As my college career was winding down, things started to get a little crazy.
Like most senior design students, I was frantically finishing my capstone project, which I barely survived thanks to way too many Red Bull-fueled overnighters, a few minor emergencies from dull X-ACTO knives, and an endless sea of poster board.
It was during this madness that I somehow made one of the smartest decisions of my life (educationally speaking) — I chose to stay an extra semester in order to finish a business minor.
A few of my design peers suffering from extreme senioritis thought I was clinically insane. Why the hell would I want to stay even longer just to take a few business classes?
Well, since my plan was to freelance full-time right out of college, I needed a crash course in the world of business.
Fortunately for me, this gamble paid off. These intro-level classes gave me the vocabulary I needed to get started which made my transition into the real world that much easier.
Once I graduated, I did what most desperate millennials do — I moved back home with my parents.¹ As tough as it was, I learned more in that following year than my entire four and a half years in college.²
While getting started, I learned how to whip up proposals, piece together my own…
