Hit my 50th freelance contract review today, didn't even realize I kept count

I marked #50 on a simple LLC operating agreement for a buddy's side hustle, and it honestly surprised me how far the referrals have come since I started posting in here last year. Has anyone else found that the small easy jobs end up leading to way more work than the big complicated ones?

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tessalane3d ago

My buddy's small trademark filing for his dog grooming business turned into three corporate contracts and a partnership agreement within six months, all from him telling other small biz owners about me. It's wild how those quick 30-minute jobs keep the pipeline full.

fionanguyen3d ago

I hear you tessalane, but I gotta say I see it a bit differently. I've watched too many folks in my networking group burn themselves out chasing those quick wins and then wondering why they can't scale up. A 30 minute trademark filing pays the bills, sure, but it doesn't teach you how to handle a real corporate client who needs you to sit through a 4 hour meeting about their trademark portfolio. Those small jobs build a good reputation but they build bad habits if you're not careful. People start thinking their law practice is just about turning out quick forms and miss out on the deeper strategy work that actually pays the big money. You end up stuck in the same loop, always chasing the next easy dollar, never building the kind of business that runs without you doing every little thing.

garcia.wren3d ago

I get what you're saying, but that "keeps the pipeline full" logic is exactly how you end up too busy with $200 jobs to ever go after the $2,000 ones.