entrepreneurs Archives | Jedidiah https://jedidiah.org.za/tag/entrepreneurs/ Raising a Standard of Excellence & Significance Thu, 21 Mar 2019 11:06:10 +0000 en-ZA hourly 1 Pioneers and freelancers https://jedidiah.org.za/entrepreneurship/pioneers-and-freelancers/ https://jedidiah.org.za/entrepreneurship/pioneers-and-freelancers/#comments Thu, 21 Mar 2019 10:40:37 +0000 http://jedidiah.org.za/?p=1119 employee, freelancer, correct, check, boxI read an article by Amanda Visser on Network 24 about the changing environment of the workplace. Now, I’ve previously written about the fourth industrial revolution which forms the backdrop for the enormous and

dramatic changes that is expected to take place in the workplace.

Freelancers

It is estimated that thirty years ago only about 6% of the American labour force was made up of freelance workers, while it is estimated that by the year 2020 about 40% of their labour force will be freelancers.

Freelancers are basically entrepreneurs

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Whose money?

Many years ago I employed someone in my small company who was formerly a director in a big organisation. A friend then gave a kind warning and said that one should be watchful when employing someone from such a background.

He is used to spending other people’s money, money that he did not work for himself.

People who start their own businesses know what hard work it takes to get enough clients to support your business to make it sustainable. Because you are responsible for debts incurred, you ... continue reading

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