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Most of my consulting work comes through word of mouth and referrals from people who I've met at various meetup groups, hack nights, etc. Some leads come through the website from people searching from Ruby developers, but still the best lead is someone who knows someone who knows you!

Two podcasts I can highly recommend listening to are the Ruby Freelancers podcast (http://rubyfreelancers.com/) and the Business of Freelancing (http://businessoffreelancing.com/).

Another podcast that I have found deeply helpful is the EntreLeadership podcast by Chris Locurto, which is a follow-on to the business book written by Dave Ramsey. It's more focused on general business and leadership. So it takes a little more work to apply the principles to your freelance business, but it's very helpful as one thinks through the future when freelancing evolves into a business with a team and so forth.

I hope this helps!



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