Proof You Don’t Need a Business Plan to Start

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When I decided to leave my 9-5 job, I had no clients, no portfolio, no website. 

I was just a girl with a dream and an email address. 

So I put that Gmail to good use and sent out an email blast to everyone I knew (like literally everyone) and told them my plans to pursue a freelance writing career. 

I specified what kind of work I was looking for and asked that they forward my name for any opportunities.

And that was the snowball effect which started my entire writing career. 

Since then, almost every gig I’ve landed has come from a referral that I could point back to someone from that email. 

In the five years I’ve been doing this, I’ve also been able to expand my network producing quality work and getting referred, but I built my start from the belief that I belonged in this arena and had the courage to do something about it. 

If you’re just getting started on your solopreneurship journey, welcome. You did it. You had the courage to do what so many women are too scared to do. 

If you’re side hustling until you feel comfortable enough to leave your full-time job, you’re in the right place.

There’s no magic formula anyone can give you for the perfect starting point that leads to success.  

Mine was an email. 

No detailed business plan.

No logo. 

No branding. 

My business name was just my name – yes, like my literal government name. 

And yet, here I am, five years later, still writing, still growing, still proving that sometimes, all you need is belief, a little boldness, and an inbox willing to take a chance.

Start where you are and with what you have.

Your future success might just be one email away.