u/woofwoofbro

making my own company, potentially landing my first client, meeting with the CAO tomorrow, what should I have prepared?

background: I was originally an instructor for a company, an old client reached out and said they want to work with me specifically and advised me to make my own company

so far i have:

made my LLC

am waiting to get my EIN

am looking for liability insurance

have had 1 meeting with (if i remember correctly) the person in charge of the program who wanted to meet again with an outline for a 6-8 week curriculum and to discuss the possibility of a 1 year curriculum

we met again, they liked what i had, and want to meet again this Wednesday with a draft of a contract and to discuss pricing, and apparently the CAO of the school will be there

I want to be as professional and prepared as possible and have materials/documents ready in case they want to know more. What kind of questions or discussions can I expect from this? I really want to make this work- teaching people (especially what subject I will be teaching) is my purpose, and so is being self owned. any information or advice or things to avoid during the meeting would be greatly appreciated. Thank you :)

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u/woofwoofbro — 1 day ago

I have been fortunate enough to stumble into an instructional design job but don't know what I'm doing and am not sure what kind of contract to send to my first client

tl;dr i used to work for a company that provided educational content and instruction remotely to schools k-12. i am now starting my own business doing the same and my client is ready to discuss pricing and wants me to send over a contract. i am trying to learn as much as i can about the business side of things, but am i right in thinking i should be offfering them a service contract? if not then what kind of contract should i be having made for this? i am sure there is lots i am missing, any advice is welcomed and appreciated.

they are considering having me for a 6-8 week program (that they are considering extending to be an entire semester instead), and a 1 year long program.

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u/woofwoofbro — 4 days ago