Freelance and Gig Economy

the Gig-Economy Trends

5 resources

a collection of articles and videos taking a look at the Gig-Economy

• Article Maybe the Gig Economy Isn’t Reshaping Work After All - The New York Times
• Article Worries about the rise of the gig economy are mostly overblown - (2018) - The Economist
• Article U.S. Freelance Workforce, Now 56.7 Million People, Grew 3.7 Million Since 2014
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The Business of Creativity and the Gig-Economy

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A collection of resources about the Business of Creativity and the Gig Economy offers insights into the intersection of creative work and...

• Article How This 25-Year-Old Earns A Passive Revenue of $400K A Year While Traveling The World | Forbes
• Article Writing in Someone Else’s World | The Atlantic
• Article My 150 Writing Mentors and Me | The Atlantic
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Freelance Consulting - tips and resources for consulting side-gigs

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Freelance Consulting - tips and resources for consulting side-gigs

• Article How to Find Consulting Clients
• Article Going Solo, Successfully | Kevin Burke
• Article Ask HN: What was your experience starting a tech consultancy? | Hacker News
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Freelance side-gigs

7 resources

a collection of resources for finding Freelance side-gig jobs

• Article Charging Electric Scooters Is a Cutthroat Business - CityLab
• Article My 2 Favorite Ways to Start a Side Business | The Saturday Solopreneur
• Article Journalism's dependence on part-time freelancers - The New Republic
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Freelance side-gigs for developers and creatives

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a collection of resources for finding and developing freelance side-gig jobs

• Article (discussion board): How do you find freelance work? | Hacker News
• Article How to Make Money as a Freelance Developer: Business Tips from an Expert
• Article Does Having a Day Job Mean Making Better Art? - The New York Times
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Workers rights in the gig economy

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Should companies like Uber and Airbnb classify their workers as employees (or self employed contractors)?

• Article Uber loses appeal against drivers' rights
• Article Why Ageism Never Gets Old
• Article GrubHub Drivers Ruled Contractors in Gig-Economy Milestone - Bloomberg
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Contractors vs Employees- Gig economy rights

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a collection about Contractors vs Employees- Gig economy rights

• Article Uber loses gig workers rights challenge in UK Supreme Court – TechCrunch
• Article California passes AB5 bill to regulate Uber, Lyft and the gig economy - Vox
• Article Airbnb wants to give its hosts equity in its business – TechCrunch
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Passion Economy vs the Gig Economy - and the business of creativity

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a collection of articles and videos about the difference between the "Passion Economy" and the Gig Economy - and the business of creativity

• Article The Passion Economy and the Future of Work
• Article 1,000 True Fans? Try 100
• Podcast The Passion Economy: Redefining Work
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Creator Passion Economy - tools and resources for marketing, payments, getting paid

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Creator Passion Economy - tools and resources for marketing, payments, getting paid

• Website Gumroad - Creators deserve toget paid for their work.Gumroad makes it easy.
• Website Lemon Squeezy - Payments, tax & subscriptions for software companies
• Website Circle: The modern community platform for creators
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Time tracking for freelance consulting and side-gigs

3 resources

Time tracking for freelance consulting and side-gigs

• Article Investing in Wrapbook - Andreessen Horowitz
• Website Toggl - Simple time tracking. Powerful reporting.
• Article The Side Project Marketing Checklist

Creator Passion Economy - selected articles videos from Li Jin

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Creator Passion Economy - selected articles videos from Li Jin

• Article What's next for marketplace startups? Reinventing the $10 trillion service economy, that's what. at andrewchen
• Article The Power User Curve - Andreessen Horowitz
• Article The Case for Universal Creative Income — By Li Jin and Lila Shroff - Mirror

Creator Passion Economy - overview

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Creator Passion Economy - overview

• Article Building the Middle Class of the Creator Economy - Li's Newsletter
• Article Mapping the Creator Economy
• Article The new rules of the “creator economy” | The Economist

Unemployment, Economics and the Gig-Economy (Trends)

6 resources

a collection of articles and videos taking a look at the Gig-Economy

• Article The rich world is enjoying an unprecedented jobs boom - The Economist 2019
• Article Across the rich world, an extraordinary jobs boom is under way - The Economist 2019
• Article 85% Of Jobs That Will Exist In 2030 Haven’t Been Invented Yet || UConn
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Unions and Workers rights in the gig economy

6 resources

Unions and Workers rights in the gig economy

• Article University of Chicago Graduate Students Vote to Unionize
• Article Kickstarter’s staff is unionizing
• Article CWA launches campaign to unionize video game and tech workers
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