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Side Hustle School

#2387 - Q&A: “It’s hard to compete with bigger firms!”

Side Hustle School

Chris Guillebeau

Entrepreneurship, Entrepreneurship,, Careers, Small Business, Business, Side Hustle

4.73.3K Ratings

🗓️ 15 July 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

A talented designer is facing competition with larger design firms in her area. How can she stand out and make her mark?

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Side Hustle School features a new episode EVERY DAY, featuring detailed case studies of people who earn extra money without quitting their job. This year, the show includes free guided lessons and listener Q&A several days each week.


Show notes: SideHustleSchool.com

Email: team@sidehustleschool.com

Be on the show: SideHustleSchool.com/questions

Connect on Instagram: @193countries

Visit Chris's main site: ChrisGuillebeau.com

Read A Year of Mental Health: yearofmentalhealth.com


If you're enjoying the show, please pass it along! It's free and has been published every single day since January 1, 2017. We're also very grateful for your five-star ratings—it shows that people are listening and looking forward to new episodes. 😎 🙏🏼 


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0:00.0

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0:30.0

Welcome to Sajosal School. Welcome to episode 2,387.

0:44.0

It is in fact the I'ds of July. July 15th be where I guess you don't have to specifically look up for anything on the I'ds of July.

0:52.0

But just thought it was notable as we kick off the episode today.

0:55.0

We're going to hear from Lily from Dallas.

0:58.0

Lily is a freelance graphic designer.

1:01.0

She has done an impressive job kick starting her side also way to go Lily way to go listeners.

1:06.0

I'm always excited when people are starting a new project or making progress growing their business, scaling their business, whatever it is.

1:12.0

But like many of us starting out, Lily is facing some competition from the more established larger design firms in her area.

1:21.0

So what can she do? How can she stand out and make her mark?

1:24.0

I often say the competition is not something to worry about too much.

1:29.0

But it is good to be aware of what other people are doing.

1:32.0

And especially when we have a situation where she feels I think her word is daunting.

1:36.0

We're going to hear from Lily in a moment.

1:38.0

What do you do? How do you respond or position yourself in that way so that you can succeed on your own terms?

1:44.0

I want you to be able to succeed on your own terms, not anybody else's terms.

1:48.0

So let's see what we can do to help Lily.

1:50.0

Got a detailed question from her and a quick answer from me.

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