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Why I Went Freelance 

From the Huffington Post — Lisa Borden writes:  “Now I am Executive Vice President of absolutely nothing….

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Self-employment in NYC booming: Freelance ranks grow 31% since 2000

From am New York — Dan Rivoli writes:  “Self-employment in the city boomed by more than 31%…

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Is The Future Of Work All About Freelance And Independent Workers?

From Forbes — “According to a recent SAP and Oxford Economics report, 83% of executives say their…

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How To Freelance Without Fear

From Forbes —   Your boss is driving you crazy. You never get opportunities to pitch your big…

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Quit Your Job, Start Your Business: 8 Smarter Ways to Make the Switch

From Forbes — “You’ve rehearsed your departure speech in your head 100 times, and dreamed of an…

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How to Turn a Freelance Job into a Full-Time Career

From the Fiscal Times — “The labor market may be improving, but it’s still very much an…

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What does the future hold for workers in a freelance economy?

From PBS, Paul Solman interview Richard Greenwald of Brooklyn College who is concerned about the lack of a…

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More independent contractors would do country good

From the dailyworld.com, Tom Purcell writes:   “If more Americans were self-employed independent contractors, the country would…

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7 Steps to Launch Your Freelancing Career Full-Time

From Entrepreneur — Raubi Marie Perilli writes:  “Freelancing on the side is a great way to make…

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I quit! Why more than one-third of the U.S. workforce is going freelance

  From the StarTribune.com,  Molly Priesmeyer writes “…part of the reason freelancers have become the newest, growing workforce is because…

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Pan-American Life Insurance Group Introduces Their Independent Contractor Occupational Accident Product

From insurancenewsnet.com — Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG), a leading provider of insurance and financial services throughout…

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Silicon Valley’s Contract-Worker Problem

From NYMag  — I first heard the term “1099 economy” at this year’s TechCrunch Disrupt conference, where it…