Starting a Small Business as a Web Developer

In this video we will talk about some things to get started with creating your own business

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Timestamps:
Intro - 0:00
Find a Place To Work - 1:05
Write a Business Plan - 2:35
Legal Structure - 5:16
Payments & Invoicing - 9:37
Branding - 11:57
Website & Portfolio - 13:02
Pricing - 14:35
Client Proposals - 16:51
Promotion - 18:52
Scaling Your Business - 20:46
Outro - 23:33

[techienomadiso]

Humble man....yet so skilled! Very much saluted from Kenya.

[Nedwin]

I'm and MBA who love coding (self learning). So I resigned from my job, and started a tech business. Rise and fall and rise is a usual business stuff in the way. Now I have 4 developers and 5 staffs work with me. What I can say here is that I agree 100% with Brad about starting a SME. Good luck my friend. ❤️

[andresvidoza]

I started learning shopify dev work a few months ago and now im tackling big clients with a bit of network ive been able to do. Thank you man youve inspired many of us!

[birsingh]

Hi Brad, your content is worth equal to the MIT degree for us. Thank you for everything.

[QuakerRaze]

I was contemplating of whether I should start my own business as well; cheers for this video.

[yawarbhat]

Brad should also teach us how to read minds of people, I mean he's a master at this...

[DA-cvxv]

Good stuff, Brad!

Pricing - I used to own and operate another type of business that included a labor component. What I used to do is sit down and come up with a price that I thought this "project" is worth - for me to do and for the client (the fixed price). Then, I would also estimate how many hours it would take at a competitive rate. I would then compare the two as a sanity check. Sometimes they were close, sometimes not. The times they weren't close involved some more thought. I realize with web/app development we can reuse a lot of code and don't have to start from scratch every time - so this industry is a little different. The other component to this is competition. If you have a competitor offering the same thing for half, then you have some "selling" to do. I think it was the movie Boiler Room where it was said "Either you sell the client a reason to buy or they sell you the reason why they won't." Or, you just let the project go or figure out why you are double.

EDIT: Also - Look in to liability insurance for in case stuff hits the fan. It's something we don't want to think about, but we have to. Thankfully I never had to use it, but it was nice to know I had it. Also look into a personal umbrella policy over the top of the business insurance. When you are a LLC or S-Corp/C-Corp, you are supposed to be somewhat isolated from liability personally. And at minimum - always get enough coverage to cover your assets.

[Alex-tyeb]

I discovered your YT chanel last March. You gave me the inspiration to follow a post grad in web development. I first started as self taughted, then I went back to college (night classes).
I would like to thank you for such high quality of content. Your videos do not only teach us tech skills but also soft skills and all the different path that are available for us as web dev.
Thank you for your work and your dedication especially during this crazy context.

[bonchan]

I dont care how long the video is. As long as brad is doing it. His voice is like ASMR to me. Haha. Love from PH 🇵🇭

[mikes.]

I could totally understand if you sold this information but, as always, you're the man.

[CuriousWithOscar]

This content is still worth watching in late 2022, coming into 2023 and I wanna change for once and become my own boss.

Thanks for this amazing video

[LazAustin]

I am 32 with a wife and house and a supervisor at my job...but I want to be like Brad when I grow up.

[btoned]

Awesome input. Only channel I'd trust with this information.

[DesignCourse]

Here's a free business idea: Civil War Preparedness. You only have 24 hours to get it up and running tho...

[beaubreau]

It's important to note that registering a DBA does not provide legal protection or establish exclusive rights to the name. It simply allows you to conduct business under a name different from your legal business name.

Before obtaining a DBA, you should ensure that your legal business structure, such as your partnership or corporation, is properly formed and registered with the appropriate state agencies. The DBA registration typically assumes that you have already established your legal business entity. This includes Massachusetts and has been the law there for a long time now. Yes you can file for a DBA and not get caught (very very easily) but it is also not too hard to file the proper paperwork online.
Here is the list of states that actually allow you to only file for a DBA:
Arizona
Colorado
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington

[SeniorJuniorDeveloper]

Man, everytime I think "hey I wonder if there's a good youtube video on this?", I do a search and there you are lol - thanks for the great content

[greenblood]

This video is a good mix of general business startup ideas as well as some important IT client communication aspects. I want to start early next year, definitely going to follow this framework. Thanx a lot

[naimulsayed]

I was looking for these tips exactly. Got motivated. Thanks 🙏

[tristangibbs]

This is super helpful! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. I’m 40 years old and trying to start a freelance web business, so thank you for this.

[ayanbanerjee]

Doing you mern stack latest course right now..Its phenomenal 🔥, outstanding..Love you brad! You are god!