I started learning shopify dev work a few months ago and now im tackling big clients with a bit of network ive been able to do. Thank you man youve inspired many of us!
I'm and MBA who love coding (self learning). So I resigned from my job, and started a tech business. Rise and fall and rise is a usual business stuff in the way. Now I have 4 developers and 5 staffs work with me. What I can say here is that I agree 100% with Brad about starting a SME. Good luck my friend. ❤️
@@codewithrupak Hii Giri....I have also Idea About Starting Web Development Company...I have One Friend he also...If we start As a Small then Can You Work with us? I mean Can You join
@@adilahamed2677 Hey Adil I also have been thinking for a while on starting a web dev company. I mean nothing huge but something like a freelancer at the beginning.
Last week I was trying to figure out how to connect a contact form to firebase. I started watching a few videos from ppl wearing firebase shirts. I felt good about it at first, but they talk as if I should already know the info, they talk really fast, distract with useless sidebars that are jammed into place due to the rushed delivery. The whole things leaves me with a bunch of code that doesn't do anything. After growing a distaste for anything from firebase directly, I avoided them all and found Traversy Media. I watch 1 friggin video from you and boom...in like Flynn. That was the quickest I ever subscribed to someone. It's clear you care about ppl, and I appreciate the offering of knowledge that you put out there. Have a great day!
I discovered your YT chanel last March. You gave me the inspiration to follow a post grad in web development. I first started as self taughted, then I went back to college (night classes). I would like to thank you for such high quality of content. Your videos do not only teach us tech skills but also soft skills and all the different path that are available for us as web dev. Thank you for your work and your dedication especially during this crazy context.
Good stuff, Brad! Pricing - I used to own and operate another type of business that included a labor component. What I used to do is sit down and come up with a price that I thought this "project" is worth - for me to do and for the client (the fixed price). Then, I would also estimate how many hours it would take at a competitive rate. I would then compare the two as a sanity check. Sometimes they were close, sometimes not. The times they weren't close involved some more thought. I realize with web/app development we can reuse a lot of code and don't have to start from scratch every time - so this industry is a little different. The other component to this is competition. If you have a competitor offering the same thing for half, then you have some "selling" to do. I think it was the movie Boiler Room where it was said "Either you sell the client a reason to buy or they sell you the reason why they won't." Or, you just let the project go or figure out why you are double. EDIT: Also - Look in to liability insurance for in case stuff hits the fan. It's something we don't want to think about, but we have to. Thankfully I never had to use it, but it was nice to know I had it. Also look into a personal umbrella policy over the top of the business insurance. When you are a LLC or S-Corp/C-Corp, you are supposed to be somewhat isolated from liability personally. And at minimum - always get enough coverage to cover your assets.
This is super helpful! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. I’m 40 years old and trying to start a freelance web business, so thank you for this.
This video is a good mix of general business startup ideas as well as some important IT client communication aspects. I want to start early next year, definitely going to follow this framework. Thanx a lot
I just wanted to thank you for your effort in putting these videos out there. I know the last months might have been a little rough on you at a personal level, so I really appreciate the effort and I do hope that your personal things get only better. Thanks.
Great video Brad. You inspired me to create my own tutorial channel and now I'm posting a video every day. Thank you for being an inspiration and much love ❤️
I have nothing but million of thanks.... You're so generous and your videos are incredibly meaningful and useful for me and all people who are following u....... Thanks for everything you have done and wish you best of luck. Above all, we need you to survive when it comes to web development.
It’s funny this video came today, I was using your channel to learn web dev the last 3 nights, I have ONE business idea I want to try, and am convinced it would succeed.
So glad to see you again. I love what you have done with your channel. Thank you for your hard work in making these videos and sharing this information. Thank you for being an inspiration to so many ❤
Very useful and helpful video :) started as a sole trader but now trying to manage a small company with a small team of freelancers/contractors. Hello from Australia 😀
Hey Brad! Hope you are getting better. I love your business video tuts. I remember these type of videos were shorter like 10 minutes. But ıt's good to see you anyway!
