What 200k Members Have to Say

If you're curious what it will feel like to have gone through this 200k program with fellow freelancers, then I have a treat for you.

Check out this clip from a recent cohort.

like definitely the highest value in this is just the networking, of this group.

Just knowing the group, it's like, it's such a great group, worth the whole thing.

Love that.

Yay.

Networking.

Yeah.

And it's so great.

I don't know, the, the calls and being able to, like, chat and ask questions and getting, like, everyone's opinions and like, and everyone's just bringing something out of, like, their experience, what they think.

And I feel like that's so valuable because, like, so it's like, you know, you're, you're teaching us, but also we are kind of like teaching each other and that feels great.

And also having like, all the resources like the spreadsheets, I mean, Ryan's like, call.

I would call that a resource.

I don't know.

And every.

It's like very, like, different formats is what I'm really enjoying.

Awesome.

That's great.

I was going to say, yeah, I came to this wanting to try to wrap my brain around some systems, with, networking and just business in general.

And I definitely think I got that with this cohort.

And I think also what you were saying, Barbara, hearing from the different perspectives, I thought was great.

I loved hearing from everyone.

I feel like everyone had a lot of different, like, good ideas and insight, and I thought that was really helpful for me.

So, anyway, I've loved getting to know all of you.

Love that.

that's one of the reasons why I do a cohort model, is that I want there to be a big enough group that you get insights from other people, but small enough that you don't get drowned out in a sea of a ton of people.

So there's the course kind of thing where you're learning things, but there's the cohort where you're interacting with each other in a community where it's.

Yeah, you're able to keep getting that insight from everybody else, because I'm not the end all, be all.

But I like to, to get people in a room and make, good things happen.

I'd also like to say, I have a lot to say about the course of, overall.

And I'm going to do it on the one on one.

But I just want to say it was such so much fun meeting everybody.

And I've met with everybody on calls and with some people twice.

And I'm planning on doing it twice with everybody and staying in touch.

And it was just amazing finding out so many connections between myself, and the people in the course, but also, like, connections that I Can make for them or they can make for me.

And it was just so positive overall.

And the size of the group is just perfect.

yeah.

Thank you guys.

Thanks.

Moving on.

Brian, I think you unmuted.

Was there something you wanted to share?

yeah, I was talking to Bhagavan yesterday and I was sharing the same sentiments.

I've been a part of other groups in the space.

No names named, but I feel like, this one, I was so surprised with the value, the information, the organization.

And we meet for an hour and a half and I feel like you're able to get through your lesson and we're all able to talk.

And so for me, the value has been pretty insane.

And again, I feel like you see all these different stories and you have experiences, but actually linking everything and seeing peers that are working in the industry have the same experiences.

I think it was, well worth the Black Friday deal that I signed up on the last day to get.

So.

Yeah.

Thank you.

Yeah.

That's awesome to hear.

That makes me happy.

Very cool.

Maybe I can say my final words.

Yeah.

Many times during this course I've felt, bad for how little I've paid for this.

and yeah, and I can't add much, to what others said, but yeah, I really valued your transparency and I loved how you've made us connect naturally.

Very cool.

Love that.

Thanks, man.

Yeah, second that on Austin is just the transparency, also the accessibility.

You just feel so much more like present with us and like that.

You, you have these insights, but they don't feel foreign or gated.

They feel very like, approachable.

and you know, it's easy to show up here versus other things.

It's like hard to make yourself show up sometimes.

But this has been very like, nice and easy to show up.

And especially being welcomed as somebody who's like, not motion based.

I think this is valuable for anyone who's going freelance, really, anyone who's trying to restructure themselves.

I don't.

You know, if I was you, I would open that up more than just motion, because I don't feel like anything.

You, Any advice you gave us was motion specific.

That's cool to hear.

I.

And actually I've intentionally stopped calling it a motion design program, even though 95% of my audience happens to be motion designers.

But, I'm very open to expanding that because I think it's also.

I know a couple of people in other arenas that I want to send your way for.

Sure.

Cool.

Cool.

I just wanted to mention, at the beginning of December, which was after the Black Friday sale, and I had bought my seat for this course, I found out that, my main course that I teach in the spring at LYU is canceled due to lack of enrollment.

And I was crushed.

