Sahil Lavingia

How to get a remote job that pays $200/hr

Gumroad

Founder & CEO of Gumroad

How to research companies and tailor your application to align with their goals and roadmap.

Tailor your application

Create a compelling portfolio piece that showcases your skills and grabs the attention of hiring managers.

Showcase your skills

Tips for crafting personalized outreach that demonstrates your unique value and sets you apart from other applicants.

Write emails that get responses

I get it. You're a talented creative professional. You've designed amazing products, crafted beautiful user experiences, and maybe even shipped a few apps to the App Store.&nbsp;But the leap to freelancing? That feels like a whole different ball of wax. Perhaps you've tried to figure it out on your own. Late nights spent scouring blogs, devouring books, and binge-watching YouTube videos. You've taken guesses on different pricing structures and paid for way too many project management tools. Yet still, things aren’t quite clicking into place. The advice is often conflicting and either too generic or so niche that it doesn't meet you where you're at.&nbsp; That’s because freelancing isn't one-size-fits-all. You need education, adaptable frameworks, and support to learn how to make freelancing work for YOU. In 2016 I quit my corporate job as a product design director and left behind what wasn’t working for me, and I’ve been creating a new way of working, for myself, ever since. And you can too. The top 3 things freelancers worry about most involve:(1) finding work to make money(2) keeping organized with operations, and(3) setting boundaries and attaining balance You no longer have to worry whether you're doing it right. After our time together, you'll not only have foundational systems to help you run your business but you will be inspired to redesign your work life by: ✦ Creating a flexible schedule that works for you ✦ Building a sustainable income on your own terms ✦ Choosing projects that ignite your passion ✦ Making a real impact with your work ✦ Going from in-house employee to successful freelancer – even if you're afraid of giving up that steady paycheck ✦ Finding fulfillment in being a business owner

Does the thought of freelancing both excite and terrify you?

<ul><li>Define your values, why freelance?</li><li>Identify your unique service offering to better connect to the right clients</li><li>Setting expectations on expected challenges of freelance and what to watch out for</li></ul>

Doing work differently

<ul><li>Get checklists on how to setup your business with necessary registration, insurance, and taxes</li><li>Differentiate between pricing models</li><li>Calculate your rate structures by outlining your ideal income and budget</li></ul>

Making it too legit to quit

<ul><li>Discover practices and recommended tools for running an organized business</li><li>Construct the client experience through all touchpoints: biz dev, to proposals, to onboarding, to handoff, to invoicing</li><li>Practice role play with a biz dev call!</li></ul>

Designing the client experience

<ul><li>Tip to manage your workload and burnout</li><li>Build practices for sustainability</li><li>Design your time and day to day practices through personal rituals</li></ul>

Prototyping balance and boundaries

Course syllabus

Recorded lessons of lecture and demo walkthroughs that you can watch on your own time and return to at any point in the journey of launching or running your business.

Exclusive video content

Specific course assignments will help you get hands on with building your business and your operating procedures. You'll be able to leverage coaching and peer feedback from the cohort community to help you progress.

Weekly projects

Our live time together is spent on live review, interactive workshopping, and group critiques.<ul><li>Workshop 1: Weds 10/25</li><li>Workshop 2: Weds 11/1</li><li>Workshop 3: Weds 11/8</li></ul>

Live workshopping

Take a break in your day and join me in my afternoon office hours for small group coaching and additional guidance on your projects.

Additional "Tea Time" office hours

Course schedule

Aspiring freelancers who want the confidence to quit their 9-to-5 (or 9-to-9!) job even if they don’t have a solid game plan (yet)

Active solopreneurs struggling with inefficient systems and overwhelm who want to design more intentional processes that lead to growth

Design/Tech industry creatives who worry about finding consistent, high-quality clients and want to become magnets for dream projects

Creative business owners who are ready to attract better clients, and achieve the harmony in their work AND life they’ve been looking for

This course is designed for

In Designing Your Freelance Business you'll...

<ul><li>Define your core values to help guide your future business decisions</li><li>Identify your unique service offerings that set you apart in the market</li><li>Figure out your ideal client, setting the stage for targeted marketing</li></ul>

Transform your mindset from employee to entrepreneur. In our foundational module, you'll:

<ul><li>Set up your business logistics, from registration to insurance (we’ll face these all head on!)</li><li>Establish concrete fit-for-you financial goals that motivate and guide you</li><li>Master the art of pricing your services for profitability</li></ul>

Turn your freelance dream into a legitimate business. In week 2, we  cover how to:

<ul><li>Develop a strategy for finding and landing clients</li><li>Craft compelling proposals that close deals</li><li>Get templates for running a project from start to finish with the support of tools like Notion</li><li>Design seamless and thoughtful client onboarding and handoff experiences</li></ul>

Create systems that attract and retain dream clients. In week 3, you'll:

<ul><li>Establish daily practices and SOPs so you can spend more time on what matters&nbsp;</li><li>Create a calendar and task planning system best for your brain</li><li>Design personal rituals that fuel your creativity and well-being</li><li>Maintain healthy boundaries to manage stress and prevent burnout</li></ul>

Design a sustainable freelance lifestyle that prevents burnout. You'll learn to:

Learn how to start and sustain a successful and fulfilling freelance practice.

