by dankeelan | May 12, 2020 | Entrepreneurs, Tips
What does it mean to be a successful entrepreneur? Is it being a born go-getter? Is it having an extroverted personality? Is it being charismatic enough to persuade customers? While some entrepreneurs hold these traits, they rarely define the characteristics of every...
by dankeelan | May 12, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Tips
Freelance industry powerhouses Emily Leach and Laura Briggs have joined forces to create a freelance community and training association known as The Mighty Freelance Network. Founded under the umbrella of #FREECON, the conference for freelancers, Briggs and Leach aim...
by dankeelan | May 5, 2020 | Learning, Tips
A recent Upwork study revealed that freelancers are more committed to advancing existing skills and learning new ones and are generally more proactive about keeping their skill sets sharp and competitive than traditional workers. During the current crisis,...
by dankeelan | May 5, 2020 | Featured, Gig Workers, Tips
The freelancer life is a hard one. If you’re lucky, you lock down a couple of solid clients who pay reliably; but even the most experienced freelancer will inevitably find work drying up for (hopefully short) periods. A recent (pre-COVID) study by UpWork, which...
by dankeelan | Apr 28, 2020 | Gig Workers, Tips
Working from home has been a big adjustment for millions of workers as we try to stop the spread of coronavirus. But for some company employees, remote life is all they know.”Setting up Zoom or Slack or Google Meet or any other tool … that is the easy...
by dankeelan | Apr 21, 2020 | Gig Workers, Technology, Tips, U.S. Economy
In mid-March, I spotted a poster slapped onto the pole of a Park Avenue traffic light advertising $200 virtual therapy services for coronavirus-related anxiety. A week later, my Upper East Side neighborhood was plastered with ads. It got me thinking: Surely there are...
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