The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Revised

Zusatztext Free agents have unprecedented opportunities to earn a great living and create the lifestyle they really want. The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business unlocks strategies that will help solo entrepreneurs achieve more than they ever thought possible. Matt Barrie, CEO of Freelancer Informationen zum Autor Elaine Pofeldt Klappentext The self-employment revolution is here. Learn the latest pioneering tactics from real people who are earning $1 million a year on their own terms. In 2019, freelancers made up 35% of the U.S. workforce and contributed nearly $1 trillion to the economy. But under changing circumstances, how do you create sustainable, meaningful work that enables your ideal life? In The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Revised , journalist Elaine Pofeldt shares the stories and strategies of those who have done it. After noticing a record number of one-person businesses hitting $1 million in revenue in 2013, Pofeldt began profiling them online at Forbes , synthesizing the best of their advice in The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business . As these owners show, with the right mindset and knowledge, people can not only unlock their true potential working for themselves, but attain an income that frees them to live exactly how they want. By outlining everything from the six most common high-revenue business categories to the tools hundreds of entrepreneurs use to overcome pitfalls, this revised and updated edition follows-up with founders and provides the latest strategies and new case studies, demonstrating how anyone--including you--can identify, launch, and grow a highly profitable business that reinvents your life. Leseprobe Introduction Click on almost any headline about the gig economy, and you'll come across a fierce debate. Supporters of the traditional job see the world of free agents as one where capitalism has run amok, leaving hapless workers to fight each other for scraps of workas they cling to the slippery rock of middle-class life. Champions of what author Dan Pink called the Free Agent Nation see a very different reality, in which former wage slaves can ditch their cramped cubicles in hermetically sealed offices for a life in which they control their schedule, destiny, and income. The truth is, we don't know yet what a world of increasingly independent work will mean. We've never had as many free agents as we do today. As of 2010, the United States Government Accountability Office says that 40% of US workers have alternative work arrangements in their main jobs, meaning they are freelancers, temps, contractors, contract company workers, or part-timers. That is unprecedentedand it's a change that's happening in industrialized nations around the world. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitora sweeping study produced by Babson College, Universidad del Desarrollo, and the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundationfound in its 2018/2019 report that solo entrepreneurship is taking off in many parts of the world. Brazil leads the planet, with 53% of entrepreneurs operating on their own, with no employees. Madagascar is number two, with 30% of entrepreneurs flying solo. Meanwhile, the report finds that the gig and sharing economy, which it breaks out separately from traditional entrepreneurship, is exploding. In South Korea, an incredible one in five adults is involved in these activities. Other countries with very high rates are Israel, Chile, Ireland, and the United States, the research found. Many people worry that these workers will struggle without giant employers helping them to run their work lives and keep their paychecks steady. That's a valid concern. But another, equally important point is what this growing army of free agents can accomplish on their own. Armed with the right knowledge and mindset, could they create something even better for themselves than the traditional...

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Elaine Pofeldt

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The self-employment revolution is here. Learn the latest pioneering tactics from real people who are earning $1 million a year on their own terms.

In 2019, freelancers made up 35% of the U.S. workforce and contributed nearly $1 trillion to the economy. But under changing circumstances, how do you create sustainable, meaningful work that enables your ideal life? In The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business, Revised, journalist Elaine Pofeldt shares the stories and strategies of those who have done it. After noticing a record number of one-person businesses hitting $1 million in revenue in 2013, Pofeldt began profiling them online at Forbes, synthesizing the best of their advice in The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business. As these owners show, with the right mindset and knowledge, people can not only unlock their true potential working for themselves, but attain an income that frees them to live exactly how they want.

By outlining everything from the six most common high-revenue business categories to the tools hundreds of entrepreneurs use to overcome pitfalls, this revised and updated edition follows-up with founders and provides the latest strategies and new case studies, demonstrating how anyone--including you--can identify, launch, and grow a highly profitable business that reinvents your life.

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Click on almost any headline about the gig economy, and you’ll come across a fierce debate. Supporters of the traditional job see the world of free agents as one where capitalism has run amok, leaving hapless workers to fight each other for scraps of work—as they cling to the slippery rock of middle-class life. Champions of what author Dan Pink called the Free Agent Nation see a very different reality, in which former wage slaves can ditch their cramped cubicles in hermetically sealed offices for a life in which they control their schedule, destiny, and income.

The truth is, we don’t know yet what a world of increasingly independent work will mean. We’ve never had as many free agents as we do today. As of 2010, the United States Government Accountability Office says that 40% of US workers have “alternative” work arrangements in their main jobs, meaning they are freelancers, temps, contractors, contract company workers, or part-timers. That is unprecedented—and it’s a change that’s happening in industrialized nations around the world. The Global Entrepreneurship Monitor—a sweeping study produced by Babson College, Universidad del Desarrollo, and the Korea Entrepreneurship Foundation—found in its 2018/2019 report that solo entrepreneurship is taking off in many parts of the world. Brazil leads the planet, with 53% of entrepreneurs operating on their own, with no employees. Madagascar is number two, with 30% of entrepreneurs flying solo. Meanwhile, the report finds that the gig and sharing economy, which it breaks out separately from traditional entrepreneurship, is exploding. In South Korea, an incredible one in five adults is involved in these activities. Other countries with very high rates are Israel, Chile, Ireland, and the United States, the research found.

Many people worry that these workers will struggle without giant employers helping them to run their work lives and keep their paychecks steady. That’s a valid concern. But another, equally important point is what this growing army of free agents can accomplish on their own. Armed with the right knowledge and mindset, could they create something even better for themselves than the traditional “secure” job? Would they be better off without powerful gatekeepers deciding the fate of their careers? Would they have a greater chance of reaching their true potential and attaining a higher income in a world where they drive their own careers and a boss can’t subtly penalize them for being too young, too old, a mom, a member of a minority group, a person with a disability, a care…