custom illustrations & art
From cubicle-doomed to getting his brand featured on TODAY Show & in the Superbowl—the story of Michael Brown
From college grad to sought-after photographer working with ESPN, Oprah, Time Mag and more - the story of CJ Burton
A trip to Asia led this solopreneur to marriage and a business that empowers women in third-world countries - the story of Adrienne Thakur
From one-woman designer to selling millions in client work - the story of Bianca Board
From pennies in royalties to selling high-end art direct to customers - the story of Nate & Greg Olsen
From stay-at-home mom to multi-million dollar brand - the story of Courtney Brown
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