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Freelancers Are The New Entrepreneurs For Services

Startup Professionals Musings

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty. Then your apps need to run on the new iPhone platform. We are becoming a society of entrepreneurs. It shouldn’t be a huge transition.

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Entrepreneurs Can Thrive on Services or Products

Startup Professionals Musings

You don’t need to invent an innovative product to be a real entrepreneur. Self-employed services specialists are just as important, and are a growing part of this new “ age of the entrepreneur ” that I discussed last week. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago, focused on a skill specialty.

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6 Keys To Growing Your Career Through The Gig Economy

Startup Professionals Musings

The simple answer is that we all have to start thinking like entrepreneurs, rather than entitled employees. This may seem scary, but it’s the reality, and what every entrepreneur has to do at every stage of survival and success. Don’t wait for your next company layoff to get you started.

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Bird Cuts Five Percent Of Staff, Says Report

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Bird has been attempting to expand as quickly as possible into new markets, even launching a service called Bird Platform that lets other entrepreneurs buy and maintain their own fleet of "Bird" branded scooters in their own market. READ MORE>>.

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Entrepreneurs can be Specialists or Generalists

Startup Professionals Musings

Entrepreneurs who run startups have to be generalists to survive. Yet I’m seeing another critical group of entrepreneurs, self-employed specialists, who are a growing part of this new “ entrepreneurial revolution ” that I discussed a couple of weeks ago. Many of these new entrepreneurs were regular employees a few years ago.