I was like, holy shit.

That's like.

I think it was like, $17,000 I wasn't going to make in Q1 and Q2.

And my first instinct was like, cut costs, cut costs, cut costs.

And then I was like, no, I can't cut this.

I can't not do this, like, 200k program.

Like, this is, this is the thing that's going to help me make up for that.

And having that connection in Austin and the rest of the cohort is going to help me.

I just had this belief, and I'm, glad that I listened to that inner voice.

And I just stuck with it and committed to this because it's really changed so much about how I've approached networking.

it was sort of like people would approach me and they would say, hey, Kalika, it's so great to meet you.

If you need a motion designer, like, just let me know, because I'm free for like, the rest of my life.

And I would just be totally grossed out.

And, like, I'd feel a little sick to my stomach.

But then I would do the same type of thing with other people.

You know, not as bad, but still, I'd be like, hey, just wanted to let you know I have availability coming up.

And it never hit well because I wasn't warming them up throughout.

I wasn't being myself.

I wasn't focusing on genuine connection.

I didn't even know what to talk about.

and this really helped guide me to know what to make posts about, what to comment about, how to connect better with people.

So thank you.

And like, like Sam said, you're.

It was easy to show up here because your responses weren't pat responses.

It wasn't like, you had a list of stuff that you said to everybody.

Like, you treat each of us as such individuals and, as having our own unique situations.

And you listen really well.

That's a, that's encouraging.

I, I, I, I think I do that naturally.

But it's like, it's, I think it works, right?

It's, yeah, everybody comes from a different situation.

And it's, it's hard, it would be hard to turn this into a video course, and it'd be nearly as impactful.

you just wouldn't or one of those PDFs.

Also want to shout out to Rachel because, you know, the, the gears that move behind the scenes make this really, really clean as well.

And I, like, I, we, we see that you, you are able to do those parts of it.

I know for, you know, my partner, the things that she's able to do that I'm not able to do well.

So, just, just recognize that you're a big part of this too.

thank you so much, Sam.

That's so sweet.

Yep, it's true.

This wouldn't, this literally wouldn't be happening if it weren't for Rachel as well.

Call me a queen.

What?

Queen.

Yes, queen.

so like, everything that everyone says, I full, fully agree with.

You have a special way.

Austin.

I think I told you this in like last year when I was trying to decide if I should take it last year I didn't think I was ready.

And it like, what I appreciate so much is that you weren't even trying to sell me or close me.

You actually said maybe this is not the right time for you to take this class.

so, like that was really helpful for me because I wasn't and now I am.

So it's interesting.

Like, it's kind of crazy what a year will do for you.

Also, like the people, man, I feel thankful that it's all you guys because, just hearing all your guys's, I don't know, just encouragement has made me feel a lot more confident in myself.

And then hearing you guys share your struggles or share like your insecurities or your pricing or this or that, that helps me feel like I'm not, you know, like we're all just trying to figure it out.

even though like one.

When I saw everyone who signed up for this class before we started, I was like, damn, you got some really top notch people.

I was like, no one here is like novice.

No one's even like middle.

Everyone is like pretty much, pretty much at the top.

So it's nice that you do attract that level of entrepreneur in this course because it's really helpful for, you know, all of us who benefit from the knowledge that we've all like collectively gotten.

So that's.

Those are the things that I'm really thankful for.

And moving forward in this next year, like, I really want to follow along everyone's journey and progress and connect with everyone.

so that's really like, I made new friends, which is really nice.

When you're remote and it's lonely.

Yeah.

Preach yeah.

That's great.

I love that.

And, yeah, I did tell you you didn't need.

Like, this might not be the right time.

Yeah.

And, you know, I think that that can translate super well to freelance, too, where it's.

You may not have the same direct sales conversation, but it's like respecting that now is not the right time for everybody, but just still maintaining connection, that means a lot rather than just disappearing.

And when you disappear, you get.

You're not in their brain anymore.

but when the time is right, it's like, cool, let's go.

Yeah.

I hope that was helpful for you to see and hear from people who have actually gone through the 200k program and felt the transformation of making these genuine connections and building systems to make it inevitable so that you build a growing, vibrant and high income network.

Hope, to see you in the next cohort so you can experience the same thing.