This blog summarizes learnings from The Future is Freelance Forums. These forums are where stakeholders from all levels of the freelance ecosystem come together to surface and solve the biggest proble...
This blog summarizes learnings from The Future is Freelance Forums. These forums are where stakeholders from all levels of the freelance ecosystem come together to surface and solve the biggest proble...
Scarcity slips in through the cracks of a slow month, whispers during client negotiations, and sits heavy in your chest when you check your bank balance. For freelancers, scarcity thinking feels both ...
Is a recession coming?
Google that question and you'll drown in articles about interest rates, unemployment numbers, and consumer confidence. But they're all really asking the same thing: Is the econ...
Last month, my parents retired after running their own business for four decades—essentially my entire life.
As I've watched them navigate the bittersweet process of selling and letting go of their ...
Thinking about your competition can feel incredibly threatening to even the most seasoned entrepreneur. We like to think that our product, service, or skillset is unique. When we see someone doing the...
The term “boss mentality” is thrown around quite a bit in the business world. It's an all-too-common topic discussed among solopreneur podcasters, lifestylers, and coaches.
But what does boss mental...
It was 2016.
In my quest for better work, I quit my job and started contracting for a friend with a small research company. He was very good at quantitative analysis but did not have the operational ...
What is your work worth?
In traditional wage-labor relationships (aka “normal jobs”), your work is worth whatever your boss says it is worth. In most instances, you’re compensated for your time, whic...
It’s time to jailbreak from toxic hustle culture.
We take “hustler” back from the belief that bigger is better, security is contingent on compliance, and freedom is reserved for the powerful.
We re...
When you work for others, you have the luxury (or crutch) of only having compensation conversations with your boss.
Independent workers have to own their worth in a way that people who “work for the ...
We’re trained to be employees our entire lives, fit into a box that someone else has defined, and be a widget in the larger system.
When we’re raised in a structure where we don’t define work for o...