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Building a Business You Never Want to Retire From: Lessons from My Parents' 40-Year Journey entrepreneur management Feb 10, 2025

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 ...

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What Makes a Freelance Business Sustainable? management strategy Oct 29, 2024

This is the first in a series of blogs summarizing learnings from The Future is Freelance Forums. These forums are where stakeholders from all levels of the freelance ecosystem (freelancers, agency le...

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The Art of People-ing : How to Get the Right Support for Your Business freelance management Feb 15, 2024

Many of my clients successfully scale to a point where bringing on team members seems the obvious next move. But rarely is rapidly assembling a team the right path forward. 

Many solopreneurs love th...

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What Are Meetings For? clients management time Aug 29, 2023

I am in a constant battle with meetings.

As a freelancer, I have multiple clients, projects, and organizations that I interface with regularly. As a project manager, I am also the person on the

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Four Ways to Reboot Your Business Model best life entrepreneur management money solopreneur time Dec 27, 2021
 There are as many types of solopreneur business models as there are solopreneurs. When you work for yourself, by yourself, you can reinvent what you do whenever you want.

That’s true…in theory

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How to Manage a Freelance Workforce entrepreneur freelance management Oct 05, 2021
 

The freelance workforce has been growing steadily for decades and it’s estimated that The Great Resignation will add 10 million more people to the self-employed. With more people than ever go

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5 Rules for Effective Meetings management project management time Mar 15, 2021

Meetings have been a big topic lately. It seems like everyone is trying to figure how to have less of them so that people have time to focus on the actual work.

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve s...

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Delegate effectively management time Nov 01, 2018

Nothing will help you get more done in less time than delegating…effectively. Letting go of control is hard, especially if you are used to working alone. Here are some tips for handing over control st...

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What I Learned in 2017 entrepreneur freelance management marketing Jan 01, 2018
Never burn a bridge

I have reconnected with so many people over the last year including former colleagues, partners, and friends who I haven’t seen for years. Although it took

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