Flying solo is a blessing and a curse. There seems to be a lot of debate in the freelance community about what it means to "make it work." What do you consider success, how do you measure growth, and when do you know to stop pulling the trigger and call for reinforcements?
This may be one of my new favorite articles on writing. [http://gigaom.com/2013/03/06/doing-that-one-thing/] Great thoughts on the industry, the craft, and the hustle it takes to keep writing great stuff.
I love meeting people who live, work, and breathe the web industry. There are plenty of places I would like to go and people I would like to meet, but sometimes the "right" connections are right here in my own backyard.
I'd love to glorify my current calendar mess and say something like, "I'm moving into a new studio space."
Owning a business is about doing the right thing and having the confidence that what you’re doing is going to work.
Doing web work for yourself, clients, *and* a local web agency requires some fancy footwork at times. I'm not sure I've read too many blogs about going from flying solo to sitting at a desk (not like a corporate stooge, thankfully), so perhaps this will help some people