Protect and Grow Your Freelancing Business

California Institute of the Arts via Coursera

Go to Course: https://www.coursera.org/learn/protect-and-grow-your-business

Syllabus

Course Overview

In this section you'll review an overview of the course and student expectations. You'll also hear from experienced freelancers in our community about the practical ways they protect and grow their businesses.

How to get and stay in business

Explore the path to becoming an official business and avoid risk so that you stay in business.

Client Contract Management

Setting and keeping expectations with clients starts with clear, clean, signed contracts.

Managing a Team

When you have too much work to do, and you've automated everything you can, you'll need to consider expanding your team. Here's how to hire, manage and fire wisely.

What about benefits and taxes?

One of the most important issues holding people back from starting a full-time freelancing career is that benefits are typically tied to employment. Learn how you can create benefits for yourself as a freelancer. We'll also explain how to explore and comply with your tax obligations.