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Haven’t posted in a while, so here’s a quick update.
I left my full-time job in May to go fully independent. It’s been 5 months of this journey as a creative and biz owner.
What’s been happening since:
- 3 active clients +1 new engagement starting next week
- Working with teams across 3 continents
- 3 UX audits (1 full product + 2 features)
- 4 feature redesigns
- Redesigning my own studio logo (will share soon)
- Started a Substack documenting the full-time freelance journey (you can check it here)
- Building my 1st product
- Meetings, meetings, meetings
- Lots of iterations and pixels being pushed, powered by matcha and latte
The biggest shift was thinking about the business side. Brand positioning, financial strategy, how to grow a business sustainably as a solo studio. Still figuring things out, but the foundation feels solid now.
A lot more to share soon. For now, back to pushing pixels. 🍵
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