Starting a Learning Design Business

Hi Chad

Good luck for when you decide to make the jump. Often it is best to start whilst you are working and take on a few small projects be honest with the client that you are doing outside work hours, build up a client base that way.

Participate in the community and on LinkedIn as work opportunities will come from there. Share examples, enter the challenges the key thing is to build a presence. 

I have to be brutally honest I don't think your current portfolio will do the job you want. My site is out of date so not a great example but I have rebuilt it and just trying to find time to finish it off.

Things that standout for me as needing to change, most clients will expect you to have a design eye. I would add more white space, change the font it is really hard to read and dates the site. The left hand image is poor quality and pixellated. I would visit your site and leave without clicking anything.