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What’s a Manifesto? Why Do So Many Companies Want One?

For the layperson, “manifesto” might call to mind Karl Marx’s The Communist Manifesto. They  →

Yes, You Can Have a Bilingual Podcast

When I moved to Evansville, Indiana, from Puerto Rico, I was disappointed by the lack of diversity  →

How to Handle Late Payments When You're a Freelancer

Every freelancer has experienced this: waiting for a check or automatic deposit to arrive; a  →

How to Drum Up Business as a Freelancer

Last summer Aaron James and I started Mt. Freelance, an educational site and community that helps  →

Will 2020 Kick Off the Decade of the Slashies?

What do you want to be when you grow up? It’s a question you hear a lot when you’re a kid. If  →

How to Land an Agent If You’re an Editor

For most editors, there will come a time when you wonder what it’d be like to have an agent.  →

Crowd Control: A Primer on AI and Interactive Entertainment

Watching a movie or television show used to be a simple, one-way proposition: A projectionist  →

The Authenticity Factory: Buyers, Sellers, Makers

“Have you ever tried the experiment of saying some plain word, such as ‘dog,’ thirty times? By the  →

How Freelancers Can Save for Retirement

“Gig economy” has been a buzzy term since at least 2008, when Airbnb was founded, but for those of  →

How to Write a Script Like Monday.com

Our video production company produces 150 videos a year to help tech startups sell their product.  →

How to Make the Most of the Holidays If You’re a Freelancer

It’s almost the holiday season. Work-wise, this means something entirely differently if you’re a  →

5 Takeaways from Indie Darling Driveways

Still from Driveways. Credit: Berlin Film Festival Most of the great auteurs have worked with only  →