Sarah Jutras

Solopreneur and design director

Cohort 6

Cohort 7

Overall, leadership in remote workplaces requires a shift in mindset and a different set of skills compared to traditional office-based leadership. This course will help you develop the skills necessary to be a remarkable leader in virtual and hybrid work places. You will enhance your ability to communicate, create trust, adapt, and how to leverage technology to create a productive and connected virtual work environment.

Empower yourself and your employees to thrive in virtual and hybrid environment

In our first section we will do a deep dive in to strategies to improve your communication in remote settings. Additionally, we will review strategies to improve the communication of your team.

Communication in Hybrid World

In our second and final session we will dive into strategies to improve the mental wellbeing of you and your team. You will be given strategies that will strengthen your ability to become an inclusive leader.

Psychological Safety in a remote work

We will meet for two hours as a group on Zoom (link in the calendar invite)

February 8th and February 15th

At the end of our first session you will have an assignment to complete prior to our second program.

You are a people leader looking to maximize productivity in a remote and hybrid working environment.

You want to help foster collaboration and team cohesion despite physical distance.

You care about the wellbeing and mental health of your employees and want to create an environment of psychological safety.

Who is this course for

What you can expect from this course

You will learn to sharpen the communication of yourself and your team by becoming more concise, inclusive, and proactive to ensure everyone on your team is on the same page and connected.

Enhance your communication skills

You will learn how to implement strategies to improve regular team meetings, inclusive decision-making processes, enhance psychological safety, and virtual team-building activities to create a deeper a sense of unity.

Enhance the dynamics of your team

You will work through common and challenging scenarios that occur in hybrid and virtual environments. These exercises will give you a plan of action to handle situations in your own working environment.

Hands-on practice and application

During our program you will receive materials and resources that can be used on an ongoing basis after our sessions end (such as team exercises, virtual project retrospective templates, etc.).

Resources and tools

This course will teach you to excel as a leader in a hybrid and virtual workplace.

Cohort 4

Allen Levy

Cohort 2

Class launches January 2025 (a few hours a week, over 3 weeks). Sign up for the list and we'll send out more details asap. -------------------------------------------- As hiring managers at Big Tech, we've reviewed 3,000+ candidate applications. Over the years, we've identified exactly what sets successful candidates apart. How do you land a job at Google, Amazon, Bytedance, etc.? 1) Consistently succeed in resume screening -- 95% of applicants are rejected on the resume. We teach you immediate changes you can make to land in the top 5% that succeed in resume screening. 2) Consistently crush your interviews -- we teach you 30+ exclusive interview frameworks, and provide you with 500+ practice questions asked in actual 2024 interviews. Get direct feedback from us and see immediate improvement in your interview responses. 3) Network correctly and earn dozens of referrals -- referrals 5X your chances of success. Incorrect networking, however, will HURT your chances. Learn exactly how to find, curate, and connect on an emotional level with professionals who will bat for you. Our previous learners landed offers at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, SEA, Bytedance, Samsung, and dozens more. Still unsure? Email vincent@talentgeist.com with any questions on your mind!

Stand out above 98%+ of other applicants and land your dream job. 

Discover the optimal company and role for your career growth, impact, and happiness. <ul><li>Deep-dive into exact responsibilities for each role, skills needed to succeed, and specific opportunities to practice skills.</li><li>Learn what to research for each role / company, and how to find answers.</li><li>Map each role / company vs. your individual background.</li></ul>

Find the right company and role for YOU

95%+ of applicants are rejected based on the resume alone. Succeed in resume screening with exclusive insights such as: <ul><li>How do I show quantitative impact? What to do if I don’t have any?</li><li>How do I use the ‘interest’ section to stand out?</li><li>How exactly does the ATS screen my resume? How is this different vs. human screening?</li><li>....and HUNDREDS more.</li></ul>

Perfect your resume

I will walk you through 30+ frameworks and 250+ practice questions (all based on actual 2023 interviews) to ensure you master every interview category: <ul><li>Behavioral</li><li>Leadership</li><li>Resume-based</li><li>Problem-solving</li><li>Motivation</li></ul> Detailed, bespoke feedback provided for each of your interview answers until you internalize the concepts.

