Avoid burnout, get paid on time, and build a business that actually works for you If you run a creative business, you’ve probably blamed a client (or five) for a stressful project. But here’s the hard truth: a lot of the friction, burnout, and miscommunication isn’t...
Setting boundaries with clients is one of the most powerful ways to protect your energy, time, and business. If you’ve ever felt drained, disrespected, or unsure how to refuse a client request, you’re not alone or failing. Over the past decade-plus of...
Do you want that freelancer you hired online to suddenly be able to claim ownership over your business’s intellectual property? If you’re like most business owners, the answer to that is a hard no. To grow your creative business without burnout, you must grow your...
If you don’t understand contacts, you’re aleady losing money and making your business way more stressful than it has to be. Here’s what we mean: Simply put, contracts align your vision with your customers and collaborators. At their most potent, contracts...
If you spend more time on emails and invoices than on creative work, your business is running you—let’s fix that. Most creatives launch their businesses with passion and talent but quickly get overwhelmed by contracts, payments, and admin tasks that eat away at...
California’s Freelance Worker Protection Act (FWPA) empowers businesses and freelancers to collaborate better. For years, we’ve worked with freelancers and the businesses that hire them and seen how the old way of working led to disputes, ambiguity,...
