Business

to redo

Business Plan

• https://www.gov.uk/write-business-plan
• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2943252.stm
• http://www.princes-trust.org.uk/need_help/enterprise_programme/help_with_your_business_plan.aspx
• http://www.guardian.co.uk/small-business-network/2012/jul/06/business-plan-writing-tips

• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Value_proposition
• http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unique_selling_proposition

Setup

• Gov.uk: Choose a legal structure for a new business

• http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/setting_up_your_contractor_company.html
• https://www.cloud9umbrella.com/Comparisons.aspx

• https://online.hmrc.gov.uk/registration/newbusiness

• http://www.ipo.gov.uk/types/tm.htm - trademark

• http://www.sjdaccountancy.com/about/ourservices/difference_between_contractor_and_consultant.html
• http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-freelance-and-contract/
• http://www.freelanceadvisor.co.uk/go-freelance-guide/who-am-i-freelancer-contractor-or-small-business/
• http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/why_companies_employ_contractors_a_contractor_s_view.html

Sole Trader

• https://www.gov.uk/set-up-sole-trader

• http://www.smarta.com/advice/starting-up/starting-your-own-business/what-is-a-sole-trader

• http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_rarely_operate_sole_traders.aspx

Information

• Docracy - Open Legal Documents
• http://www.businessinsider.com/document-center - american

• A summary of the Data Protection Act 1998
• ICO: Need to notify under the Data Protection Act?

Contract

• http://www.docracy.com/doc/showalltagged?tag=freelance

• Just pay me.

• http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ir35/index.htm
• http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_ir35_compliant_contracts.aspx

Software licensing

• TL;DRLegal (Beta) -

Lookup any software license shortly summarized in plain English.

• http://tos-dr.info/

• http://www.billthelizard.com/2012/05/which-open-source-license.html

Marketing and freelance PR

• http://orangethirty.github.com/marketing_bits/

CV

• http://www.resumonk.com/

Business cards

• http://uk.moo.com/partner/flickr-business-cards/ - 50

• http://www.vistaprint.co.uk/ - big in scene

• http://www.surfprint.com/ - 100 for £5
• http://www.puttyprint.co.uk/categories.php?cat=Business+Cards
• http://www.optimalprint.co.uk/business/business-cards

• http://www.edinburghcopyshop.co.uk/ - 250 £for £30 (£40 d/s)
• http://www.dupliquick.com/letterhead-business-card.php - 250 for £25
• http://www.greenprint.co.uk/cards.htm
• http://www.mbe.co.uk/edinburghsouthbridge/order_print_online.aspx
• http://www.printing.com/uk/business-cards

Articles

• Being a Developer Makes You Valuable. Learning How to Market Makes You Dangerous

• http://samuelmullen.com/2012/08/the-introverts-networking-survival-guide/

• http://venturebeat.com/2012/10/06/youve-got-a-problem/

• http://www.bothsidesofthetable.com/2011/08/14/teachable-moments-in-pr-crisis-management/

Services

• oDesk is the world’s largest and fastest-growing online workplace, ranked #1 by annual contractor earnings.

• Freelancer.com is the world's largest outsourcing marketplace,

empowering entrepreneurs & small businesses worldwide.

• • http://www.freelancer.com/u/milkmiruku.html
  • http://www.freelancer.com/jobs/Drupal/
  • http://www.freelancer.com/jobs/Wordpress/

• stackoverflow: Careers 2.0

• XING
  • Search results for: edinburgh

• Mechanical Turk
• http://crowdflower.com/channel/contributor/

• https://www.elance.com/
  • https://www.elance.com/s/wordcrofting/?rid=32FMG

• http://www.kalzumeus.com/2012/09/17/ramit-sethi-and-patrick-mckenzie-on-getting-your-first-consulting-client/

