Mat Casner Freelance CEO

A Day In The Life Articles

Kissing on the first date

by | January 25, 2025 | A Day In The Life | 0 Comments

My wife, Regi(na), and I will celebrate our 30th wedding anniversary in 2025. She is so awesome. I mean, she's put up with me for 30 years. That's most definitely medal-worthy. I remember our first date. We went to the house of some friends, who were an older married...
Read More

Checkered Flag Friday

by | January 24, 2025 | A Day In The Life | 0 Comments

It's Friday! You made it! It doesn't matter if you barreled through the checkered flag... Or slid in sideways with windblown hair and smoking tires. Trophies and pole positions are great, but they don't happen every day. We don't measure longterm success as business...
Read More

Leaving a Legacy

by | January 23, 2025 | A Day In The Life | 0 Comments

The little town I live in is Mound City, KS. It was founded in 1855, six years before Kansas became a state. My wife, Regi and I, moved here with our young family in 2001. In 2006, I started my freelance design business full-time. And, our small house, now with 4...
Read More

My Four “I HAVE” Statements

by | January 22, 2025 | A Day In The Life | 0 Comments

Business ownership is part art and part science. When I started freelancing full-time back in 2006, there was a new lesson to learn around every corner. During my first 10 years of business ownership, I learned so many hard lessons It seemed like every time I turned...
Read More

How I won a new client with $1.2M budget with no portfolio and no pitch

by | January 21, 2025 | A Day In The Life | 0 Comments

I want to tell you a story. It's a story about a discovery meeting I had with the prospective client. This client had a $1.2M budget. To be honest, I didn't think I had a shot. But the craziest thing happened. I won the client! Now, get this... I did it without a...
Read More

Seasons Change

Feb 3, 2025 |

It's warmer than 55 degrees today. Just two weeks ago, we were in single digits. Next week is forecasted to be cold again. But for today, I'm wearing shorts! In Kansas, we joke that if you want the weather to change, Just wait a day. Today was a reminder that winter...

read more
Freelance CEO podcast

Can I help you find something?