What is a freelance job?
A freelancer or freelance worker is a term commonly used for a person who
is self-employed and is not necessarily committed to a particular employer
long-term. Hiring freelancers is becoming not only more acceptable, but more
attractive for many businesses.
This creates an incredible opportunity for people with useful skills to start a freelance business on the side, and
eventually grow that into a sustainable self-employed career.
How does a freelance work?
In Freelancer, if a
"buyer" (employer) posts a project you like, you, the
"seller" of a service (freelancer), would have to
bid on it so you can get paid to work on it. ... They're searching for a freelancer who can provide good
service for a reasonable price and a reasonable amount of time.
Why I
Started a Freelance Business While
Keeping My Day Job?
I grew my freelance business to over six figures in revenue on the side before quitting my job in 2016.
I grew my freelance business to over six figures in revenue on the side before quitting my job in 2016.
I live in Sri Lanka, immediately quitting my day job to pursue my
passions is not feasible. That’s why I chose to get serious about starting my freelance business on the side and building my brand as a content
marketer, while I still had my day job to pay the bills.
Since my eventual goal was to work full-time creating more
in-depth content and courses for my online community, if I can first transition over to a lifestyle of running a
profitable freelance business, that could afford me the flexibility to spend
more time working on creating courses and investing the time I’d need to fully validate that idea in the short term.
In this sense, I view starting a freelancing business (in my case as a freelance writer) as a necessary in-between step in my
progression toward getting back to gainful self-employment, on my terms this
time around. This strategic progression is backed up by the journeys many top
entrepreneurs have gone on—check them out and learn more through my picks for the best business books and top online business courses for entrepreneurs.
Unlocking more of my time, which I wholeheartedly believe to be
my most precious resource, means I’ll be able to get my passive income business
off the ground much quicker than just squeezing in time around my day job. I
didn’t want to go into debt or seek outside funding to start my freelance business, I chose to start freelancing while keeping my day job, during my personal time before and
after work and on weekends.
That experience has taught me an incredible amount about how much hard
work it takes to launch a freelance business and to continue delivering high
quality results for clients, while bringing in new contracts at the same time.
It’s no easy feat balancing working “in” your freelance business with working
“on” your freelance business, especially when you’re still learning how to
manage opportunities that come your way.
Make no mistake, there’s no doubt that it will be
difficult to keep up with your performance at the office, and still find the
time to put in meaningful work on your freelance projects. But, when you’re running your own freelance business full-time and reaping the
lifestyle benefits of hustling your way into self-employment, it’ll be well
worth the extra hours right now.
Especially if like me, freelancing for you is a means to
getting closer to your self-employed dream career.
Blockchain
Technology
Here comes the blockchain
technology. To have a quick grasp of blockchain, treat blockchain as an
interconnection of all computers around the world. You just need to run a
program and everyone will already be interconnected. Computers doing the
transaction of a blockchain are called “miners”. Blockchain is a distributed
ledger wherein all interconnected computers in that blockchain have all the
information and transactions of that blockchain. The primary objective of the
miners is to handle and update the transactions of everyone in the blockchain.
Cryptocurrency
Because of the blockchain
technology, cryptocurrency became into fruition. Cryptocurrency is based from
the words “crypto”, the study of codes in the computer system and “currency”, a
system of money in a particular country. There are two kinds of cryptocurrency:
coins and tokens. Coins can be mined while tokens can’t be mined. In a specific
blockchain lies a single kind of coin or token unless it’s based from another
blockchain technology such as Ethereum that we’ll be discussing in a future
article. Since there is a specific kind of coin or token in a blockchain,
people in that blockchain are the ones dictating the price of them through
trading (buying and selling) of that cryptocurrency. Traders have this one main
goal: “buy low, sell high”.
Just a trivia for everyone.
Although Bitcoin was the first commercialized cryptocurrency, Bitcoin was not
the first to implement a cryptographical chain of blocks. It’s like the analogy
of having the prototypes before releasing a product commercially. Bitcoin was
inspired by prior crypto applications used by computer scientists in the early
90s.
Because of the mass adoption of
blockchain technologies and cryptocurrencies, the three primary problems by
using banks were solved. How?
You’re fully private again
because you don’t need to give your identity documents to the banks anymore.
Since blockchain is decentralized, there is no more central entity that handles
your money and identity because blockchain is the interconnection of all the
computers in the world. Even though many may still be wary of hacking issues,
it seems impossible because you need to update everyone in the blockchain in
the world for the malicious transaction. The power will be given back to the
people because they will be the ones to dictate the price of a coin or token
and not a central entity.
Just like what I’ve mentioned
above, there are already coins and tokens available in the universe of
cryptocurrencies but during my recent research, there now comes the first
social media platform powered by blockchain to challenge Facebook and its name
is Dream.
What is DREAM?
Project success hinges on the team, yet pulling the
right one together is tough. DREAM learns from the outcomes of past projects to
build freelance teams with the right skills and fit. DREAM is the world’s
leading marketplace for high-end blockchain talent and has already handled
thousands of projects collectively worth over $8m. Machine learning creates new
possibilities to build teams and manage tasks. The blockchain underpins trust
with verified reputations pulled from our network of partners.
How does DREAM work?
Blockchain
technology enables identities and reputations to be decentralized, providing
deeper insights whilst remaining open and transparent. The tokenized ecosystem
allows for innovative new monetization and reward models. Machine learning
creates new possibilities to model customer interactions, project management,
and team building.
Why Build DREAM?
Too many projects fail due to bad planning. DREAM
is trained by thousands of industry experts and delivers projects based on
what’s worked for past successful teams. One-to-one hiring doesn’t scale. DREAM
defines the scope and then matches and assembles the team, based on skills,
reputation, and personal fit. Verifying credibility is a challenge. DREAM pulls
verified reputations from our network of blockchain partners. Customers benefit
from top talent, and freelancers benefit from the success of startups they have
worked on.
Dream Vision
DREAM is the future
of work—a new economy—that creates a more efficient and rewarding way of
working together.
DREAM Token
The nature of the DREAM Tokens is twofold: they are utility token that
can be used to buy premium services and hire talent, and they are also reward
tokens that incentivizes community members for using and growing the platform.
DREAM Tokens are only valuable in the sense that they are required to access
and use the services offered by the DREAM platform.
DREAM Tokens (DREAM) are not an investment vehicle of any kind and do
not pertain in any way to an offering of securities in any jurisdiction.
Ownership of DREAM Token carries no rights express or implied. Token holders
should have no expectation of influence over governance of DREAM. DREAM Tokens
can be transferred among DREAM users as the DREAM ecosystem grows. We believe
that there will be more uses cases for the DREAM Token—these could include
integrating into third parties and partners—and therefore, should the use
increase, the circulation of DREAM Tokens will accelerate.
DREAM Exchange
Even with DREAM Token listed on popular crypto exchanges, the on-boarding
process will introduce friction for some clients. DREAM Exchange will leverage
the teams’ knowledge in building financially regulated payment and settlement
systems.
Using a credit or
debit card, KYC checked customers will be able to purchase DREAM Tokens to pay
for services. Buy orders may be made on partner exchanges to guarantee
liquidity. DREAM Exchange will underpin the DREAM token economy and provide buy
side liquidity
THE TEAM
