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From Employee to Entrepreneur Landing Your First Clients

Name: From Employee to Entrepreneur Landing Your First Clients
Uploaded: 2024-12-01T17:05:46+00:00
Duration: 32 s
Channel: Henning Schwinum
Description: This transcript excerpt offers practical advice for employees transitioning to entrepreneurship, focusing on ways to land first clients: converting a…

1 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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This transcript excerpt offers practical advice for employees transitioning to entrepreneurship, focusing on ways to land first clients: converting a last employer into a client, moonlighting as an advisor while employed, and leveraging an existing executive network to generate opportunities. The tone is pragmatic and example-driven, aimed at professionals seeking smooth exits into client-based work.

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There are fractionals who turn their last employer into their first clients, and that makes for a really smooth transition for both parties. Or one could start by moonlighting first doing advisory work on the side in addition to a full time job. And then I meet executives that are well connected in their respective industry, and they have spent the time and energy to build that network. And now it serves them really well because when they go and put the word on the street that they're available for a role, they get the calls.