Gender Matters — How freelancing can offer a great shot at flexibility!

Women can now have it all!

Women and long, successful professional careers — the two seem almost oxymoronic when seen in the context of the majority of Indian women. Women in India represent only 24% of the paid labor force, as against the global average of 40%, according to a recent McKinsey Global…

Flexible working is here to stay….in India too!

For most professionals, asking for flexible working hours has often been looked down upon and signals a career break and maybe even derailment from the career path. However, in the new age knowledge economy, flexible working has become more…

Fundraising journey of a single #founder

-By Chandrika Pasricha

“There are few factors that can make a company more successful, fun, and epic than an awesome co-founder. There are few factors that can make a company more unsuccessful, aggravating, and…

Applying investment principles to crafting a meaningful portfolio of work

A critical decision one needs to make while working independently is around the portfolio of assignments to take on. According to an Elance report, the majority of freelancers (62%) work on 2–6 projects…

The decision to work independently — like turning entrepreneur — may be best done in a tough economic environment!

Combining the upside of working independently with the current employment scenario, it is…

Why it’s more fun to work ‘with’ marketing than ‘in’ marketing!

Most companies are finding it difficult to allocate a substantial chunk of their annual marketing budgets towards fixed retainers, is only…

Freelancing Well = Discipline!

According to an MBO Report on Independent Workers by the year, 2020 more than 50% of the private workforce will be independent. With growing numbers comes the need for standardization of work and maintaining the benchmark for productivity across the board. According to…

De-bunking Myths about Freelancing

While freelancing is making inroads as one of the preferred modes of employment in developed economies like the USA, it’s still in its nascent stages in India…