I freelance mon-fri 9-5 and I build my project evenings and weekends. When I have enough cash I get some help from another developer.
Interestingly RescueTime says I'm ~10% more productive at weekends when I'm working on my project... so I guess I love to work on it, so I do wish I could do it full time.
Motivation (in no particular order):
1. prove to myself I can do it
2. make money
3. help people with a problem that stops them working on what they love
4. [perceived] freedom
5. challenges not in my freelance work
I just emailed Guy as per the suggestions of this forum (and a couple of other people). Guy kindly replied. Hopefully have a few more names on there soon :)
Re: making money. I plan to sell extras, like premium themes etc So keep the core product free and make worthwhile add-ons.
Would be interesting to get your take on "freedom" since you've qualified it with "perceived". Time and location independence is one of the biggest reasons I went solo.
at the moment I freelance and work from home. Sometimes I work while travelling. I kid myself that I'm free, but really I work evenings and weekends. Some of my white-collar-joe friends might feel trapped, but at the weekend they are drinking beer in a sunny pub garden while I'm in front of my mac! That's why I say "perceived".
My ultimate goal is to not rely on client work, that's when I'll feel free. i.e. take the afternoon to go kitesurfing or something without worrying about being available to freelance clients.
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Not sure about "solopreneur", isn't an entrepreneur just a single person anyway :) Although I wouldn't title myself with either.
I've worked on my own since '03, currently in here http://qiip.me/edlea/blogger/post/4019
I freelance mon-fri 9-5 and I build my project evenings and weekends. When I have enough cash I get some help from another developer.
Interestingly RescueTime says I'm ~10% more productive at weekends when I'm working on my project... so I guess I love to work on it, so I do wish I could do it full time.
Motivation (in no particular order): 1. prove to myself I can do it 2. make money 3. help people with a problem that stops them working on what they love 4. [perceived] freedom 5. challenges not in my freelance work
and if you're curious, http://qiip.me is my project.
I'm using "solopreneur" to mean someone running a company of one.
qiip.me looks nice. How did you get Guy Kawasaki on board? What's your plan in terms of making money with it?
I just emailed Guy as per the suggestions of this forum (and a couple of other people). Guy kindly replied. Hopefully have a few more names on there soon :)
Re: making money. I plan to sell extras, like premium themes etc So keep the core product free and make worthwhile add-ons.
Would be interesting to get your take on "freedom" since you've qualified it with "perceived". Time and location independence is one of the biggest reasons I went solo.
at the moment I freelance and work from home. Sometimes I work while travelling. I kid myself that I'm free, but really I work evenings and weekends. Some of my white-collar-joe friends might feel trapped, but at the weekend they are drinking beer in a sunny pub garden while I'm in front of my mac! That's why I say "perceived".
My ultimate goal is to not rely on client work, that's when I'll feel free. i.e. take the afternoon to go kitesurfing or something without worrying about being available to freelance clients.