Journey To $100 Million

In this episode, Erik talks about his first project as a freelancer. Years ago when Erik's work on DoD projects was coming to an end, he knew he had to start building up his commercial portfolio.He went on a site called elance.com (which has since rebranded to become upwork.com). Upwork is a site where people can post different kinds of jobs they need done and freelancers can bid on those jobs or negotiate a price. Erik found his first client on this website. It sounded like a simple project until he got on the phone with the client for the first time. That's when he found out it was a legacy project, meaning it was work on an outdated website that used outdated technology. There was nothing really appealing to him about this project but he decided to take it on anyway. He finished that project and then the client called him for another small project, and another, and another. It was a great learning experience and it really helped Erik get his foot in the door. That original small project eventually turn