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For a long time I was trying to sell services.
But clients don’t really care about services.
They care about solving a problem that has been bothering them for months… sometimes years.
This project was exactly that.
Not something huge.
Not something complicated.
Just the right solution to the right problem.
That’s when it clicked for me:
Stop selling services.
Start solving problems.
Because people don’t pay for work.
They pay for relief.
— Shehzad
#freelancing #business #problemSolving #buildinpublic
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None of that started with the perfect city, it started with the people in front of her.
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Full conversation with @Monserrat Vazquez is now available: https://youtu.be/USrWTu7KRD0
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Was great having you on the pod @Monserrat Vazquez
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