To freelance...
What you need:
1.Customers
2.Suppliers
3.Money
How to organize your time:
50% marketing/advertising your business
50% production/servicing customers
How to make a rough estimate of prices:
Price = 3 x Cost of materials
For more detailed pricing find out about prices of competitors.
How people behave:
You have 1000 people.
100 people will tell you how great is what you have for sale
10 will show interest about buying.
1 will buy.
Demand has highs and lows. Save money for the lows.
As you go ahead you may need to learn about "Winters" seasonal forecasting algorithm.
Notice that forecasting assume same trend. If something breaks the trend, data is useless.
How much money do I need?
At least what you may need to survive 2 years of losses, plus the cost of mistakes you will make.
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