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How Solopreneurs Thrive Without Big Backing #shorts
Frank Gonzalez explains why a Stripe account, an LLC and a marketing channel are enough to start a business without investors. He describes how offering an unsolicited redesign won him his first graphic design client, who he says he still works with today.
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Frank Gonzalez says you need a Stripe account, an LLC and a marketing channel. If you do not even have cash, he says, you can go on Instagram.
His first graphic design client was a man he found who ran a supplement company. Frank told him he liked what he had but offered a potential redesign and asked what he thought, and he says they still do business together today. His point is that with enough drive you do not need VC backing or private equity.
Pete Cooper adds that a solopreneur does not need that kind of aspiration to have a good life, make good money and have a family.
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You need a Stripe account, an LLC, and just a marketing channel. And honestly, if you have not even any cash, you can go on Instagram. My first client ever for graphic design was some random gentleman that I found that had a supplement company where I said, "Hey, I like this, but here's a potential redesign. What do you think? " And to this day, we're still doing business together. And so, it's just beautiful if you have, you know, the go-ho-ness having to go about it. Uh you really don't need, you know, VC-backed or, you know, big private equity or anything like that.
>> But a solopreneur doesn't need to have that aspiration to really have a good life and make good money and survive and have a family and do all the things you want to do in your life.