Thanks I'm feeling better. lol sorry if its too long. I just want to put out as many points as I can. I usually listen to videos like this in the car, etc so I like 40min+ videos. I sometimes forget not everyone is like that
@@connorstanley9895 working at a start up. Founder has just graduated from college. Basically he is borrowing money from his family. Due to covid a lot of companies are shitting on hiring.
@@connorstanley9895 Exactly man! I am also looking forward. I can make different websites and cross platform apps after work time for clients. Let's see how it goes I am gonna give my 100%. It's so nice to see such a humbled community.
Thanks for sharing very usefull resource SBA, i found it valuable for me because I was very confuse about all this stuff(Business Plan, Market Research and all)
Brad you're like a developer jesus, thank you man, your content is top notch and relevant. I am an aspiring entrepreneur and this video couldn't arrive at a better time for me. THANK YOU.
It's important to note that registering a DBA does not provide legal protection or establish exclusive rights to the name. It simply allows you to conduct business under a name different from your legal business name. Before obtaining a DBA, you should ensure that your legal business structure, such as your partnership or corporation, is properly formed and registered with the appropriate state agencies. The DBA registration typically assumes that you have already established your legal business entity. This includes Massachusetts and has been the law there for a long time now. Yes you can file for a DBA and not get caught (very very easily) but it is also not too hard to file the proper paperwork online. Here is the list of states that actually allow you to only file for a DBA: Arizona Colorado Georgia Illinois Indiana Michigan Minnesota Missouri New Jersey North Carolina Ohio Pennsylvania Tennessee Virginia Washington
This is very helpful video to earn money. Thanks for the advice Brad! With all the uncertainty going on in the world, there is no better time than now to step out and start your own hustle as a web developer.
Excellent video. You delivered a ton of valuable information and clear steps. I subscribed instantly and will definitely be checking out other videos from you. Keep up the great work.
I might have tried to do this if it werent for the fact that I didn't know where to get help if I got stuck on a project besides stack overflow which is sometimes difficult to deal with.
Could you please make a detailed video on "how to estimate cost of a web development project as a beginner"? Please do this. There are almost no videos on this topic and as a beginner developer, I find it very hard to estimate correct cost to ask for.
this is gold man thanks for the great content , im already on the last unit of back end im gonna start mastering react i already know how to do some cool website with simple html css and greensock js i love animations and planing to learn libraries and eventually start free lancing !!
Little bit late but I have a question, You have mentioned to scale when one can't manage/handle the number of clients, What makes me wonder is, As a single web developer, if you sell stuff, you can't code and if you are coding something, you can't sell, thing is you can't do the both at the same time and it would be difficult to scale. How did you came out of that? or how did you manage that?
Hello sir... I have learned a lot of things from you and right now i am working as node.js developer. Thank you so much Please make a course on flutter or node.js micro services.
Humble man....yet so skilled! Very much saluted from Kenya.
Good luck bro
Yeah bro from Kenya here
I started learning shopify dev work a few months ago and now im tackling big clients with a bit of network ive been able to do. Thank you man youve inspired many of us!
How much you making per job?
How did you get started?
Hi Brad, your content is worth equal to the MIT degree for us. Thank you for everything.
I'm and MBA who love coding (self learning). So I resigned from my job, and started a tech business. Rise and fall and rise is a usual business stuff in the way. Now I have 4 developers and 5 staffs work with me. What I can say here is that I agree 100% with Brad about starting a SME. Good luck my friend. ❤️
I also love coding but I have not more experience?? But I have to start bussines in web development.. What can I do ?? Please suggest
I'm a BKM student I want to use my skills that I learned in class to earn some money to pay my tuition fees.
@@codewithrupak Hii Giri....I have also Idea About Starting Web Development Company...I have One Friend he also...If we start As a Small then Can You Work with us? I mean Can You join
@@adilahamed2677 Hey Adil I also have been thinking for a while on starting a web dev company. I mean nothing huge but something like a freelancer at the beginning.
Create a portafolii
I was contemplating of whether I should start my own business as well; cheers for this video.
Awesome input. Only channel I'd trust with this information.
