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Sep 2023
25m 13s

Are you a Freelancer or an Entrepreneur?

Brian Scordato | Tacklebox
About this episode
Today, we'll help you think through a deceptively tough question - are you a freelancer or an entrepreneur? Every decision you make needs to nest neatly below this core decision for your business to work, but tons of founders are either trying to do both simultaneously or think they're one when they're really the other. We clarify the difference between fr ... Show More
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