FOR CONSULTANTS AND FREELANCERS

Real consulting
experience. In minutes.

Short, honest lessons showing how I actually run my consulting business, from finding clients and pricing work to proposals, delivery and everything in between.

See how I do it, understand the thinking behind it, and take what works for you.

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7+ yearsindependent consultant

70+ projectsfrom small brands to global companies

$15k+ investedin books, courses and mentorship

100+ freelancersin the Slack community

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Real examples you can apply to your own consulting.

Short video lessons with real examples from my own consulting work, templates and practical advice.

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How to Find Your Consulting Niche — Without Forcing It

A practical path from generalist to specialist: find recurring client problems, understand the alternatives, and test...

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The Outreach Nobody Sends

Most consultants compete for attention in the same places: LinkedIn, email and DMs. That makes even good outreach eas...

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Are You Ready to Be an Independent Consultant?

Understand the recurring crises of independent consulting, what no guru or playbook can solve for you, and the mindse...

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The Data Freelancer Master Course

Access 45 micro-lessons that give you a solid understanding of how to start your freelancing career — covering everyt...

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THREE KEY AREAS

Most of what I’ve learned comes back to three things.

Each lesson gives you practical insights, examples and templates so you can apply the ideas directly to your own consulting business.

Get noticed

Find your niche, position yourself and get in front of the right clients.

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Win the work

Run better conversations, write stronger proposals and price your work with confidence.

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Keep the work

Do great work, communicate well and turn projects into long-term relationships.

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BUILT DIFFERENTLY

Not another course you’ll never finish.

Step 1

See how it’s done

Real examples from my own consulting work. The good, the bad and the stuff nobody normally shows.

Step 2

Practical, Not Theoretical

Learn from real freelance situations, examples, templates and proven working methods.

Step 3

Make it yours

Take what makes sense, ignore what doesn’t and apply it to your own business.

MEET THE FOUNDER

I'm Dimitri. I do this for a living.

Independent consultant since 2019. I’ve worked with 70+ clients and invested $15k+ in books, courses and mentorship to get better at the craft.

TDF is where I share what I’ve learned: short, raw lessons from real work and ideas worth passing on.

Freelancing since 2019

All by myself

70+ client projects

Upwork Expert-Vetted

Clients worldwide

Europe, US, LatAm and Australia

FROM THE COMMUNITY

Real results from real freelancers

Dimitri's course was to the point, something that you won't always find easily. Combined with an affordable price and active community, I found myself lucky to be part of this initiative!

Dimitri is building an excellent community of data professionals. I bought Dimitri's book about a year ago, when I thought about getting into freelancing. Since then, I've watched this data community grow significantly.

The Data Freelancer program is packed in valuable lessons to begin and grow your freelancing business.

I found Dimitri when I started as a freelancer. Course that he provides is very clear, step by step actions to be taken to start as freelancer. I would highly recommend his courses specially for someone who is starting as freelancing journey. Also, he is building an amazing community with amazing people :) I found few people helping me to refine my CV, and also a collaboration to work on my first gig.