Last week I was trying to figure out how to connect a contact form to firebase. I started watching a few videos from ppl wearing firebase shirts. I felt good about it at first, but they talk as if I should already know the info, they talk really fast, distract with useless sidebars that are jammed into place due to the rushed delivery. The whole things leaves me with a bunch of code that doesn't do anything. After growing a distaste for anything from firebase directly, I avoided them all and found Traversy Media. I watch 1 friggin video from you and boom...in like Flynn. That was the quickest I ever subscribed to someone. It's clear you care about ppl, and I appreciate the offering of knowledge that you put out there. Have a great day!
I dont care how long the video is. As long as brad is doing it. His voice is like ASMR to me. Haha. Love from PH 🇵🇭
Same here :-D
I have started playing his videos in the background when I am playing Cities:Skylines or Civilization ^^
Him and Stef Mischook have the best voices in this space.
I discovered your YT chanel last March. You gave me the inspiration to follow a post grad in web development. I first started as self taughted, then I went back to college (night classes).
I would like to thank you for such high quality of content. Your videos do not only teach us tech skills but also soft skills and all the different path that are available for us as web dev.
Thank you for your work and your dedication especially during this crazy context.
Good stuff, Brad!
Pricing - I used to own and operate another type of business that included a labor component. What I used to do is sit down and come up with a price that I thought this "project" is worth - for me to do and for the client (the fixed price). Then, I would also estimate how many hours it would take at a competitive rate. I would then compare the two as a sanity check. Sometimes they were close, sometimes not. The times they weren't close involved some more thought. I realize with web/app development we can reuse a lot of code and don't have to start from scratch every time - so this industry is a little different. The other component to this is competition. If you have a competitor offering the same thing for half, then you have some "selling" to do. I think it was the movie Boiler Room where it was said "Either you sell the client a reason to buy or they sell you the reason why they won't." Or, you just let the project go or figure out why you are double.
EDIT: Also - Look in to liability insurance for in case stuff hits the fan. It's something we don't want to think about, but we have to. Thankfully I never had to use it, but it was nice to know I had it. Also look into a personal umbrella policy over the top of the business insurance. When you are a LLC or S-Corp/C-Corp, you are supposed to be somewhat isolated from liability personally. And at minimum - always get enough coverage to cover your assets.
Brad should also teach us how to read minds of people, I mean he's a master at this...
haha..so true
Apart from being very good at JS, Brad knows "Brainfuck" very well, so reading the mind becomes very easier.
This content is still worth watching in late 2022, coming into 2023 and I wanna change for once and become my own boss.
Thanks for this amazing video
I could totally understand if you sold this information but, as always, you're the man.
This is super helpful! I’ve been looking for something like this for a while. I’m 40 years old and trying to start a freelance web business, so thank you for this.
Great video. Worth watching in '23.
Man, everytime I think "hey I wonder if there's a good youtube video on this?", I do a search and there you are lol - thanks for the great content
I was looking for these tips exactly. Got motivated. Thanks 🙏
One of Brad’s greatest videos. And that was hard for me to write because Brad’s other videos are all awesome.
The humble hero. The best teacher. You deserve such words and {stuff like that}
You are the best Brad!
This video is a good mix of general business startup ideas as well as some important IT client communication aspects. I want to start early next year, definitely going to follow this framework. Thanx a lot
Your pillow with react symbol itself shows that you are very hardworking and passionate person
Your channel is like a One Stop Shop Brad- I can find everything in here- I have been looking for a video like this! Thank you!
I am 32 with a wife and house and a supervisor at my job...but I want to be like Brad when I grow up.
Thanks for the advice Trav...I been watching your Javascript playlists. Good stuff!
I just wanted to thank you for your effort in putting these videos out there. I know the last months might have been a little rough on you at a personal level, so I really appreciate the effort and I do hope that your personal things get only better. Thanks.
Thanks Brad! I'm currently a professional developer but have been looking at starting my own business - this video was super helpful
Great video Brad. You inspired me to create my own tutorial channel and now I'm posting a video every day. Thank you for being an inspiration and much love ❤️
I have nothing but million of thanks....
You're so generous and your videos are incredibly meaningful and useful for me and all people who are following u....... Thanks for everything you have done and wish you best of luck.
