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Three things I’ve learned on my first week as a freelancer
Working Nights is a apparently a big part of freelancing… Exactly one week ago I’ve packer my stuff and said goodbye to my last employer, and also to organized employment world, which I’ve been part of for the last 17 years. This week I’ve started a new phase in my career as a self-employed, freelance […]
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What a decade of business travel has taught me
I remember my first business trip clearly, although it has taken place exactly a decade ago. It was late 2005 and we were heading for Singapore to deliver a project to the local Navy, and upon arrival I could not locate my luggage. What an annoying way to start my very first business trip abroad! […]
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Owntrepreneurship Blog- 2015 in review
The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here's an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 28,000 times in 2015. If it were a concert at Sydney Opera House, it would take about 10 sold-out performances for that many […]
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Why baking is the perfect pastime for busy entrepreneurs?
I admit it. I love to bake. Bread Buns Pizza Pretzels Bagels Love ’em all.. It sounds weird, right? Who in their right minds will spend hours (yep, baking is time consuming) to make something they can buy fresh off the shelf? Well, hear me out first, and then decide if I’m crazy… well- […]
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LinkedIn Limits
In whatever professional arena we play we must know the rules. The rules usually apply to all participants in the same field and knowing them should give you an advantage over the others. LinkedIn is not different. Only that it is, in one simple aspect. It doesn’t tell you all the rules (perhaps somewhere, […]
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Fifty shades of "No"
They say that A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, but how can you tell what "No" really means?
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The dark side of networking- how to elude social engineering
Having a large network sure has its benefits, as we’ve explored in previous posts (https://owntrepreneurship.com/2015/07/27/the-advantages-of-being-accessible/), but it also has some inherent dangers- one is over-exposure (where people get sick of seeing your name pop up), but a more serious one is that being visible and connected makes you a prime target for scammers, and worse, […]
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Please help me choose what should be the focus of the Owntrepreneurship blog
So, I've been doing this for a while and enjoying blogging very much. Almost to the point where I feel I want to write about everything that is happening to me, personally and professionally. However, I feel like sometime I lose the focus of this blog and jump too much from one area to another. […]
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Branding yourself – how to be acknowledged for the superstar you are
So we’ve established the many benefits of having the right sort of reputation within your organization (https://owntrepreneurship.com/2015/10/12/self-branding-within-your-organization/). But how to push this reputation beyond the limits of your organization to have a regional, national or even global reputation in your field? Before we answer that we need to see if this fits who we are […]