Even a few years into my freelancing career, I found the book pretty helpful. It’s got great advice, and sample documents (such as a contract that’s downloadable via the web), and helps you answer some pretty tough questions if you’re starting out.

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Zach Morris

You could say that in high school, I was a lot like Zach Morris of Saved by the Bell fame. Not so much in the teenage heart-throb sense, but in the “how can I get rich quick” sense. I was always coming up with plans to quickly and easily make money.

I mentioned in my last post that by the age of 13 I had found my niche: computers. As a sophomore in high school, I began using the computer to make money. I did computer repair, and had a very lucrative (albeit short lived) foray in making mix CDs.

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Since I was a young boy, I’ve wanted to run by own business. Just the thought of doing ‘whatever I wanted’ to make money had, as I’m sure it does for many, amazing appeal to me. My earliest memory of wanting to be an entrepreneur came when I was 10, but I didn’t really know what I would do or how I would do it. Then, we got our first family computer.

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