Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.

jasonleow • 24 May 2023 •
They say, for entrepreneurship:
Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.
Reminded me of this famous photo of Jeff Bezos building Amazon from ground zero, using a door as a desk.
So what exactly do I have to offer that can get me an extra $1000 per month? Someone suggested I do this:
- write down all your skills.
- see if you can provide a service using them where time = money
- reach out to your network to see if anyone needs help with those skills.
- charge >$250 so you need 4 people max.
Okay so here goes:
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My skills: Design thinking, design research, coaching for design thinking, web design, web development, building simple apps, copywriting, social media marketing,
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What can I offer:
- Design thinking, design research:
- [Doing] My design consultancy for government and non-profits.
- [Doing] Freelance in design research.
- [New] Advisory for scoping tenders for design services.
- Coaching for design thinking:
- [Doing] Training for organisations.
- [New] 1-on-1 coaching for folks in design industry.
- Web design &/or development:
- [Doing] Sweet Jam Sites (but wanted to shut it down previously).
- [New] Create niche websites - listing directories, Carrd sites
- [Doing] Building tech for good apps by applying for grants.
- [New] Build micro-SaaS as consulting?
- [New] Software consulting by building Carrd plugins?
- Copywriting & social media marketing:
- [New] Fiverr or Upwork writing gigs
- [New] Write technical or niche blog posts for creator/indie hacker/web dev/keto/sleep biohacking industry
- [New] Ghost-writing tweets or content?
- [New] Write social media content for technical or niche blog posts for creator/indie hacker/web dev/keto/sleep biohacking industry
- Who I can reach out to:
- Design thinking, design research:
- Contacts in government and non-profits.
- Post on LinkedIn and Twitter about needing projects.
- Cold message contacts to ask if they have gigs.
- Market new offerings on social media.
- Coaching for design thinking:
- Cold outreach to organisations about design thinking coaching and training offerings.
- Post about 1-on-1 coaching for folks in design industry.
- Web design &/or development:
- Tweet about offer to create niche websites - listing directories, Carrd sites.
- Apply for new grants to build tech for good apps.
- Tweet about my new offering to build micro-SaaS as consulting
- Email to existing customers about software consulting by building Carrd plugins?
- Copywriting & social media marketing:
- Check out Fiverr or Upwork for writing gigs
- Cold outreach about writing technical or niche blog posts for creator/indie hacker/web dev/keto/sleep biohacking industry
- Of all the ideas, I just need to get say 5 clients at $199 each. 5 does feel possible! Or:
- 1 client × $1000
- 2 clients × $500
- 4 clients × $250
- 5 clients × $199
- 10 clients × $99
- 20 clients × $50
- 50 clients × $20
- 100 clients × $10
So what else can I look into that I can offer?
Comments
Do any indiehackers go dutch on small side products specifically to help both make money while they work on their main products. I’d be up for something like this

@lukehollis Cool would love to read!
Yeah someone suggested that to me - partner up and bundle products for a 1 week promo. I guess the bundling got to make sense to the customer too 🤔

Ah makes sense, cool I get it. Some of my indie game dev friends do this on https://itch.io/

I love this post. I’ll do one too.