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Originally posted by ratbastid
Sure!
This morning I'm headed to the office of the NC Secretary of State to file my new company's Articles of Incorporation. I'm going to be a freelance and subcontract web developer and consultant.
Here's the thing about that: I'm trading months of free time for basically being the master of my time on a day-by-day basis. Working for myself, if I want to take an afternoon off, I can take an afternoon off.
I'm actually a lot more excited about running my own business than I am about the particular work. It just happens to be something I have a lot of experience in, but as far as I'm concerned it may as well be pipe fittings--it's the running of the business that has me interested right now.
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Cool! Besides the Dungaree Dan link I provided above, you might find the book "Managing the Professional Service Firm" by David Maister interesting, especially if you are interested in the managing and running side of a services business. It is the bible of professional services firms and is a great short-cut to the longer and MUCH more painful "figure it out as you go along" route (I'm speaking from experience here).
Anyway, good luck.