My own “why” story for Bredemarket isn’t a powerful one about how I saved the world. In fact, I kind of fell into consulting. This post is adapted from a September 2020 personal post.
When I became a “free agent” in early July 2020, I was devoting my time to landing another full-time position. (After a one-year pause, I still am.) So, I was busily doing that when I received a message from someone in late July 2020. I’ll paraphrase the message:
Hey, John, I know you’re looking for full-time work, but in the meantime I have a small project that perhaps you could complete for me.
This sounded interesting, so I provided a quote for the project, completed it, got paid (which is always important), and learned a lot in the process.
Around the time that I completed that project, I received a message from someone else. Again I’m paraphrasing it.
Hey, John, I know you’re looking for full-time work, but in the meantime I have a small project that perhaps you could complete for me.
This one sounded interesting also, so I provided a quote for the project, completed it, got paid (again), and learned a lot in the process.
And then I got a message from a third person.
Hey, John…
So I established Bredemarket.
And over the years the messages, projects, and payments have continued.
You can send me a message if you like. Or better yet, we can talk.
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