Re: FN-FORUM Advice on going it alone

date posted 29th September 2002 22:16

Hi there,

>This question has been asked a few times by people who either had the
>desire to strike out on their own, or had it forced on them. To be
>honest, the responses to such an enquiry to the list surprised me
>because there were lots of negative replies which had an air of 'oh god
>no, someone else vying for a slice of the cake, lets try and put them
>off the idea'.

No, I'm not putting anyone off the idea, just being realistic. If you've
been unemployed for two or three months then your financial resources are
probably already stretched and your credit ards may be already in extensive
use. You still have mortgage/rent, council tax, bills, food, whatever to
pay. Even if you get a job tomorrow and complete within a week, if the
client takes 30 days to pay you'll be waiting another month to get paid.
There is no point in soemone going freelance if they're financialy ill
prepared.

Cheers

Joe