Crush your interviews

Learn exactly how and where to network with industry professionals -- maximize your chances of getting a referral (7X higher rate of ultimately landing the role). Learn how to land "unfair advantages" even before you submit your application. Ready-to-go templates for reaching out to different types of professionals to maximize response rates.

Deep-dive on networking (e.g., for referrals)

PST:&nbsp;5:00pm - 7:00pmGMT+8 (SG, HK, etc.): 8:00am-10:00am Total of 12 hours for interactive workshops with Q&amp;A, live practice, and immediate feedback

Tuesdays, Thursdays, & Fridays

Guided weekly projects to ensure you: <ul><li>Build the 'perfect' resume &amp; optimize online presence with our step-by-step instructions</li><li>Crush your response for each interview question using the 30+ frameworks we teach you</li><li>Thoroughly research each company / role you're applying for</li></ul>

Timezones can be a pain -- I understand. Don't worry -- all content will be recorded and available on the platform, and I'm happy to spend extra time outside of the session on your case. We'll work something out -- email me at vxu100@gmail.com.

Can't make every session?

Professionals looking for a SINGLE trusted source to land a high-paying career in Tech companies.

You're going for business roles in Tech -- Product Management, Sales, Product Marketing, Partnerships, Strategy &amp; Operations, etc.

There are NO pre-requisites; we will teach you everything you need to know, but you have to be hungry to learn!

What you’ll get out of this course

You will learn how to conduct thorough research on each company and role to find the combination best suited for your career growth, impact, and happiness. Focus your job application on these to maximise application success rates.

95% of applicants are rejected based on the resume. You will learn exactly how to stand out, including insights you will not find elsewhere. Our previous learners landed 350% (3.5X) more interviews after the course.

You will learn how to ace every type of interview question -- behavioral, leadership, motivation, problem-solving, and more. Our previous learners aced 50%+ more interviews after the course.

You will learn exactly where and how you should approach networking to maximize your odds of landing referrals. Upon 3 weeks after the course, our previous learners landed 10+ more referrals.

Gain an 'unfair advantage' in your resume, interviews, and networking to land jobs at Google, Amazon, Microsoft, Bytedance, and more.

