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Change of Roles : Transformation from Employee to Freelancer
Thread poster: Vincent Staude
Vincent Staude
Vincent Staude
Germany
Local time: 02:33
English to German
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Jun 6, 2012

Being an employee turned freelancer and eventually a business-owner, I have gone through the exciting but difficult path and always felt and valued to connect with the living experience of someone who had traveled the path.

Course Structure and Details:
After attending the course, you will learn and internalize issues like
- The advantages and disadvantages of being a Freelancer – Freedom and responsibility
- How to live a life of irregular income rather t... See more
Being an employee turned freelancer and eventually a business-owner, I have gone through the exciting but difficult path and always felt and valued to connect with the living experience of someone who had traveled the path.

Course Structure and Details:
After attending the course, you will learn and internalize issues like
- The advantages and disadvantages of being a Freelancer – Freedom and responsibility
- How to live a life of irregular income rather than secured salary?
- How to acquire first set of clients and build up on that
- How to plan and manage time and finance? Mismanagement of finance brings misery and mismanagement of time will make you an employee of your own firm!
- How to be a CEO? As a Freelancer, you shall be the CEO of your business – however small it is.
- How to enjoy life with your new found freedom
- How to diversify into other areas
- How to make a reputation in the market and be rewarded for it – in terms of projects and income.

Date of Class:
Wednesday, July 11th, 2012

Time of Class:
2 pm CEST onwards

Duration of Class:
60 Minutes

Fee:
Free

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