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Are you a freelancer, an entrepreneur, or both?

July 3, 2018 by Jake Poinier

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freelancer entrepreneurOn Father’s Day, I riffed on whether entrepreneurship has a genetic component. In the wake of that post, I found it interesting that more than a few freelancers didn’t really consider themselves entrepreneurs. I decided to do some unscientific polling on Twitter and Facebook, asking the question “If you’re a freelancer, do you consider yourself an entrepreneur?” With about 120 total respondents, the results lean 55% no on Facebook, while about two-thirds on Twitter say yes. [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Manage Your Freelance Business Tagged With: entrepreneurship, how to succeed as a freelancer, self-employment

Is entrepreneurship genetic?

June 15, 2018 by Jake Poinier

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entrepreneurship genetic
Hometown club championship, sometime in the mid-’80s. I’m confident it bugged my dad that I had the golf bag slung backwards!

My dad was a self-employed salesman through much of his career—and I’ve now flown solo for two-thirds of mine—so the idea that working for yourself could somehow be coded into your DNA has always piqued my interest. So…is entrepreneurship genetic, environmental, or a little of both? [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Manage Your Freelance Business Tagged With: entrepreneurship, Father's Day, self-employment

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