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169: Paying the Bills While Building Your First Indie Business

The Bootstrapped Founder

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Freelancing or Consulting

38% of founders out there are bolstering their income with freelancing or consulting. Before you build your own fully fledged business, you start a small one-person business to keep the lights on. My first attempts at building bootstrap businesses and no matter how horribly I failed with them happened while I was consulting on the side. The moment you're not just Jane Doe, the designer, but Jane Doe of the incredible designs agency, you're already more professional in the eyes of customers.

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