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poseidon

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Feb 09, 2008 5:41 AM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Dear all,
 
I need advice in running my start up. I started my web design start up on Oct 20th 2007. So it`s been about 3.5 months. I have a full time job and only design about 3-4 hrs at night. On the weekends I can work 5-6 hrs. I bid projects on 1 freelance website.
 
My first project was to update a website. It was a very easy project. I worked about 3 hrs and got paid $450. My second project was to redesign a charity website. It was a small project for $350. However, my proposal templates were above average, I was getting one client a week since. It`s too many for a one man show.
 
The third, fourth, fifth and so on were big projects. $1600+, $775, $1200, etc...I guess it`s my fault. All I was thinking was how to make the most money. It sounds stupid. But I was thinking I could win big projects, so why not take the chance? You see, given the fact that I can only design about 20 hrs a week, it`s really hard for me to finish big projects in one week. Also the skill factor comes in play. These websites are over my head. I can do small websites but not complicated ones. Maybe my strength is copywriting. But I have passion for website design.
 
I`ve tried to outsource the work but it left me with very little profit or I had to sacrifice profit and took a loss. It`s hard to outsource and compete with 1000s of other designers.
 
What should I do? Please advise. Hiring employee is definitely not a good idea. How can I grow and embrace this problem smoothly?  Do I need to bid on more freelance websites? Or other marketing ideas? Any advice will be very much appreciated.
 
I thank you in advance...
CraigL

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Feb 09, 2008 9:14 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Have you done an analysis or spreadsheet to show whether you should quit your other job? Yes, it`s a risk to go full time, but if you`re getting that much work without really pushing too hard, then it sounds like you have a good product. That way you`d be able to spend more time on what you actually like doing, grow the business, and reach a point where you could afford some employee or contractor help.
darimura

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Feb 16, 2009 4:14 PM ET    Quote  Report Abuse
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Poseidon,
I was thinking of getting into the web design business and came across your post.
so its been a year since your post, how are things going??
 
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If you want to start web design business then you should have to knowledge about the HTML, CSS and also PHP because they are important factors of web designing business. They are also called as scripting languages which will help you to do create best attractive website.

 



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