• http://www.fossjobs.net/

• https://creativemarket.com

• https://www.btcworkers.com/

• http://www.technojobs.co.uk/

• http://remojobo.com/

Gumtree

• http://www.gumtree.com/telecoms-computer-services/edinburgh
• http://www.gumtree.com/tuition-lessons/edinburgh
• http://www.gumtree.com/computing-it-jobs/edinburgh
• http://www.gumtree.com/marketing-jobs/edinburgh
• http://www.gumtree.com/media-design-creative-jobs/edinburgh
• http://www.gumtree.com/volunteer-charity-work-jobs/edinburgh

• http://www.gumtree.com/work-wanted/edinburgh
• http://www.gumtree.com/gumtree-fun/edinburgh

Other

• http://www.testninjas.com/im-a-tester/

Freelancing

Roles also including; Sysadmin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sysop

• Everything I wish someone had told me (about freelancing)
• First month freelancing.
• Ask HN: How do you sell yourself as a new freelancer to clients?

• http://mrooney.github.com/blog/2012/07/01/freelancing-a-6-month-retrospective/#content
• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4471030
• http://www.sequoiacap.com/ideas

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4974944

• career.fork() - How To Thrive As A Freelance Developer, book

• http://lingboli.com/how-to/how-to-freelance-and-travel-the-world-part-1/

• http://www.contractoruk.com/

Social

• http://dribbble.com/

• http://themeforest.net/
• http://activeden.net/

• http://danmaz74.me/2012/11/08/are-shameless-plugs-worth-it-some-data/

Ideas and other

to sort

• Ask HN: Is a starting an enterprise software startup worth the hassle?
• Don't Follow Your Passion: A Smarter Way to Find a Product to Sell
• Making Sense of Minimum Viable Products
• Finding Your Voice With the Media: How to Pitch a Journalist
• http://www.jamiebegin.com/how-to-become-a-successful-freelance-web-developer-and-not-kill-your-career/

• Redditors who are rich (net worth $1 million+) - how did you get rich?
• Ask HN: My wife needs something to do from home to make money...

• http://ask.slashdot.org/story/12/01/08/1733220/ask-slashdot-documenting-scattered-sites-and-systems

• http://www.learningjar.com/publishedSkill?learningPathId=4f960132e4b02d171fd681e1
• http://www.drdobbs.com/web-development/gamification-the-art-of-attracting-and-k/240003409
• http://www.gabrielweinberg.com/blog/2012/07/traction-mistakes.html
• http://blog.press42.com/index.php/2012/11/05/storytelling-video-pitch/

• https://brandyourself.com/
• http://www.peterjthomson.com/2011/06/how-to-choose-tagline-for-tech-startup.html

• http://cluetrain.com/

• What’s the effect on requirements engineering when switching from Scrum to KanbanScrum & technical debt

• http://kkovacs.eu/free-project-management-template-mil-std-498

• http://www.seed-db.com/accelerators
• http://gettingreal.37signals.com/
• http://appbot.co/blog/lessons-learned-launching-a-minimum-viable-product
• http://refer.ly/blog/most-revealing-interview-question/

• http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4639271

• http://www.inigo.net/ - edinburgh web design

• http://handbook.zaarly.com/

https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook

• http://paulgraham.com/startupideas.html
  • http://benwerd.com/blog/2012/11/20/recipes-for-startup-failure/

• http://dandreamsofcoding.wordpress.com/2012/11/19/why-wont-anyone-talk-to-me-what-recruiters-look-for-in-a-resume/
• http://mattsencenbaugh.com/on-being-a-junior-developer/

• http://gilesbowkett.blogspot.ca/2012/10/you-fuckers-are-adorable.html

• http://steveblank.com/2012/11/27/open-source-entrepreneurship/
• http://gazit.me/2012/12/05/designing-presentations.html

• http://unbounce.com/landing-pages/checklist/

• https://hackpad.com/EgXuEtSibE7#Web-And-Mobile-Revenue-Models-(final)
• http://www.pfinn.net/markets-not-ideas-for-bootstrappers-founders.html

• VoiceBunny - Fast and professional voices for any type of project.

• https://www.intrade.com/v4/home/

• http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/12/20/writing-that-works-roman/

• http://www.socialenterprise.org.uk/advice-support

• http://hbr.org/

• http://www.bniscotland.co.uk/