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Freelancing
- 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?
- Rethink your Startup Website: Make a Net, not a Funnel
Job markets
Estimation
- http://civicactions.com/estimating-worksheet
- http://london2011.drupal.org/bofsession/drupal-estimating-techniques
- http://www.lullabot.com/articles/art-estimation
- http://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/books/1-agile-estimating-and-planning
- http://dev.nodeone.se/node/561
Legalities
- Company Registration - Companies House
- Docracy - Open Legal Documents
- http://www.businessinsider.com/document-center - american
Lookup any software license shortly summarized in plain English.
Money
Payment
- https://gocardless.com/ - 1% per transaction up to a maximum of £2.00
- http://simplifiedecommerce.com/
- Authorize.Net - Payment Gateway
Tax
Funding
- Funding Scotland - Signposting funding opportunities for Charities, Community Groups and Businesses around Scotland.
Support
- SCOTBIS (Scottish Business Information Service) National Library of Scotland access to market research reports, business databases, international directories, and business and trade journals.
- Scottish Business in the Community is one of the Prince's Charities in Scotland, supporting and challenging its private sector members and its partners to improve their impacts on the economy, environment and society.
- Support for businesses - Edinburgh Council
- Firstport supports new and emerging social entrepreneurs across Scotland.
Scottish Government
- http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Topics/Economy/help/Help-for-business Scottish Government - Help for business]
Business Gateway
- Scotland's Business Gateway provides practical information and help to you and your business. Whether you are starting out or looking to grow your business, this site will help you find support, offer you the latest on regulation and tax, and provide an access point for other public sector services you might need now or in the future.
Scottish Enterprise
Edinburgh
Other
- Creative Scotland offers a range of investment opportunities across the arts, screen and creative industries through a range of initiatives, projects and activities designed to develop talent, audiences and businesses across the country.
- MEDIA Antenna Scotland - Creative Scotland also hosts and co-funds MEDIA Antenna Scotland, the information office of the European Union’s MEDIA Programme which offers a wide variety of funding for film, television and new media. MEDIA offers funding for development, training, distribution, markets and festivals.
- ScotlandIS- Trade body for the information and communications technologies (ICT) industry, ScotlandIS represents around 200 software, telecomms, IT and creative technologies businesses throughout Scotland.
Social Enterprise
- Senscot - For Social Entrepreneurs in Scotland
Trading
Hiring
Ideas and other
- 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