Redundancy helped push Mike into a freelance career. Since then he's evolved, learned, focused, launched his own products, developed his own personal brand and formed his own design studio... and yet still regularly questions whether being freelance is right for him. Why?
Read MoreYou're 17. One of your stop motion films goes viral. A major TV channel calls comissioning you to make one for them. What do you? Start university as planned, or seize the moment and begin a freelance career?
For Graham, all of his tiny precise filmic movements led to a sudden leap forward.
Read MoreAfter leaving the army, Andy soon found he had enough orders for capturing images of bespoke, tailor-made products, lifestyle and more to be a freelance photographer.
He shares his story on making a name for himself, making face-to-face connections and even making his own magazine to create his dream work.
Read MoreAfter a career freelancing behind the scenes in TV, Olly Mann has found himself in the media limelight. Found? Or put himself there? Olly's a writer for major publications, a national radio presenter, TV panelist and part of the podcasting elite. But how did all of these doors open for him? Not without knocking. And then pushing all of Olly Mann through.
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Without Instagram would Jordan be shooting for some of the coolest fashion brands and bands around? A great mix of passion, talent, social media and social life has been the focus of his career.
The question is: if you're a creative freelancer can you afford not to be 'social'?
Read MoreJavaScript developer Remy's been freelance for nearly a decade and has never pitched for business.
Hear how his side projects bring him clients, plus great thoughts on being a freelancing dad, the story behind his Full Frontal conference and how he found having staff and an office simply wasn't everything he'd dreamt it would be.
Read MoreTim is a freelance storyteller. As a BAFTA nominated film maker, video creative and script writer, he sees 'side projects' as investments in his business: producing work you love should draw people you'd love to work with to you. This... is his story.
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