My guest on today’s podcast is Will Fortanbary. Will is the owner of Fort Studios, a motion graphics design firm located in Atlanta Georgia creating graphic design projects for folks like the NFL, Chick Fil A, Dude Perfect, and other renowned artists and companies. What’s unique about Will is how early on in his career, when working as an employee, he learned that he could make multiples more income on the same types of projects if he just cut out the middle men and worked as a freelance agent and how that prompted him to build his own reputation in the industry, separate from the companies he worked for. In this episode we talk about how he worked nights and weekends on projects outside of his 9-5 motion graphics job to build his business. Will shares about the concern his wife, Joy expressed at the idea of him going full time and the fear of that becoming an all consuming thing in Will’s life, but how he was actually able to get more done in less than 8 hours a day by going full time on his own. And how it eliminated the need to work nights and weekends while still taking on bigger and more projects. We also talk about Will’s desire to stay a solopreneur, to maintain a lean business, and how that affords him the ability to choose the projects he works on and also foster the life he wants inside and outside of work. And be sure to listen to the end as Will expresses how he defines success and why he has already achieved success in his life. So, with that introduction I hope you enjoy today’s episode of the Self employment success podcast with Will Fortanbary.
