Freelancer to Award-Winning Agency: Building and Scaling a Web Design Agency - Nic Stana

Unconventional Mindset

Nick Stana is the founder of Grandway Marketing and he joins us today to share his valuable insights about freelancing, starting and scaling a design agency, and how to leverage sales to grow sustainably.
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CHAPTERS
00:00:00 Introduction
00:00:27 Immigration to Canada
00:03:55 Landing on web design as a business
00:05:07 Education and learning about yourself
00:09:42 Starting out as a freelancer
00:11:05 Fixing weakness and personal development
00:13:51 Focus on what’s working to grow
00:15:33 Importance of leadership skills
00:17:04 Finding web design clients
00:22:32 Doubt when going out on your own
00:24:39 Success and expectations
00:27:41 Enjoy the journey, not the destination
00:29:29 Building a team and being a boss/owner
00:37:28 Going fully remote
00:40:59 How to attract clients to a web design business
00:48:43 The importance of having a niche industry to serve
00:53:44 AI and how it will affect the web design industry
00:59:25 Don’t be complacent or you will be replaced
01:02:39 Businesses won’t replace web designers with AI
01:03:48 Personal lessons from being an entrepreneur
01:08:51 Most important skills for a web designer to have
01:14:45 If I had to restart my web design company today
01:19:18 Using WordPress as the primary website building tool
01:22:23 Don’t let fear stop you from trying to reach your goals