Re: FN-FORUM Introduction

date posted 1st March 2000 14:42

Hi Everyone,

Good to see things getting started on the list. For those who are interested we launched on Sunday,
and there are just under 100 subscribers at the mo, so things are fairly cosy.

Andy Stowell and I started Freelancers.net in 1997 to confront just some of the issues that have
come up already, with varying degrees of success! Hopefully this list will grow into a useful
network where people can find work, partners, help, advice, and of course, freelancers.

For those of you thinking of biting the bullet and giving up your jobs, go for it! Freelancing is
great, the market is full of work, and there are plenty of agencies around who will ease you in and
hold your hand in the early days.

Going it completely alone can seem daunting, and you certainly end up doing a lot more than just
building websites - sales pitches and invoice chasing being the two biggest shocks that spring to
mind - but you can choose the degree to which you get involved, and a good base of reliable core
clients is surprisingly easy to establish if you want to be your own one-man web design business.

Dan Winchester
Freelancers.net

> Is it worth hiring the services of an accountant or is it prefectly
> reasonable to do all that yourself?


Garrett Coakley wrote:

> On Wed, Mar 1, 2000, Ingredient [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
>
> >On 1 March 2000 Garrett Coakley [EMAIL REMOVED] wrote:
> >
> >>Now this may or may not hold up to scrutiny (I'm betting it
> >>doesn't), but why do we need to work in a hirearchical structure. We
> >workon the web, shouldn't we work in a web as well?
> >
> >Why shouldn't this hold up to scrutiny?
>
> I was drunk at the time, most things that I come up with don't make sense
> in the cold realism of a hangover, good to see things are a changin' *:)
>
> Anyway, dragging myself back on topic, a question.
>
> Is it worth hiring the services of an accountant or is it prefectly
> reasonable to do all that yourself?
>
> I've had conflicting reports on this. A friend of mine who works in the
> accouting department of a biggish company has said that as long as I'm
> able to pay my rent and bills on time, I'll have no problem with taking
> care of my own accounts. Others have said get an accountant, it's much
> better in the long run, especially if you land a big contract.
>
> Thoughts or opinions?
>
> G.
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