Above all, we need you to survive when it comes to web development.
This is such an incredible video... Thank you Brad!
Doing you mern stack latest course right now..Its phenomenal 🔥, outstanding..Love you brad! You are god!
Can u suggest me from which channel i should learn javascript
@@ayushkaushik2459 www.udemy.com/course/modern-javascript-from-the-beginning/
@@ayushkaushik2459 Steve Griffith channel in my opinion is one of the best regarding javascript
great to see you back man all the best to your health, your channel helps a lot.
I extremely like the video, man. Very helpful and informative. Thank you very much. It is presented so well too. Great, positive work.
Here's a free business idea: Civil War Preparedness. You only have 24 hours to get it up and running tho...
😅😂🤣
Man 🤣
T o p i c a l
lol So I guess we'll just go with a stock logo...
@@TraversyMedia and what would that logo look like?
Thanks Brad, I'll definitely download this and watch again
please continue doing videos inspired people like me to persevere, thank you Brad!!!!
It’s funny this video came today, I was using your channel to learn web dev the last 3 nights, I have ONE business idea I want to try, and am convinced it would succeed.
Most don't, but if you keep trying them and learning, eventually one will!
Thank you, Brad. this video comes at the right time for me. Great video as usual!
Always appreciate and love your contents !! Keep it going !!
Why all that stuff nobody teaches us at school 🤷???
You make our world a better place, Brad 👍
Thank you Brad. I am learning to code and am planning to be a freelancer, so this video really helped me out alot.
You are an amazing teacher.
I miss this amazing Brad's videos... Thank you
Hello Brad, thank you for sharing all the info. I think this is one of the rarest videos someone can find on UA-cam these days. Your fellow Bay Stater
Brad you're the man! Hope you're doing well and are taking care of your health!
So glad to see you again. I love what you have done with your channel. Thank you for your hard work in making these videos and sharing this information. Thank you for being an inspiration to so many ❤
Very useful and helpful video :) started as a sole trader but now trying to manage a small company with a small team of freelancers/contractors. Hello from Australia 😀
Thanks for video, want start business - and it's helpfull
Hey Brad! Hope you are getting better. I love your business video tuts. I remember these type of videos were shorter like 10 minutes. But ıt's good to see you anyway!
Thanks I'm feeling better. lol sorry if its too long. I just want to put out as many points as I can. I usually listen to videos like this in the car, etc so I like 40min+ videos. I sometimes forget not everyone is like that
It's a 10 minutes video if you watch it at x2 speed ;)
Another Great Video! Certainly needed for anyone wanting to start any business these days .
I am currently working as react native developer at minimum wage. Thank you for this.
Bruh not sure if that was a joke minimum wage for a developer job
@@connorstanley9895 working at a start up. Founder has just graduated from college. Basically he is borrowing money from his family.
Due to covid a lot of companies are shitting on hiring.
Ah alright at least you have a cool job that might pay more in the future
@@connorstanley9895 Exactly man! I am also looking forward. I can make different websites and cross platform apps after work time for clients. Let's see how it goes I am gonna give my 100%. It's so nice to see such a humbled community.
@@spiritual5750 Alright well good luck hope you succeed :)
Good advice from my role model. Thanks for always enlightening us and the programming world
Need to watch this again and again
Thanks Brad for creating this video. I was thinking about my future plans and then this one popped up. Thanks 🙏
Brad is my favourite❤❤❤
Travis, this is real good information, sir. I have been wanting to do this but never knew how to get started.
I hope you're doing better Brad! Thanks for this great video, and recover soon!
Thanks for sharing very usefull resource SBA, i found it valuable for me because I was very confuse about all this stuff(Business Plan, Market Research and all)
thanks a lot Brad, much appreciate it man, take care and stay safe!!!
Wow! Is it what I learned for more than six months, all summarized in a less than 30 minutes video.
Thanks Brad!!! You're absolutely awesome ☺
Thank you so much Brad for this video. God bless you
Wow..Good to see you Sir.. Even I am a software engineer from India into e-commerce & other product development👍👍
Great to see you again Brad. Thanks again for all of your awesome content.
