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On working for free and building a business that works

By Michelle

Today I’m beating the business community’s favorite dead horse: working for free. TL;DR: Never try to get free work from people. And don’t work for free. Except for on rare occasions, when you actively choose to. Confused? It’ll all become clear:  Uncomfortable truth #1: If your business needs free labor to grow, your business model is broken. […]

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Behind the scenes: why I’m switching my service model

By Michelle

For the last few months, I’ve been working on one of the biggest changes in my business so far – switching my main service set (online business management/project management) from an hourly, freelancer-based model, to a monthly retainer, almost more of an agency style model. This is something that I really agonized over, and to […]