This document provides information about WordCamp Ahmedabad 2018 and a presentation by Kandarp Bhatt on taking freelancing to the next level by starting your own agency. The presentation discusses the various stages of agency life including legal aspects, office setup, first hire, infrastructure development, and going global after 3-5 years. It addresses questions around being successful, making ethical decisions, balancing work and life, and finding purpose. The presentation aims to help freelancers, employees, and startup agency owners understand why owning an agency is better than freelancing alone and the steps involved in growing a successful agency over time.

1. Welcome to
WordCamp Ahmedabad 2018
https://2018.ahmedabad.wordcamp.org/
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2. Kandarp Bhatt
Founder & CEO
Taking Freelancing to the Next Level, Starting Your
Own Agency
#WCAHMEDABAD
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3. About Me
kandarp bhatt
• Founder & CEO @ ZealousWeb
• BarCamp Speaker at WordCamp LAX 2018
• 17 Years of Experience into Web & Mobile App. Development and Digital
Marketing Space
• Education:
• B.Sc Chemistry (Bhavan’s Collage, Ahmedabad),
• C-DAC Ahmedabad (PG-DAC)
• MBA (International Business) - Nirma Institute Of Management
• Youngest child of my Parents, Husband of beautiful Wife and Father of 2 Kids
• Wicket Keeper Batsman & Part-time Bowler in Cricket
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4. Few assumptions!
• You are having 1 or 2 years of experience in the industry.
• You have burning desire to achieve success at larger scale.
• You like to work as Team Player
• You have and will keep good business ethics while growing your
team.
• You want to grow with the WordPress community and will give
back to the community once succeeded
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5. Who will be benefited from this presentation?
Full / Part-time
Freelancers
Employees in
Leadership Role
Startup Agency
Owners
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6. There are two great days in a person's life -
the day we are BORN and the day we discover
WHY?
- William Barclay
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7. 8 Reasons, why Owning Agency not Freelancing?
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1. Heavy workload
2. Freelance business isn’t
scaling
3. You already collaborating with
other freelancers
4. Your availability is about to
change
5. Your clients want more
6. You’re good at team
management
7. You love business
development
8. To work with Established
agencies

8. The Pros and Cons of Life as a Agency Owner
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Pros
— You have a team, you can Support
and Maintain multiple clients
— Delegate the work you don’t do
best (minimize your weaknesses)
— Focus on the work you do the
best (play to your strengths)
Cons
— You have to recruit, attract, and
hire the team
— Trusting others with work you do,
is hard
— If you run the agency, you never
actually do the work you enjoy
— A team means people, and
people means responsibility
— You get paid last

9. CONGRATULATIONS! – You discovered WHY? What’s Next?
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10. Various stages of Agency Life
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START
0 – 03 MONTHS
LEGAL ASPECTS
- Agency Name
- Agency Type (Proprietorship /
Partnership
One Person Company (*Turnover),
Limited Liability Partnership, Private
Limited Company)
0 – 06 MONTHS
CO-FOUNDER SELECTION
- Try to replace your weakness over
complimenting strength
- Ensure same level of drive and motivation
- Discuss adverse circumstances

11. Various stages of Agency Life
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06 – 12 MONTHS
OFFICE
- Think about the Expansion
- Value for money ( Lease and Rental Rates )
- Accessibility and Transportation
- Multiple ISP Options
06 – 12 MONTHS
FIRST HIRE
- Do you have six months of cash in the bank?
- Hire for Potential, Not (Just) EXPERIENCE
- Interview together
12 MONTHS
CELEBRATION
- Celebrate every 1st Occasions / Achievement
- Celebrate days which helps improve bonding
- Celebrate things to say THANK YOU!, to your team

12. Various stages of Agency Life
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1 – 2 YEARS
INFRASTRUCTURE
- Buy or Lease office (150% to 200% team size)
- Basic Interiors but Better Data Security & Backup
- Start buying software Licenses
2 – 3 YEARS
HUMAN RESOURCE
- New Hiring
- The ‘middle man’
- Training for team members
- Legal compliance
2 – 3 YEARS
SALES &
MARKETING
- At least 2 people to start with
- Try to Focus on Niche, select your target audience
- Use content marketing as tool
- Be part of networking events
- Build POCs & Plugins/Extensions

13. Various stages of Agency Life
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3 - 4 YEARS
SYSTEMS &
PROCESSES
- SOP’s for every department in Agency
- At least 5 Systems – CRM, Billing, Project
Management, Recruiting, Operational Efficiency
4 - 5 YEARS
GO GLOBAL
- Try for Local Presence
- International Conference & Annual
Business Trips

14. Some questions that we ask ourselves
- How to be successful while living agency life?
- How to decide what is ethical and what is not?
- How do I change my persona for agencies growth?
- How to balance work life leisure?
- Why and for whom I am doing this?

15. None of us is as smart as
ALL OF US.
- Ken Blanchard
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16. Kandarp Bhatt
https://www.zealousweb.com
+91 98256 88286
@kandarp
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17. Questions?
10 Minutes