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
- http://www.contractoruk.com/first_timers/setting_up_your_contractor_company.html
- https://www.cloud9umbrella.com/Comparisons.aspx
- 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
Information
- Docracy - Open Legal Documents
- http://www.businessinsider.com/document-center - american
Contract
- http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ir35/index.htm
- http://www.contractorcalculator.co.uk/contractors_ir35_compliant_contracts.aspx
Software licensing
Lookup any software license shortly summarized in plain English.
Marketing and freelance PR
CV
Business cards
- 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
Job markets
- 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.
- stackoverflow: Careers 2.0
- Mechanical Turk
- http://crowdflower.com/channel/contributor/
- http://crowdresearch.org/blog/?p=5177 [1]
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
Other
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
- career.fork() - How To Thrive As A Freelance Developer, book
Social
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://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://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://www.inigo.net/ - edinburgh web design
https://leanpub.com/freelancedeveloperbook
- 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://steveblank.com/2012/11/27/open-source-entrepreneurship/
- http://gazit.me/2012/12/05/designing-presentations.html
- 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.