Protect and Grow Your Freelancing Business
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Protect and Grow Your Freelancing Business at Coursera Overview
Duration | 6 hours |
Total fee | Free |
Mode of learning | Online |
Official Website | Explore Free Course  |
Credential | Certificate |
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- Highlights
- Course Details
- Curriculum
Protect and Grow Your Freelancing Business at Coursera Highlights
- Earn a Certificate upon completion from California Institute of the Arts
Protect and Grow Your Freelancing Business at Coursera Course details
- The fourth course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization includes an overview of laws surrounding freelance work and how to navigate them, how to prepare for taxes, intellectual property considerations, and how to protect one's work through legally sound contracts and agreements
Protect and Grow Your Freelancing Business at Coursera Curriculum
Course Overview
Course Introduction
Get acquainted with our freelancers
Introducing Rajib Karmakar
Introducing Nick Rodrigues
Introducing Socks Whitmore
Specialization Overview
About CalArts and Extended Studies
Instructor Presence and Staff Support
Academic Integrity
Forum Guidelines
How to Protect Your Company
Risk Management
Socks on freelancing surprises
Understand laws related to freelancing
When is it time to incorporate?
Socks on doing business as an individual
Courses 1 to 3 Recap
Resource: US Legal Entities
Thinking ahead: protecting you and your work
Laws & Risks
Client Contract Management
Craft a compelling proposal
Develop of a clear scope of work
The Horrible Handshake
Collecting Signatures
Socks on contracts
Getting Paid
Socks on keeping contractual records
Work for Hire
Legal Resources
Prepare for new business
Winning Business
Managing a Team
Hiring a Team Member
Nick on assembling a dream team
Managing a Team Member
Passwords & Account Management
Rajib on coaching a team
Saying Goodbye to a Team Member
Rajib on facing and overcoming obstacles
Avoid headaches
Building Your Team
What about benefits and taxes?
Types of Insurance and Benefits
Prepare for Taxes
Nick on balancing finances
Course Conclusion
Resource: Financial Cycle Management
Course 4 Review
Next Steps
Taxes, Insurance and Benefits
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