Lost my only client. Now starting from scratch.

For the past year I was working full time with a company in Germany as their AI Workflow Architect. Built production automations, shipped real workflows, had actual responsibilities.

Then my CEO told me he wants to pause for now. Not because the work was bad. He actually wants to bring me on properly after I graduate.

Which is cool. But that leaves me with no active client today and no real idea how to find the next one.

Honest truth is I never had to find clients before. The work was just there and I delivered it. So this whole outreach and positioning thing is new territory for me.

If you've been in this spot before, how did you get your next client? Where did you look? What actually worked?

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