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Re:Stop Freelancing by marcamillion on Thursday November 14, 2013 @12:52AM (#6730818)
This is very much on-point. Once I launched 5KMVP, people no longer focussed on the tech choices I made. They do ask what my stack is - I think because most of the crowd I cater to are more savvy and are curious - but for the most part they just care about getting an MVP at the end of the engagement.

It also works both ways, now that I am able to focus on just giving them an MVP I make recommendations along those lines. I can recommend that they use a Bootstrap template and they don't see it as "cheap design", but rather a "an affordable, clean interface that helps validate their hypothesis". Frees me to work on the business logic of what they want and the quirks of their application. I also make hosting recommendations based on who I know they are (people trying to get projects off the ground, so they are cash-flow sensitive).

The difference between the clients I get now and the ones I used to get are night and day, because there is no ambiguity in what the client wants and what I will give them.

Best decision from a "freelancing" perspective I have ever made.

Re:Stop Freelancing by SimHacker on Friday November 15, 2013 @05:55AM (#6738744)
I get it that your stack is 5 KVMs -- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KVM_switch -- but what does "P" stand for? Are you a 5 KVM Person? Wow, impressive! Multitask much? ;)
Re:Stop Freelancing by marcamillion on Friday November 15, 2013 @04:35PM (#6742300)
LOL...Not sure if this is satire (I assume it is), but in the event that it is not...my stack is not 5KVMs.

I create MVPs for $5K - http://5kmvp.com/