Getting your first client is an exhilarating experience, but it’s also an experience that far too many aspiring entrepreneurs never experience. Sometimes, the difference between an idea dying in the idea stage or going on to change the world is getting that first customer – the first tiny win that creates the momentum to make an idea real. So, we connected with some of the smartest folks we could and asked them to tell us the stories of how they got their initial clients.

Sierra Johnson

I remember a year ago getting paid from a client the first time. I almost felt unworthy accepting a tip. I truly felt a burst of excitement that this could actually happen for me. From borrowing a camera for 8 months to purchasing my own. Read more>>

Margaret Gerety

When I first started, I wasn’t confident in what I was offering, the price point, or my level of expertise. So I put up a shingle, so to speak, on the Fiverr platform and the projects literally came flooding in. Read more>>

Leah Cade

I had been sharing lots of projects in my stories over Covid when I decided to launch my own business. I had polled some friends to see if they would be excited if I launched a virtual design class and they said, ‘actually will you just come makeover my home?” Read more>>

Yanika Daniels

One of the pivotal moments that gave me the courage to leave my stable 9-5 job in 2016 was securing my first client. As I meticulously planned my business focused on Recruitment and Talent Management, I realized that my existing network would be the best avenue to find that crucial first client. Read more>>

Linda Vogt

Every single client is always a celebration! Of course I celebrate for my own business, but also for the ways that I can help every single business that I’ve been privileged to call my client. Read more>>

Madeline Wiggins

My first client as a freelancer was a friend’s wedding photographer who was looking for a virtual assistant to help with creative tasks during the pandemic. Read more>>

Cassandra “Casey” Murphy

My first client came to me! It was pretty amazing, I have been bartending for 21 of my 40 years on Earth now, and at the time I was working at an amazing rooftop lounge. I worked there for 9 years and absolutely loved it. Read more>>

Joshua Hernandez

At my job, they had this speaker named Jesse Itzler come to work and it completely changed my perspective. I had just got more stable in my new sales job, that I love, after managing a warehouse with 200 people working for me (I was stressed & had no free time time). Read more>>

Kiana Tanner

Well it’s funny because I didn’t want to do this marketing method although I had to put my pride away in regards to the start up of my small business, so I gained my first client from Groupon Merchant Services and what’s even crazier is that she is my longest client I’ve had till this day! Read more>>

Alexis Danielle

The very first dollar BDR Consultant Co. ever earned came from someone very special: my mom (cue the awws!) She is an instructional coach for the educational system. She needed a website completed for her business. Read more>>

Iman Atiba

My first major paying job was a gig in Atlanta, for an adult toy and furniture line called Liberator. This was back in 2015, during this time I relocated there for work, experience, and opportunity. Read more>>