Published On Mar 24, 2022
Have you considered freelancing but you’re not sure where to start? Dutch designers Dennis and Pieter along with a couple of other friends decided to get together and form their own freelance agency, Kersevrs! https://krsvrs.nl
Watch our livestream replay to hear how their agency started, how they find clients, and tips for anyone wanted to do the same thing. Enjoy! ✨
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00:00 - Intro
1:17 - Start of livestream
3:42 - Dennis' intro
8:03 - Pieter's intro
10:33 - How did they start?
14:30 - How does their freelance agency work?
15:43 - How do they get to that point?
17:42 - Using Twitter and social media
20:18 - Why forming an agency instead of individual freelancing?
22:23 - Scaling financially and working on their own projects
26:08 - How to decide how to charge clients
30:40 - Distributing finances and funds
32:40 - Current projects
33:34 - How to balance project and client work
37:24 - Freelancing in Europe
39:40 - Design competition?
40:54 - Advice for early-stage designers wanting to freelance
44:35 - Firing clients
47:37 - What's the first step someone should take to start freelancing?
54:00 - What's a fun project you worked on?
58:14 - Faking it until you making it?
1:02:40 - Outro
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