Over the last several years I have collected these resources to share with individuals who have reached out for advice on getting started in data freelancing. Data freelancing is very broad and encompasses anything from data management, to data analysis, to data reporting, or data engineering and includes a variety of fields and industries. I do not endorse any particular resource in this list. My hope is that these resources might help others navigate this space if they decide this is a good career path for them. I will continue to add resources to this list as I come across them.
- What they forgot to teach you about starting a business with R (David Keyes)
- The Business of Authority podcast
- Breaking into Education Consulting: Exploring Independent Career Paths - Webinar (Association for Education Finance & Policy)
- Being a Data Viz Consulant (Cara Thompson)
- Starting Your Freelance Career (Crystal Lewis)
- Report: The Surprising Truth About Finding Clients (Sam Landenwitsch)
- Lessons after one year of data science freelancing (Joseph Barbier)
- Freelancer's Guide to Upwork (Bryce Chamberlain)
- Serving with Purpose: Lessons Learned from Consulting in Assessment and Research (Jerri Berry Danso)
- Data Freelancers (Ben Jones)
- Data Consultants (Crystal Lewis)
- Data Drive Consultant Database - link not currently working
- CIRCLE Consultant Request
- Research Pathfinder
- Illuminate LLC Partners
- MBO Partners
- Everstead Strategies - Join Consultant Database
- Sales and Service Workflow - Contains Document Templates (Dallas Novakowski)
- Freelancing Females Database of Rates
- 2024 Nonprofit.ist Consultant Cost & Compensation Survey
- Solo Business + Rest Retreat Workbook (Jasmine Daly)
- The Consulting Handbook (Seattle Data Guy)
- Thoughts on starting your own business (Alberto Espinoza)
- Salary to freelance hourly conversion (Thomas Wells)
- Consultant Tech Stack (Naomi Korb Weiss)
- Working with Consultants Guide and Resources (Jasmine Daly and others)
- What Going Solo as a Data Consultant Really Looks Like (Johnny Winter)
- "Earn a Reputation for Being a Good Person to Work With" -Cara Thompson
- "There is no single “right” way to begin a consulting business. Your path has to align with YOUR values, strengths, and ways of working." -Alicia Lynch