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Move Your Dream Forward. By Thinking Backward
We human beings tend to be linear, forward-thinking creatures. We put one foot in front of the other and push ahead, facing the world. But when you’re dealing with a big endeavor—like launching your own business or a big consulting... ➡
Flying solo: The financial side of Freelancing
So far, I’ve been amazed (and a little unprepared) for all the tiny and not-so-tiny things it takes to start even a low-overhead, one-person enterprise like mine. In the past two or so months, I’ve had to:1) Research and buy a new printer and... ➡
Best Ways to Build Your Own Website
Apparently, there's this thing called a website and your business needs one. Here are a few ways to build a great site--and your brand--for free or close to it. Even if you’re a relative technophobe, you can build a basic website yourself. Two of... ➡
Five Ways to Kill It as a Freelancer
It used to be that if you described yourself as “freelance,” people didn’t take you seriously. Not anymore. A recent survey by the consulting firm MBO partners estimates that by 2020, at least half of the country’s workforce will have gone... ➡
Saying ‘Yes’ Pays Off
When I moved to Philadelphia a year ago, I was broke—25 years of living in New York, the past five of it as the breadwinner for my family, can do that. Don’t focus on making new friends, I told myself: "Make money" Yet my first move was the... ➡
Defining Wealth for Kids
I blame Kit, the plucky American Girl Doll who survives the Great Depression. Ever since my daughter Maxine read the Kit books, she’s been asking, “What would happen if Daddy lost his job? Where would we live if the bank took our house?” And she... ➡
How She Rose to the Top
Whether you've started your own business or you’re part of a larger company, climbing the executive ladder requires both team spirit and certain entrepreneurial backbone. That’s what Anna Stern discovered when she decided to join Tri-North... ➡
Breaking Free of My Golden Handcuffs
One survey found that more than two-thirds of workers have no plans to leave their job—yet nearly 60 percent say they're dissatisfied with it. I was at my job for 10 years, and over time, my company’s culture became abusive; harassment was a... ➡
