Aug

1

The 80 Hour Work Week Myth

August 1, 2008 | 1 Comment

I have heard so many people say they are hard-workers that do 60, 70, and even 80 hour weeks. Given the fact that weeks have 168 hours, and humans normally need around 50 to sleep, 20 to eat, and probably 20 more to do necessities like bathe, clothe, and go to the bathroom, an 80 [...]

Jul

31

Do I Need Extra Insurance On My LLC?

July 31, 2008 | 1 Comment

 You insure what you can’t afford to loose.  I believe that some insurance is fairly standard:

Health and Disability Insurance - Above all, you can’t loose yourself. 

Car Insurance - The state will probably force you to take it.  And although you can pay for your own car replacement, it is likely you can’t pay for a [...]

Jun

7

A Problem Shared With The Landscaper

June 7, 2008 | Comments Off

This morning I woke up early to do pending work for one of my favourite customers.  A few hours into it the roar from industrial landscaping equipment disrupted my concentration.  My Landscaper and I have the same problem:  The week doesn’t have enough days and the day doesn’t have enough hours.  The amount of work [...]

May

23

Contractors: You Are Creating A Market

May 23, 2008 | Leave a Comment

When a full time employee goes on his/her own and starts selling his/her services there is one interesting thing that he provides the companies who may be interested in hiring them:  A Market.
Big companies can’t offer services that they can’t deliver.  But since the contractor offers to deliver services on their behalf, now they have access [...]

Apr

30

Charge Heavily For What You Know

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Charge Heavily For What You Know
…but give away what you do not know.
Often I am in a situation where I am called to provide advice and a satisfactory outcome to a situation where the Client doesn’t have the time or expertise to complete a task. I happily do the work: in my opinion faster [...]

Apr

30

Creating a Market For Consultants

April 30, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I am currently offering services that are in higher demand than the available offer. That is fortunate for me, as you might expect that the law of Offer and Demand will be in my favor. In reality the macroeconomics law helps – but only if you can put it in a macro economy. [...]

Mar

26

MiddleMan and Providing Value

March 26, 2008 | 1 Comment

I am an independent IT consultant. I think there are fewer of those than the industry needs. The important word here is “independent“. To me, an independent consultant or contractor is someone who helps advance the interests of the end client.
Sooner or latter a consultant finds out that they need more resources [...]

Feb

28

Jelly! Casual Co-Working : Thinking about joining or creating one.

February 28, 2008 | Leave a Comment

I came across this novel idea of Jelly on Nevile’s Blog. It is about casually co-working. It is a concept oriented towards entrepreneurs and freelancers that do most of their work from a mobile workstation (a.k.a. Laptop). Very well suited for IT professionals, graphic artists, writers, and other people who can work [...]

Feb

7

Anes & Rincon : First Year LLC Anniversary

February 7, 2008 | Leave a Comment

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Feb

7

LLC Partnership Taxes: 1065 and K-1

February 7, 2008 | 1 Comment

A Limited Liability Corporation (LLC) can be treated as an S-Corporation or as a Partnership by the Federal Government Internal Revenue Service (IRS) (you fill out form 8832 to classify it as Partnership). When I established my LLC I made it a Partnership: a very flexible arrangement that allows me to divide the earnings [...]

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