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How First-Time Independent Workers Can Avoid Getting Burned

How First-Time Independent Workers Can Avoid Getting Burned | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

More people are working for themselves than ever before, but that doesn't mean the new ranks of gig workers, so-called "solopreneurs," and everybody in between are finally freed from experiencing the corporate world—far from it.

 

 

The clients that independent workers take on inevitably put them (back) into contact with work cultures, expectations, and financial pitfalls that many had hoped self-employment would mean a clean break with. And that's true not just of the businesses independents contract with but also of the third-party platforms that match both parties up. Here's a look at how to navigate that dynamic and some of the risks it contains.


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The Learning Factor's curator insight, December 8, 2016 4:42 PM

Many newcomers to self-employment have no experience running a business, a fact that some companies take advantage of.

Hale1@me.com's curator insight, December 10, 2016 5:53 PM

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Entrepreneurs Like Steve Jobs And IKEA Founder Share These 3 Personality Traits

Entrepreneurs Like Steve Jobs And IKEA Founder Share These 3 Personality Traits | Education 2.0 & 3.0 | Scoop.it

Author Malcolm Gladwell — who’s sold some 4.5 million books — says that entrepreneurs like Steve Jobs and IKEA founder Ingvar Kamprad become so successful thanks to a rare combination of personality traits.

As he said on stage at on Tuesday at the World Business Forum in New York, they are open to experience, conscientious, and disagreeable.


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The Learning Factor's curator insight, October 12, 2014 4:08 PM

The best entrepreneurs are open, conscientious, and disagreeable.

Carlos Rodrigues Cadre's curator insight, October 13, 2014 12:43 PM

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