A recent McKinsey survey of the health and wellness market summed up the industry’s growth this way. First, wellness as a global industry is growing impressively. The firm estimates that wellness exceeded $1.8 trillion dollars overall and $480…

One of the more interesting stories in the freelance economy these days is the transformation of Catalant Technologies. Catalant is the best known and largest community of independent management consultants. Catalant’s more than 115,000 experts hail…

The very core of the freelance revolution is a match between a skilled independent professional (freelancer) and a client organization. Clients seek freelancers who bring what they believe is the best mix of expertise, experience, availability and…

Few pioneers of the freelance revolution have had more iconic experiences, or befriended and mentored so many, as Alvaro Oliveira. Now Chief Talent Officer of Andela, and formerly heading up both Talent and Engineering, his leadership over the years…

Some industries experience explosive growth while others grind their way forward. Aerospace took a world war and almost 40 years to become a significant industry. TV technology only commercialized after twenty years of development. It took 20 years…

One of the more aggressive arguments made against freelancing is that freelancers are necessarily less engaged in your work and organization than fulltime employees because they are outsiders. It’s a point of view that is widely touted. Its also…

According to recent reports, the freelance management market is about 4 billion dollars (US) and anticipates continued growth. The FMS industry – enabling large and small companies to onboard, pay, and keep contingent staff in legal compliance –…

Dickens’ famous opening quote to his Tale of Two Cities offers the perfect introduction to what’s happening on the economic front, and what that means for freelancers. “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it…

Is coaching for you? Are you are a freelancer with in-demand expertise, a consultant seeking to reinvent their practice, an academic looking to moonlight, an HR or L&D professional expanding from training into coaching, a chief scientist or engineer…

“It was the best of times; it was the worst of times ...” began Charles Dickens’ immortal Tale of Two Cities. Those same words might be a poetic summary of the state of the Freelancing Revolution. The global freelance economy has grown prodigiously.…

There are many stories lauding great partnerships. Well-known partnerships include teams of two like Gates and Ballmer at Microsoft, Eisner and Rich at Disney, Jobs and Cook at Apple, Michael Jordan and Scottie Pippen of the Chicago Bulls, Warren…

Investors in Tesla just agreed to turn over 46 billion USD in shares to keep Elon Musk in place and motivated as CEO. We’ve all heard “Past performance is no indication of future performance” but no one betting on Musk believes that. The growth of…

A few weeks ago, Freelance Unlocked brought together 500 mostly tech oriented freelancers from across Germany and elsewhere. Over two sunny Berlin days, freelancers talked a wide range of issues from government actions to grow your business. On the…

Three million active US armed forces members serve each day around the world, representing the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, Coast Guard, and Space Force. Supporting these service members are 600,000 active military spouses. Military spouses play a…

The early days of freelancing, let’s call it pre-2010, were marked by a relatively small number of experts choosing to operate as independent experts as their fulltime job, and a larger population of moonlighters, working on top of a fulltime job.…

A recent Forbes article by Matt Mottola entitled, “Every freelance platform needs an enterprise strategy” was a popular read last year. The title and story line are accurate without doubt. Big corporate clientship of freelancing offers several…

Many Forbes readers are familiar with Malt, the largest independent talent or freelance marketplace operating in Europe. Under the leadership of co-CEOs Vincent Huguet and Alex Fretti, Malt has grown well beyond its beginning as a French IT startup…

In the movie Sliding Doors, actor Gwyneth Paltrow discovers the consequence of two alternative choices. In one version she remains unhappy and finds herself stuck in an unhappy relationship. In the other, she makes new friends, finds love, and grows…

It’s been a tough time for the startup world, particularly tech. According to Crunchbase, “More than 191,000 workers at U.S.-based tech companies were laid off in mass job cuts in 2023, according to our tally, and the cuts continue into 2024.” VCs…

Imagine the freelance revolution as a Swiss Army Knife. There are few more useful tools. A typical penknife has one or two blades. Helpful and, of course, limited. The Swiss Army Knife delivers more options. In fact, the largest of the knives has a…