Jonathan Basker
Growing A Company Of One
Episode Notes (by minute):
-3:00 - How Jonathan has been able to grow his business for 6 years without a website
-5:30 - How Jonathan’s independent portfolio of work has evolved
-7:30 - How Jonathan filters through potential opportunities by learning to trust his gut
-9:30 - “no problem can be solved at the level at which it was created.”
-12:30 - How Jonathan realized than being self-employed might be the best option for him after
-15:00 - The three questions Jonathan asked himself when trying what he wanted to:
1) what am I good at? 2) What do I like to do? 3) What are the things I could get paid from?
-18:00 - How to figure out pricing by pitching a price that you are comfortable with that you think a client could accept, and work up from there
-23:30 - How a portfolio approach can help you find sufficiency and enoughness
-25:00 - The importance of other people speaking about your work more so than your actual work and what you think you put out
-32:00 - How Jonathan unexpectedly became a coach after initially casually helping out a friend over lunch
-33:30 - How a portfolio career can create optionality and give yourself the flexibility to potentially turn down clients, projects, and work
(Note: these are quick notes and takeaways by David Nebinski. Please see the episode for more accurate information)