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Going pro at Euro 2020

Going pro at Euro 2020

I don’t raise my voice very often, but the other day I yelled at someone relentlessly. He was involved in a football match you may have heard about. I feel embarrassed thinking about it again. His name is Bjorn. His own team were already knocked out of the tournament,

Standing on set

After he’d shot his scenes for the day, Alec Baldwin would retreat to the comforts of his private trailer. He did this for years, until one day another actor asked him something that caught him off-guard. Wouldn’t he want to be on set for the rest of the

Runway

When going out and doing a new thing, people often talk about ‘runway’. Usually this term refers to the number of months of funding that’s available while the new thing isn’t generating any revenue. For example, if your living costs are $5k a month, and you have $20k

As good as it gets

As good as it gets

It’s easy to forget that even Hollywood legends had to start somewhere. There was once a time when Jack Nicholson was pounding the pavements of Los Angeles, trying to get hired. Before the yeses began to flow, he was on the receiving end of inevitable rejections. But there was

Under the Current Podcast: #12 - Jonathan Stark

Under the Current

Under the Current Podcast: #12 - Jonathan Stark

funding the mission, and why marketing can drive us mad Listen now: Anchor [https://anchor.fm/underthecurrent/] | Spotify [https://open.spotify.com/show/3fOzIHeEhQIfprIX3NAbR6/] | Apple Podcasts [https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/under-the-current/id1543982223/] | Google Podcasts [https://www.google.com/podcasts?feed=aHR0cHM6Ly9hbmNob3IuZm0vcy80MmMzOWRlOC9wb2RjYXN0L3Jzcw==] | Pocket Casts [https://pca.st/hbz2ahrw/] ------------------------------------------------------------------------

How to find portfolio/audience fit

How to find portfolio/audience fit

You’ve probably heard of Product/Market Fit. It’s widely seen as the holy grail for just about every early-stage startup – and for good reason. But what happens when your product doesn’t really feel like a product; when you have a portfolio rather than a product? And what

A simple recipe for working independently

It can be hard not to marvel at those productivity gurus; the creative mavens; those extraordinary entrepreneurs. They’re so flawless, so sleek, so in-tune. How do they get it all done? How do they stay focused, primed, able to shut out the noise? How are they able to work

Freelancer to Entrepreneur: The Forest, The Mountains, and the Water

Freelancer to Entrepreneur: The Forest, The Mountains, and the Water

Imagine a landscape. It has a forest on one side and a mountain range on the other. The two are separated by some water. The forest is made up of luscious shades of green, so dense it’s almost a jungle. This sea of green is punctuated by snaps of

Employee of the Month

Employee of the Month

It’s really easy to let our inner critic run riot. The negative self-talk, the comparison trap, that nagging feeling of imposter syndrome. Like arrogance, the inner critic can be useful, but only when used sparingly. When we work for ourselves as a freelancer, consultant or other kind of independent

Portfolio Career

3 elements for making deals as a freelancer or consultant

Today my pal Tom [http://www.tomcritchlow.com]came over to my place for lunch. [1] Tom is a digital marketing & strategy consultant, and has lots of interesting thoughts about the practice of independent consulting (in fact he’s writing a book about it – for a primer check out this

Company Name* (required)

We see this all the time. On event registrations, job applications, and the contact forms where we’re encouraged to get in touch. Fill out your company name, it’s mandatory. But what if you’re a company of one? A freelancer? Someone who’s part of many rosters? You