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being a freelancer (part 2)

Posted by: juliane in: ● February 4, 2010

More views, opinions and websites from Francesco Mugnai on the subject of the Ultimate setup for and Freelancers

book recommendation

Posted by: juliane in: ● January 4, 2010

I can only recommend this book to any freelancer or people who are thinking to set up on their own. What makes this book so valuable to me are the numerous interviews, as they really show different ways of thinking about working on your own / importance of education / clients / portfolios and networking….

Only in German
Im April startete der BDG eine Umfrage, wie es jungen Designern nach dem Berufsstart eigentlich so geht. 632 Designer haben bei der Umfrage zu den Lebensumständen von selbstständigen Designern teilgenommen. Die Auswertung gibt es als PDF (19 Seiten, 76 KB) zum Download.

love it or hate it

Posted by: juliane in: ● June 6, 2009

You may love to work as a freelancer because…
You can organize your day around what you want to do.
You choose who you want to work for and get all the credit.
You make all the decisions.
You may hate it because…you have to make all the decisions and when there’s no work, there’s no money.
You may stress [...]

freelance = workaholics

Posted by: juliane in: ● April 29, 2009

An idea of agency CLM BBDO Paris. Kind of what workaholics are thinking about when they have a child… sounds famliar?

The ABC of being a freelancer

Posted by: juliane in: ● March 15, 2009

tips from personal experience
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Accounting. Given the large amount of administration required in running your company, you will need to find a good accountant to manage this work on your behalf. However it may be enough to find someone who does your annual accounting while you take care of any administration throughout the year. The Inland [...]