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Building Your Freelancing Career Capstone

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Building Your Freelancing Career Capstone

This course is part of Building Your Freelancing Career Specialization

Instructor: Tatiana Mulry

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7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

34 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

7 modules

Gain insight into a topic and learn the fundamentals.

34 reviews

Intermediate level

Some related experience required

1 week to complete

at 10 hours a week

Flexible schedule

Learn at your own pace

Skills you'll gain

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Shareable certificate

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Taught in English

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This course is part of the Building Your Freelancing Career Specialization

When you enroll in this course, you'll also be enrolled in this Specialization.

Learn new concepts from industry experts
Gain a foundational understanding of a subject or tool
Develop job-relevant skills with hands-on projects
Earn a shareable career certificate

There are 7 modules in this course

As the final course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization, learners will build upon their fundamental skills from courses 1-4 to develop a fully fleshed out business plan, brand and financial model for their real freelancing business, or one they develop just for the purpose of determining whether or not they will be able to launch a new business venture. Once they have developed their plan, they will be able to submit them for peer review and completion of the specialization.

Module details

You've arrived at your capstone project! Hopefully, you have taken the time to work through and consider the lessons from all of the previous courses. This is the moment where you'll pull all of those lessons together to produce a comprehensive business plan.

What's included

3 videos6 readings1 discussion prompt

3 videosTotal 5 minutes

Course Introduction 2 minutes
Introduction to Business Plans 3 minutes
Get acquainted with our freelancers 1 minute

6 readingsTotal 40 minutes

Specialization Overview5 minutes
Capstone Project Details 15 minutes
About CalArts and Extended Studies5 minutes
Forum Guidelines5 minutes
Academic Integrity5 minutes
Requesting Peer Reviews5 minutes

1 discussion promptTotal 5 minutes

Meet and Greet 5 minutes

What's included

4 videos9 readings

4 videosTotal 35 minutes

Find a Problem with a Hungry Audience 12 minutes
Understanding and Sizing Your Market 9 minutes
Spy on the Competition 7 minutes
Design Your Solution 7 minutes

9 readingsTotal 195 minutes

Build Your Persona30 minutes
Research Your Ideal Customer 30 minutes
Problem and Ideal Target Customer (Page 2) 10 minutes
Market Sizing30 minutes
Market Research & Sizing (Page 3)10 minutes
Step 3 - Assess the Competition 30 minutes
Competition (Page 4)15 minutes
Discover your customers30 minutes
Solution (Page 5) 10 minutes

What's included

5 videos3 readings

What's included

3 videos3 readings

What's included

4 videos1 reading

What's included

1 video2 readings

Let's review what goes into a business plan and how you can assemble all of the work you have done in the previous courses into your freelancing business plan.