COVID-19 is forcing freelancers to adapt quickly to change and rethink their business models, their skills or even create new initiatives to manage and thrive in these new circumstances. Maddyness has selected some of these freelancers pivoting amid lockdown and shares their journeys.
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Audrey Langevin
06.06.2020
Since schools across the UK closed at the end of March amid the COVID-19 hysteria, parents everywhere have been feeling the strain of setting up an effective home education system for their children.
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Tali Ramsey
04.06.2020
Unless your grandfather is Dennis Ritchie, Richard Stallman or even Linus Torvalds... joking aside, the parallel is obvious: as a startup, allowing a large corporation to tell you what to do when you are by definition, writing the future in your area of expertise is like letting your grandfather to teach you to code.
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Caroline Franczia
04.06.2020
Everything that Kevin Hartz has touched seems to turn to gold, from his own startups Eventbrite and Xoom, to his dozens of successful investments. In a myfirstminute webinar, we found out the formula to his Silicon Valley success.
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Simon Lovick
03.06.2020
Thanks to the COVID-19 crisis and the move to mass remote working, meetings are now a very different experience. Think about the last few meetings you attended. Were they well organized? Did the meeting start on time, have an agenda and conclude with practical actions?
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Dave Howell
03.06.2020
David Odier of LaunchMappers explains why deploying a team of freelancers can be a more effective way to keep your business functioning and growing than more traditional agencies or in-house alternatives.
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David Odier
02.06.2020
Start planning for emerging from the lockdown now to avoid the same mistakes. No one was ready for the Coronavirus — not the government, not the medical community, not the business community, not you, not me. No one.
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Joe Procopio
02.06.2020
In another "myfirstminute" webinar Jenny Fleiss co-founder of Rent the Runway shared the stories behind her $1B company, her plans for the future and her key advice for entrepreneurs.
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Cleo McGee
02.06.2020
The government’s answer to supporting startups throughout the pandemic is the £250M commitment to the Future Fund. Wrong. The Future Fund will be used to support scale-ups and it’s important that we understand this difference.
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Jon Dawson
01.06.2020
From passing an MOT to unexpected damage or simple wear and tear, our cars tend to throw a spanner in the works, often when we need them the most. Keeping on top of things can be tricky at the best of times, but in the midst of a global pandemic where some of us need to drive as a matter of urgency, proper car maintenance is vital.
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Esat Dedezade
01.06.2020
Cleo McGee shares the life and business lessons she has learnt from attending an event as a guest to becoming Head of Events for Congress London - a not for profit Women’s Group, and how it moulded her into the person she is today.
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Cleo McGee
01.06.2020
Is COVID-19 an environmentalist’s dream come true? Very few stock market crashes have the ability to bring both good and bad in equal measure. This one, like all others, will impact society’s most disadvantaged, but may also save the planet and help transition the world to a more sustainable and fairer future.
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Nick Finegold
01.06.2020
In the Masterchef TV show, there is a well-known segment called the mystery box challenge. The concept is that chefs must create an amazing recipe from ingredients they know nothing about. There is a striking parallel with the startups' world: CEOs and VCs who struggle with the creation of the value proposition, but many are stuck on where to start, often because they have the wrong ingredients to start up with.
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Caroline Franczia
28.05.2020
Nick Finegold, Founder and CEO of Curation shares his three key trends that will define business and society and explores why using insight, rather than hindsight is critical to making informed decisions and making change.
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Nick Finegold
27.05.2020
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