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I used to work at a multi-national and got fired. I always wanted to try freelancing but didn't have the courage to leave a well paying full-time job and take the risk. This gave me that opportunity and I went ahead to started a productized content-as-a-service http://contentiskey.co which offers unlimited content for $250/mo Right now am busy searching for customers, you can join me
If you're currently working at an agency, one trick is to see if they have any smallish clients that you could take with you when you leave. For an agency those customers can be more noisy than they're worth so they're pleased to see the back of them - but they can be valuable as a freelancer. It's worked out well for me in the past (and was a win all round).
I'd just point out that you probably want to be very clear what your existing contract forbids here, and get any exceptions/releases to that very clearly spelled out in writing before attempting this. Companies can get vindictive if they think you're stealing their clients without permission. A client is seldom worth a lawsuit that you'll likely lose.