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Start Up, Start Out — how startups can benefit from freelancing

Very few things compare to the thrill of starting up a company. But let’s face it — the only things likely to be abundant in this phase is your all-consuming energy and commitment to your start-up. Everything else is…

Freelancing in the developing world : De-bunking the myth

For long, it has been believed that ‘independent work’ or ‘freelancing’, in common parlance — is a phenomenon, concentrated in, if not exclusive…

As a Freelancer, do you own the content you create?

The idea of working on your own terms sounds appealing. Making money from such an enterprise adds a totally different perspective to the term ‘Job’. If you are still reading this, you will agree that Freelancing may give you the better of…

Legal essentials while freelancing: Tip #1, Get the contract right!

The essence of working as a freelance professional is to leverage one’s expertise to deliver impact and value to clients while retaining more control. To be able to do this well and in a liberated manner, one…

Dear Founder, is your hiring strategy as non-traditional as your work culture?

You couldn’t ask for more — this is probably the best time ever to be a startup in India. You have the country standing up and paying attention to entrepreneurs. No questions asked about age…

The New Employment Dynamic — A Thought

There is a very interesting trend emerging in the management of careers in the modern economic and business context. A trend that breaks up some myths and is value creating all around.

Not everyone will go the Yahoo! and HP way

Shocking. Regressive. Sure to backfire. These were some popular reactions to the recent developments at Yahoo! and HP headquarters. Both companies had asked their employees to report to physical office locations and discontinue working from their homes.

It was the Best of Times, it was the Worst of Times… Thoughts on Startup Funding in the Current Environment

We live in interesting times. The Indian startup world is going through its next evolution, and it brings a whole new lexicon. Cockroaches…