HerculesHow to land your first paid software project
A free workshop on selling AI apps to business owners, even if you’re starting without an audience or coding experience.
2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PTEvery Wednesday · Live online
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You could earn your first $2,500 building an AI app for a small business.
Your first client could be a business owner you already know. A broker who spends hours answering buyer questions. A venue owner chasing paperwork. Someone running their team out of a spreadsheet who would pay for a better way to do it.
You’ll learn how to find that owner, ask the questions that uncover a worthwhile project, and offer to build it for a fee. We’ll build an app live so you can see what you could put in front of a potential client, even if you’ve never written code.
How to get your first client
- Get in front of business owners without an audience. Start with people you know, then use direct outreach and referral partners to reach potential clients.
- Find a problem they’d pay to fix. Ask about the work they repeat every week and use their answers to choose a small first project.
- Show them an app they can understand. Watch us build a working demo and learn how to connect it to the owner’s day-to-day work.
- Make a paid offer. See how to define a pilot’s scope and discuss pricing, including what a $2,500 project could include.
- Sell support after the build. Offer maintenance and updates for a recurring fee, with clear limits on what’s included.
Who this is for
- Freelancers who want to sell a software project to a client they already work with.
- Agency owners whose clients ask about AI and who want a concrete service to offer them.
- First-time founders who want to start with a paying business client and a small app they can deliver.
- Industry professionals who know where businesses waste time and want to turn that knowledge into a software offer.
Your hostDan Lopez
Bring your questions to the live Q&ALearn how to pitch your first paid project.Wednesdays at 2:00 PM ET / 11:00 AM PT.