Everyone’s online. So why are far too many people failing to make any substantial money in their digital ventures? Jenny Holt explores.
How to fail at making money online
Archive | Freelancing
Defining independence: how the government decides who deserves overtime pay
Are you an employee or an independent contractor? While there’s still no hard-and-fast rule, the Department of Labor made a strong effort to clarify the distinction. Here’s an overview of their six-step test. By Tim Becker, Esq.
Coworking our way around the world
It may sound difficult and expensive, but spending a year traveling and working actually is quite feasible, especially if you go as a group. That’s what we’re doing with coWork the World.
How to thrive in the gig economy
I spoke to Stephane Kasriel, CEO of Upwork, the world’s largest online marketplace for freelancers and businesses. Here he offers his top tips for making it in the gig economy in 2016 and beyond.
Taylor Swift and Apple: Millennials shake it off
Pop icon Taylor Swift took on Apple last week and Apple capitulated. But certain questions linger about the durability of surface-level wins. Cultural critic Shaun Scott on how millennials “shake it off.”
Where are all the freelance engineers?
We’re in the middle of a freelancer boom. But what about engineering? There’s some indication that freelance engineers are on the rise, but they have a long way to go in establishing the same independent work culture that web developers and digital creatives have long had.
Polyamorous, at least with work
Is my adulterous relationship with many types of work preventing me from having a harmonious marriage with one skillset, one industry? Well, too bad. In defense of juggling multiple jobs, projects and streams of income.
Time or money: the freelancer’s dilemma
As a free agent I almost always have time or money, but rarely both. This leaves me doing things in my business that I just suck at sometimes. By Katy Tynan, author of Free Agent
