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Have you considered freelancing but are unsure where to start — or if it can be a viable long term career option? Tech entrepreneur Shahar Erez shares five steps to help you build a fulfilling (and financially stable) freelance career that puts you in the driver’s seat of your own future. If you love watching…

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Have you considered freelancing but are unsure where to start — or if it can be a viable long term career option? Tech entrepreneur Shahar Erez shares five steps to help you build a fulfilling (and financially stable) freelance career that puts you in the driver’s seat of your own future.

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42 Comments

  1. Colin Allison

    October 3, 2023 at 1:09 pm

    Very talented and gifted!????

  2. Khang Nguyễn

    October 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    YNWA ❤

  3. Rovish Raj

    October 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    1st comment, please like

  4. Clutch LEVELS

    October 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm

    This is different. TED’s being creative. Respect ????✨

  5. Darnell Pantow

    October 3, 2023 at 1:13 pm

    1. identify your core values
    2. communicate with your employer
    3. nurture early relationship
    4. grow your client base over time
    5. join a freelance community

  6. Hillary Remy

    October 3, 2023 at 1:15 pm

    Awesome tips on Freelancing. Loved it.

  7. Putra

    October 3, 2023 at 1:16 pm

    Spot On !

  8. socialmoravec

    October 3, 2023 at 1:20 pm

    Blah,blah, blah, working with mission driven companies…. Freelancer = no pension, no security. The “gig economy” is here.

    • ShutEyeCinema

      October 3, 2023 at 1:30 pm

      Don’t you see that it will come on it’s own? Does he have to draw you the whole plan for the planet?

    • neen42

      October 3, 2023 at 1:31 pm

      Who gets pensions these days?

  9. nadya felisha

    October 3, 2023 at 1:27 pm

    I’m building my freelance design career and this is exactly what I need to hear!

    • Michael Ratcliff

      October 3, 2023 at 1:57 pm

      Good luck!

    • Go-go 63

      October 3, 2023 at 3:28 pm

      Hope you have good health care coverage. Best of luck.

    • nadya felisha

      October 4, 2023 at 12:09 am

      @Go-go 63 not every company covers employee’s health care in the country I’m living in. it’s not regulated in the law. so freelancing or getting employed doesn’t make quite a big difference in that matter ????

    • nadya felisha

      October 4, 2023 at 12:09 am

      @Michael Ratcliff thanks!

  10. Dan-The-Man

    October 3, 2023 at 1:46 pm

    Romanticizing freelancers in a context where companies are abandoning regular employees in favor of ppl working per diem, with no benefits. If the US had socialized healthcare and education system, it’d be different. But freelancing most of the time is bc we are struggling to find a stable employment

  11. deepak mishra

    October 3, 2023 at 2:01 pm

    I am in first year of my college,so now i am working on my skill but in my second year i am going to start freelance in web development, thankyou for knowledge ❤❤

  12. Loud Letters 4U

    October 3, 2023 at 2:05 pm

    After finishing my PhD, this is my next goal! I’ve started my own YouTube channel as a beginning! Still learning how to become independent!

    • ZeroZ

      October 3, 2023 at 2:34 pm

      Good luck!

    • Loud Letters 4U

      October 3, 2023 at 2:39 pm

      @ZeroZ thank you very much ????

  13. Tìm Kiếm Đầu Tư

    October 3, 2023 at 2:14 pm

    Yes????I’m so happy to watch this video. Thank you for the program????????????????????????????????

  14. FestusPunky

    October 3, 2023 at 2:47 pm

    Dude, you are bumming me out

  15. kfireven

    October 3, 2023 at 3:12 pm

    I never understood freelancing, who protects you as a customer or as a freelancer from scams, especially if the other party is in another country.
    Also, it seems like a messy and not secure way to make a living to me, too much stuff can go wrong, from wrong pricing, miscalculations, customers not being happy…

  16. Benjamin Dover

    October 3, 2023 at 3:58 pm

    Good stuff

  17. Grow YT Views

    October 3, 2023 at 5:08 pm

    every day is a good day when I watch your videos

  18. WeAreGeek

    October 3, 2023 at 5:14 pm

    Freelancers. So companies don’t have to invest in people, make money of of you easier, ditch you when they don’t need you, and you are left lowering your hourly wage to be “market conform”, without a pension, health insurance, sick leave… MURICAN CAPITALISM YEEAAAHHH!!!!

  19. Jay

    October 3, 2023 at 6:37 pm

    Just came here to downvote for TedTalks going woke.

    • gonetomars3697

      October 4, 2023 at 10:24 am

      How is freelance work woke?

  20. Yury Piatrenka

    October 3, 2023 at 8:00 pm

    You’ve forgot the last step: break on reality because 80-95% of B2B consulting deals are made by recommendations or network. So you basically won’t get any start point or growth point without a wide network.

  21. Matt Campbell

    October 3, 2023 at 8:59 pm

    I don’t think he’s heard of AI…

  22. Wilson Ellert

    October 3, 2023 at 9:24 pm

    Amazing video and thank you for breaking it down!! Despite the economic downturn, I’m so happy have been earning $56,000 returns from my $8,000 investment every 14days with the help of Brisa Richardson.

    • ellamariz2375

      October 3, 2023 at 10:19 pm

      Thanks for sharing this here. A lot beginner’s like me are smashed out there everyday. It’s a good thing we have nice people here who want others to become successful as they are.

    • Robinson lookman

      October 3, 2023 at 10:21 pm

      I’m very glad I stumbled on this today writing to her now. Really hope she can help me too.

    • anna_paull

      October 3, 2023 at 10:24 pm

      I’m from Florida????????, I connected with her and she has helped me a lot,she makes so much profit for me she is a FINRA agent, the best I can invest with so far ever since I came across expert Mrs Brisa Richardson, my bad turned out being good and profitable. She’s made success earlier than we thought.

    • Robinson lookman

      October 3, 2023 at 10:25 pm

      This is wonderful, obviously she must be a good broker with so much goodness about her, please does Mrs Brisa Richardson investment services work in all crypto currencies?

    • anna_paull

      October 3, 2023 at 10:26 pm

      Absolutely yes, I also invest with her and I made my placement in shiba coin, she has been doing so well in my investment, I gave her a trial with 75,000,000 shib and she made huge profits.. no regrets ☺️

  23. ROB Rapiti

    October 3, 2023 at 10:43 pm

    I’m generally a positive person, but this couldn’t be further from the truth. He is describing a rare case. As others have said in the comments, many, if not most companies use freelancers to cut costs and to let go with a whim, zero notice or respect for the contract they signed.

  24. ronold cross

    October 3, 2023 at 11:35 pm

    Jobbers are now freelancers

  25. Hưng Trần Thái

    October 4, 2023 at 12:27 pm

    Very useful. Thank you.

  26. Sue Harris

    October 5, 2023 at 7:36 am

    Such BS. What is he talking about? The only free lancing is like food delivery, Avon representative a temp agency? The pay is terrible. Get better speakers

  27. Soumya Dadi

    October 6, 2023 at 2:48 pm

    The greater the automated income you can build, the freer you will become. Taking the first step is the hardest, but 5 houses later living off automated income since July 6, 2016. You’ve got to start taking steps to achieve your goal.

    • Laila Alfaddil

      October 6, 2023 at 2:49 pm

      All passive income ideas work as long as you put the work in. I focus more on cryptos, NFTs, real estate crowdfunding and IDOs. With the assistance of a financial consultant, I’m doing well for myself.

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