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by ryanSrich 4512 days ago
> Generally the most frustrating part of freelancing is dealing with the business side of things.

I strongly disagree. The hardest part of freelancing is finding quality clients. Not finding leads, not the legal work, not the accounting, not anything else.

What would be interesting is a service that coaches clients on how to be reasonable. How to have realistic expectations, how to set a realistic budget, how to ask for the right things and when to just let the designer or developer _do their job_ .

That's a service I would pay for.

2 comments

Hey ryanSrich, I'm Brian, an agent @ Kenvak. I agree with you that finding qualified clients is one of the toughest if not the toughest aspect of freelancing. The great thing about Kenvak is we have amazing relationships with some world class clients, of which we have vetted. Kenvak will also be doing a weekly blog with coaching tips for freelancers. I am only representing 10 web professionals, this is to ensure the highest quality service for each freelancer.
Especially as accounting and legal is easily solved:

1) hire an accountant 2) hire a lawyer

(I had both since day one and that was the best decision I ever made)