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October 19, 2020

FINANCIAL SELF-MANAGEMENT Q&A

Robert Vlach will discuss Financial self-management in the context of freelance business during his second Q&A interview for the ongoing Freelance Business Month this Tuesday. There are still 38 seats left, and you can register for free. Here are the main topics:

Mapping your risks and doing the necessary preventive measures
Why is financial self-management crucial for your long-term success
How to improve the control over your finance gradually over the years
Recording your revenues, planning for large spending and reserves
Analyzing your cash flow and when to do a proper financial plan
Reasonable investments to preserve your funds for the future

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October 16, 2020

#EFWEEK STARTS TODAY

European Freelancers Week, the fifth edition of the largest crowdsourced event for freelancers in Europe, starts today. Browse the event schedule or sign the Freelancers Manifesto if you wish to add your voice to the European freelancers’ movement — we are already all-in as partners.

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October 14, 2020

ELASTIC THINKING

Elastic: Flexible Thinking in a Time of Change is a smart book about getting new and innovative ideas we all need as freelancers, not to mention creatives. Written by Leonard Mlodinow, a theoretical physicist who co-authored two bestselling books with the late Stephen Hawking, it is well researched, evidence-based, as well as daring.

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October 12, 2020

FREELANCER’S BUSINESS NEGOTIATIONS Q&A

As a part of ongoing Freelance Business Month, Robert Vlach will be discussing Freelancer’s business negotiations in an online Q&A session this Thursday. There are 50 seats left, you can register for free and submit your questions in advance.

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October 11, 2020

NADAL’S 20TH GRAND SLAM

Congrats to Rafael Nadal for winning his 20th Grand Slam title today at Roland Garros 🏆 He’s a true role model as an independent professional and also the sport’s greatest fighter: “Keep going, stay positive,” was his message to the crowd after the match.

Speaking of fighters, this is also a reminder to catch up with Steven Pressfield’s ongoing video series about The Warrior Archetype. It’s surprising how relevant are these ancient histories for our hardships today.

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October 9, 2020

#EFWEEK EVENTS

Breaking news: European Freelancers Week (October 16–25) has just released the first 20+ events on their website — while you can still register yours and have it promoted by them all over Europe 📢

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October 7, 2020

THE FUTURE OF AIRBNB

The Future of Airbnb seems to be more local and rural, based on short-distance longer-term rentals, according to Airbnb CEO Brian Chesky and The New York Times. Many hosts were upset by their recent refund policy siding with guests, but home rentals now outperform hotels.

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October 5, 2020

FREELANCE HEROES

Freelance Heroes is an outstanding community of 10,000+ UK-based freelancers. They run a members directory, organize a Freelancer Heroes Day on November 6, and have a blog as well as a podcast — its latest episode with Elina Jutelyte covered the now-running Freelance Business Month.

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October 1, 2020

#FREELANCEBUSINESSMONTH

Freelance Business Month, this year’s largest online event for freelancers, has just been launched. You can still register for free and learn from over 50 speakers from all over the world. It’s truly one of the few 2020’s positive highlights 🎯

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September 30, 2020

THE FREELANCERS MANIFESTO

The Freelancers Manifesto that has just been released by European Freelancers Week ahead of the main event is an excellent piece of policy change to be implemented. Please add your signature to support the good cause ✌ Here’s the abridged outline:

Recognition — Give us official status at all levels of government and legislation. Talk to our representative organisations and give us a seat at the table.
Definition — We are highly skilled self-employed workers without employees. We are fixed term contractors, we are the people innovating the models of work with new approaches. Realise that we’re not the same as small and medium size enterprises.
Regulation — When you create policy about employment and industry, think about how it will specifically affect freelancers, the smallest among small businesses.
Access — Make sure freelancers can access all government services, bid for official contracts, participate in training programs and qualify for funding. Design a welfare system more considerate to freelancers' needs.
Counting — Include freelancers in all official statistics, and better research our sector. Don’t put us together with other small business categories.
Coworking — Make Europe the best place to be a business by building world-class infrastructures for freelancers, making government contracts freelancer-friendly and incentivising the use of shared work spaces.

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