Vincent Xu

Google interviewer, LinkedIn Learning Instructor, University Career Lecturer

Erin Chuah

Bytedance, Bain, and Revolut interviewer

Cohort fellows

Imagine landing interviews within weeks, not months, while spending less time on applications. You're an ambitious, accomplished high performer who KNOWS that outsourcing and automating can work.&nbsp; But you haven't gotten around to it... You're held back by: → Constant job stress from balancing applications with your current workload. → Overwhelmed by the thought of tailoring countless resumes and cover letters. → Procrastinating because the job search feels like a never-ending task. → Fear of losing money by missing out on better job opportunities or wasting time on ineffective searches. → No clear plan to efficiently navigate the competitive job market. → Not knowing where to start with AI, automation, or how to effectively leverage your time. LET ME GUESS... → You KNOW that hiring VAs works, you’ve seen other people do it, you just don’t know how to get started. → You feel overwhelmed by the idea of a job search. You’re applying to openings - but nothing is happening! → You hear people tell you to match your resume to the job but you’re not sure how to do that efficiently without spending hours and risking burnout → You already spend time on searching and applying to jobs, you just don’t know how to optimize your time spent. HAVE YOU EVER... → Let the fear of leaving your comfort zone stand in the way of huge career and earnings value? → Watched your friends or colleagues seemingly get new jobs all the time, wondering how they get offers so easily? → Watched other professionals that aren’t even talented as you, make more money just because they job hop? ARE YOU… → Mid-career or Early-career professional? You have at least 2-5 years of experience or more and are looking to advance or shift your career path. You’re eager to move up the ladder or find a role that better aligns with your skills and aspirations. → Currently Employed or Underemployed? You are working full-time or part-time but are passively or actively seeking new opportunities. You need a discreet and efficient job search process that fits around your current job responsibilities. Or you’re working in a role below your qualifications or in a temporary position and want to secure a more stable or challenging job. → Tech-savvy Professional? You’re in a tech-related field, you’re comfortable with technology, and you see the value in using AI and automation tools in your job search. → Corporate Role? You’re in tech, business, finance, marketing, HR, or other corporate functions where job application processes can be rigorous and competitive. → Urban Location or Remote? You’re living in or near major metropolitan areas where competition for jobs can be fierce, and standing out to employers is crucial, OR you’re interested in working remotely and need a broader strategy to apply for jobs across different regions or time zones. THEN YOU'RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE! - You'll learn the exact systems, strategies, and process to automate your job search. - You'll skyrocket your salary, job opportunities, and career growth. - You'll overcome your fear of "putting yourself out there" and create career reputation value with new titles. Your time and mental energy is finite and you are protecting it for more valuable dollar-per-hour tasks by outsourcing the grunt work. Many see outsourcing as just a way to optimize the earning value of their time, but it’s so much more than that. With the right strategy and approach, you can leverage automation and outsourcing to improve your quality of life, spend more time with family, hobbies and special interests AND make more money in your field.&nbsp; Now YOU get to choose&nbsp; You may be thinking: How do I stay motivated to keep applying? How can I find the time? How many applications is it going to take for this to be over? What if I don’t land a job quickly? Will hiring VAs actually help me? Can I manage this process on my own? All of these questions were in my head when I started hiring VAs a few years ago. I thought VAs were only for businesses. It was too corporate and professional. I didn’t know if it would be worth it for tasks that I could do myself. I couldn’t see the dollar value of my time or energy. I used to be in your shoes, overwhelmed and unsure. But by shifting my approach to positioning myself as a vendor of my skills while leveraging AI and VAs, everything changed. And I wanted to sell those skills to employers at the highest market value. And thanks to AI-driven automation and strategic use of outsourcing, everything changed. - I was consistently landing high-quality job offers by streamlining your application process. - I reclaimed my time and reduced stress by delegating repetitive tasks to virtual assistants. - I gained more mental bandwidth for strategic career planning as AI handles the heavy lifting. - I achieved a better work-life balance by freeing up time to spend with family and on personal pursuits. - I created a lifestyle and career that aligns with my goals by finding roles that truly fit my needs. - I maximized my earning potential by securing top-paying positions through optimized job search strategies, increasing my earnings by hundreds of thousands of dollars over the last few years…&nbsp; I'm finally teaching you how to do the same. In this course, I will share everything that I have learned with you during my outsourcing journey, including my systematic approach to generating dozens of interview requests month after month, finding jobs, nailing interviews and more, and reclaiming your time to never worry about jobs ever again while you build the life you want. Ready to transform your job search, start receiving six-figure offers within weeks, and reclaim control of your career?&nbsp; Don’t miss out on this opportunity to transform your job search — join the next cohort today and reclaim your time and career. *please note - seats are limited to preserve the quality of instruction*

Automate Your Job Search With AI, Never Worry About Your Next Opportunity

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Live sessions will be recorded and posted with the course materials.

Evening Live Sessions

I want you getting job offers ASAP so I've built the course with assignments so that by the end of the course you're fully live and automated

You’re motivated and proactive, tired of repetitive job search tasks, and ready for an efficient, stress-free approach.

You’re tech-curious and eager to leverage AI to optimize your applications but need guidance on where to start.

You’re efficiency-focused, balancing a job search with other responsibilities, and want a method that fits into your busy life.

You’re ready to take control of your job search with a clear plan and the right tools to secure your next career move.

This course is for you if:

You'll learn how to customize your resume and cover letters and application questions to match job descriptions with precision, all in a fraction of the time.

Unlock the power of AI and automation to stand out in a competitive market, increasing your chances of landing interviews by 50%.

You'll discover how to use virtual assistants to handle tedious application tasks, saving you 10+ hours a week so you can focus on acing interviews and enjoying your personal time.

Master the art of applying to more jobs without the stress and burnout.

You’ll learn how to navigate the job market without risking your current position, using AI tools and VAs that work seamlessly in the background, ensuring your search is both effective and confidential.

Gain the confidence to conduct a discreet job search, secure interviews, and land offers without disrupting your current job.

You’ll get all the tools I personally use to run this process: including scripts, job postings, SOPs, tracking tools, and management systems.

Unlock the exact systems and strategies that will skyrocket your job search success.

You’ll learn the comprehensive system from preparing your application materials to converting interviews into job offers from a professional process builder who knows the ins and outs of hiring and getting hired.

Get the inside scoop from an industry leader in process design.

l wrap up everything you've learned and guide you through a clear, streamlined plan of action that saves time, gets results, and puts you on the path to your next great opportunity.

Leave this course equipped with the exact skills you need to land high-paying job offers and advance your career on your terms.

Say Goodbye to Job Search Stress: Automatically Land Interviews in Your Inbox by Harnessing the Power of AI and Virtual Assistants.

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How to get a remote job that pays $200/hr