The good thing about breakdowns
Listen to the little voice within, she may help you make some good business-related decisions.
Free work is the best PR
Because portfolio’s don’t do the trick, the best way to show prospective clients what you’ve got to offer is to create free work.
How to tackle the gift and the curse that is full autonomy
You get the freedom you ask for, but it comes at a price. How to tackle this ironic problem.
Trying times
How to move forward in complex times, when more thinking doesn’t get you further.
Becoming expendable
How to become expandable when your main work shouldn’t be doing the work.
Hourly Rate Calculator V2 is here!
FINALLY! An update to my nifty tool for freelancers and solopreneurs that helps you budget better and calculate an hourly rate you need to charge!
Decide to improve your decision-making
As an entrepreneur, you are the key decision maker of your business. Every day, new decisions will be put in front of you. Everything you do and what your business becomes is shaped by your decisions. So, it pays to learn how to do this well.
"Less is better. Don't let them linger. Prioritize the important and hard ones. Make them only once!"
The opportunity for freelancers to be tribe leaders
How leading a tribe, rather than a bunch of individual clients, can lead to more connection, more chatter about your work and a bigger impact.
The 8 hard things about entrepreneurship.
The 8 hard things about entrepreneurship. See them coming and learn how to deal with these.
Splitting the pot
How to divide among the team in a way that's fair and motivating?
Say you start a partnership with 1 or 2 other freelancers. How do you split the pot?
How to know if you should give your business idea a go?
Do you sometimes have an idea for a business in your head? Sometimes, it's a small and amusing inkling. Sometimes, it's something you're serious about?
But how to know whether or not you should give it a go? Is the idea any good? Will you be passionate about it? Do you have what it takes to get it off the ground?
Since the world is complex, you can't see the finish line or simulate all the steps. You need to learn through action!
Here I write about how to figure it out!
Two types of entrepreneurship: The Freelancer and the Entrepreneur
What type of entrepreneurship are you in?
Entrepreneurship is a big term. A bit too big. Knowledge or advice about entrepreneurship is inherently only applicable to some of it.
By breaking it up into the two main and very distinct types, it helps you see more clearly what the right strategy and path for growth is. And to know what not to do.
So, which one are you? Are you a "Freelancer" or an "Entrepreneur"?
How to productise your service
How to grow when your time is filled up and still deliver more value, with less frustration and becoming more trustworthy.