Im a simple man. I see notif from Brad's channel, i press like.
I pay respects you from Russia. I liked and subscribed
Brad you're like a developer jesus, thank you man, your content is top notch and relevant. I am an aspiring entrepreneur and this video couldn't arrive at a better time for me. THANK YOU.
"developer jesus". love the analogy.
Hey Brad , Thanks man for sharing this really appreciate every single video you put out . All good luck and wishes to you.
Thanks Brad!
Thanks a lot for sharing, Brad. Very helpful tips!
Hello from Russia! Great to see you again!
This was the perfect video to put out after the MERN Shop course!
So glad to see you back
Thank you Brad!
Thanks, Brad for sharing this, I'm just starting to freelance and I have a lot of questions about it This video helped me a lot!
Invaluable as ever, Brad you are the MVP!
yes he really is
Thanks for the insight Brad
Extremely valuable content Brad! Thanks for sharing
Thanks a lot Brad! Great content from Twitter to linkedIn and UA-cam!!! Thanks once again
I just started and really thought about it. This is my confirmation 🙌
get to it!
Wow. I took a business class back in school and this is all coming back to me now lol.
Brad, welcome back 🤝 !!!!
honest suggestions and recommendations as always. Great job!
It's important to note that registering a DBA does not provide legal protection or establish exclusive rights to the name. It simply allows you to conduct business under a name different from your legal business name.
Before obtaining a DBA, you should ensure that your legal business structure, such as your partnership or corporation, is properly formed and registered with the appropriate state agencies. The DBA registration typically assumes that you have already established your legal business entity. This includes Massachusetts and has been the law there for a long time now. Yes you can file for a DBA and not get caught (very very easily) but it is also not too hard to file the proper paperwork online.
Here is the list of states that actually allow you to only file for a DBA:
Arizona
Colorado
Georgia
Illinois
Indiana
Michigan
Minnesota
Missouri
New Jersey
North Carolina
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Tennessee
Virginia
Washington
This is very helpful video to earn money. Thanks for the advice Brad! With all the uncertainty going on in the world, there is no better time than now to step out and start your own hustle as a web developer.
Wow just in time as I was in the process of creating a business, great tips
Man this is pure gold
Excellent video. You delivered a ton of valuable information and clear steps. I subscribed instantly and will definitely be checking out other videos from you. Keep up the great work.
A video with caption is very helpful, especially for those whose primary language is not english.
Can you help me to improve my English, please.😁
@@اغانيمشهورة-خ3ث how can I ?
@@singh_lkiSorry for late, so do you hava a facebook account?
@@اغانيمشهورة-خ3ث brother I deleted my facebook account 4 years ago, I will generate a new id soon.
@@singh_lki Ok, thanks.
I might have tried to do this if it werent for the fact that I didn't know where to get help if I got stuck on a project besides stack overflow which is sometimes difficult to deal with.
you said you don't give business advice for a living but the best business advice is from the people who running it.
Could you please make a detailed video on "how to estimate cost of a web development project as a beginner"? Please do this. There are almost no videos on this topic and as a beginner developer, I find it very hard to estimate correct cost to ask for.
this is gold man thanks for the great content , im already on the last unit of back end im gonna start mastering react i already know how to do some cool website with simple html css and greensock js i love animations and planing to learn libraries and eventually start free lancing !!
Always great stuff from you Brad. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Brad!!
It's really helpful video
i'm a simple person, i see Brad, i click like button
Brilliantly said Brad! Thanks for sharing
As always very informative. Thanks
Little bit late but I have a question,
You have mentioned to scale when one can't manage/handle the number of clients, What makes me wonder is,
As a single web developer, if you sell stuff, you can't code and if you are coding something, you can't sell, thing is you can't do the both at the same time and it would be difficult to scale.
How did you came out of that? or how did you manage that?
Hello sir... I have learned a lot of things from you and right now i am working as node.js developer. Thank you so much
Please make a course on flutter or node.js micro services.
What a wonderful topic. Thanks a lot Brad ❤ . Can you also please do a segment on what kind of office items are tax deductible?