The jump to freelance
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The document discusses Johan Ronsse's transition from being a web designer for 4 years in a company to becoming a freelancer. Some of the benefits of becoming a freelancer that he highlights include being able to choose which projects to work on, setting your own prices, and having the flexibility to work from anywhere. However, he also notes challenges such as needing to take on additional roles like sales, marketing and accounting yourself rather than having a company handle those functions. He addresses questions from the audience about his experience making the jump to freelancing.
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- 1. The jump to freelance Johan Ronsse - Bizcamp Belgium - 11 december 2010 Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 2. Hi, I’m Johan! Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 3. 1 About Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 4. Webdesigner for 4 years Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 5. Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 6. Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 7. Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 8. 4/ 5 Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 9. Wolf’s Little Store Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 10. Easy: The easy part Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 11. The hard part Hard: find a good accountant Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 12. Now: preparing for fulltime business Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 13. 2 Why freelance? Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 14. Choose the projects you want to do Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 15. ? What would you work on if you had the choice? Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 16. iOS user interface Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 17. Game design http://glitch.com Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 18. In a company: Little influence on what you end up working on (whatever got through sales funnel) Sometimes not satisfied w/ type of work Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 19. Moral/ethical disagreement Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 20. € Company should be profitable... Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 21. People tell me: “Sometimes you have to do things you don’t really like!” Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 22. “You can only work for people you like.” http://www.miltonglaser.com/pages/milton/essays/es3.html Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 23. Name your price. Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 24. 1/ 2 taxes Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 25. Work when you want to. Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 26. ...from where you want to Work when you want to. Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 27. Interesting approach: Nomadz.nu http://www.nomadz.nu Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 28. 3 Why not freelance? Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 29. Not only the designer Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 30. Sales & marketing (probably the most important!) Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 31. Traditionally by advertising Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 32. I like self advertisement: blog Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 33. Twitter honestly Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 34. Continuity: build your portfolio Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 35. Other roles: Project manager Accountant Office assistant Web developer System administrator Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 36. Outsource!? Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 37. Investment: good coffee machine? Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 38. 9 to 5? Not really! Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 39. Uncertainty Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 40. ? Questions? http://www.wolfslittlestore.be johan@johanronsse.be Tuesday 14 December 2010
- 41. Thanks for your attention! Tuesday 14 December 2010