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 bo...

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...

This blog summarizes learnings from The Future is Freelance Forums. These forums are where stakeholders from all levels of the freelance ecosystem (freelancers, agency leaders, coaches, platform CEOs,...

This blog summarizes learnings from The Future is Freelance Forums. In this collaborative events series, stakeholders from all levels of the freelance ecosystem (freelancers, agency leaders, coaches, ...

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...

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 ...

Entrepreneurship is a risky business. (Pun intended.)

About 20% of businesses will close in their first year and only 50% will survive past the five-year mark.

And that’s just the actual businesses ...

One of the main reasons I decided to work for myself was because I was sick of people telling me how much to work, when to work, and where to work. 

I sat at a desk for eight hours a day, even though...