Going Solo Conference - Lausanne on May 16th
Going Solo in Lausanne on May 16th. Be there if you can! I’m biting my fingers because like I already said I’ll have to be in Brazil for the next 5 weeks… but I’m posting this because some of you might find this information useful. (You can also check this video on VMC that we recorded together with Stephanie).
Going Solo is organized by Stephanie Booth and it’s a one-day educational event for freelancers and small business owners from the internet industry and beyond. It will give them the opportunity to learn more about the business skills they need to be successful as soloists: setting rates, finding clients, balancing work and life, dealing with administrative stuff, and connecting with “colleagues”. These hard realities of business—agreements, selling, setting prices, negotiating—may be the last consideration for the aspiring freelancer.
More often, they are motivated by a spirit of adventure, the desire to be their own boss, or a need to deepen their expertise in a subject area. But to be successful—to pay the bills, to avoid working like a slave, and to actually achieve some degree of independence—soloists need to gain a sound grounding in the business realities, and quickly.
To talk about these different topics, there will be a selection of internationally acclaimed speakers (soloists themselves!) like Stowe Boyd (USA), Suw Charman (UK), Martin Roell (DE), Laura Fitton (USA), Dennis Howlett (ES). You can learn more about them here: http://going-solo.net/programme/speakers.
Enjoy the event!
Andrea