206 FS Moving from Solopreneur to an Agency with Gavin Ballard

01:51 - Gavin Ballard Introduction

• Twitter
• Blog
• Disco
• Shopify

02:29 - Going From Solo to Agency 04:23 - Realistic Expectations; End Goal 12:47 - Niches 15:00 - Marketing for Flexibility and Working With Other Team Members 17:12 - Changing Roles

• The Freelancers' Show Episode #200: 200th Episode: DevReps Makeover!

26:38 - Finding People

• Upwork

29:32 - Financial Changes 34:10 - Managing Your Pipeline 38:52 - Choosing a Niche in a Larger Ecosystem 43:00 - What if it’s a mistake? 44:49 - Starting an Agency   Picks

• ScreenFlow (Philip)
• Philip's Positioning Crash Course (Philip)
• The Society of Mind by Marvin Minsky (Reuven)
• Reuven's Regexp Crash Course (Reuven)
• Trello (Chuck)
• Gravity Forms (Chuck)
• Zapier (Chuck)
• Ruby Remote Conf (Chuck)
• Brian Cardarella: Lessons Learned - Three years of running a software consultancy (Gavin)