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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Colin Allison
October 3, 2023 at 1:09 pm
Very talented and gifted!💖
Khang Nguyễn
October 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm
YNWA ❤
Rovish Raj
October 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm
1st comment, please like
Clutch LEVELS
October 3, 2023 at 1:10 pm
This is different. TED’s being creative. Respect 🫡✨
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
Hillary Remy
October 3, 2023 at 1:15 pm
Awesome tips on Freelancing. Loved it.
Putra
October 3, 2023 at 1:16 pm
Spot On !
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?
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!
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
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 ❤❤
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 🙏
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🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉
FestusPunky
October 3, 2023 at 2:47 pm
Dude, you are bumming me out
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…
Benjamin Dover
October 3, 2023 at 3:58 pm
Good stuff
Grow YT Views
October 3, 2023 at 5:08 pm
every day is a good day when I watch your videos
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!!!!
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?
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.
Matt Campbell
October 3, 2023 at 8:59 pm
I don’t think he’s heard of AI…
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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.
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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.
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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.
ronold cross
October 3, 2023 at 11:35 pm
Jobbers are now freelancers
Hưng Trần Thái
October 4, 2023 at 12:27 pm
Very useful. Thank you.
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
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.