Picks

Episode 055 – Better Communications with Clients, Prospects, and Other Contrators with Jenn Swanson (Communication Diva)
April 4, 2013

(Eric)
(Ashe)
(Ashe)
(Ashe)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Jenn)
(Jenn)

Episode 054 – Red Flags with Potential and Current Clients with Ashe Dryden
March 28, 2013

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Jeff)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Ashe)
(Ashe)
(Ashe)

Episode 053 – Building and Marketing Products with Farnoosh Brock
March 21, 2013

(Eric)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Farnoosh)
(Farnoosh)
(Farnoosh)
(Farnoosh)
(Farnoosh)

Episode 052 – Big Company Layoffs: Should I Worry?
March 14, 2013

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 051 – Bookkeeping and Business Expenses with E. Scott Sweeney, CPA
March 7, 2013

(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Scott)

Episode 050 – Better Prospecting for Freelancers with Steve Kloyda
February 28, 2013

Indie Game: The Movie (Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Steve)
(Steve)
(Steve)
(Steve)
(Steve)
(Steve)

Episode 049 – Contracts with Attorney Jared Richards
February 21, 2013

(Evan)
(Evan)
Exercise (Evan)
Take Time Off Work (Eric)
Breathe (Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
 (Jared)

Episode 048 – Outsourcing to ODesk with Jonathan Shank
February 14, 2013

(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Jonathan)

Episode 047 – Full-Time Contracts and Projects
February 7, 2013

(Jim)
(Jim)
(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 046 – Working Locations
January 31, 2013

(Chuck)
(Chuck)
PVC Pipe in Plants (Eric)
(Evan)

Episode 045 – Employment Vs Freelancing
January 24, 2013

(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 044 – Passion of the Code
January 17, 2013

(Jim)
(Jim)
(Eric)
(Evan)

Episode 043 – Improving Teams
January 10, 2013

(Jim)
(Eric)
(Chuck)

Episode 042 – Planning For The New Year
January 3, 2013

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 041 – Hiring Other People
December 27, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 040 – Grab Bag
December 20, 2012

(Eric)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 039 – What Should I Have On My Website?
December 13, 2012

(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 038 – Optimizing Pipelines
December 6, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Jim)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Jim)

Episode 037 – Overcoming Isolation
November 22, 2012

(Eric)
(Evan)
(Evan)
(Chuck)
(Discount code Wood20) (Chuck)

Episode 036 – Speaking at Conferences
November 15, 2012

(Eric)
(Evan)
(Chuck)
QR codes (Chuck)

Episode 035 – Book Picks
November 1, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 034 – Brownfield
October 25, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Evan)
(Jim)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 033 – Managing Client Expectations
October 18, 2012

(Eric)
(Jim)
(Jim)
(Evan)
(Jeff)
(Jeff)
(Jeff)

Episode 032 – Pivoting to New Technology
October 15, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Jim)
: Noal Gibbs (Jim)
(Jim)
(Chuck)

Episode 031 – Insurance
October 4, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Jim)
(Jim)
(Jim)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 030 – How to Prepare for the Lean Times
October 2, 2012

: Mark O’Connor (Eric)
(Evan)
(Evan)
: Steven Covey (Evan)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 029 – Learning and Staying Current
September 24, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Eric)
(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)

Episode 028 – What do You Wish You had Known When You Started Freelancing?
September 21, 2012

(Eric)
(Eric)
(Chuck)
(Chuck)
(Sammy)

Episode 027 – Education
September 14, 2012

Two Steps from Hell – , (Eric)
(Jeff)
(Jeff)
(Chuck)
(Jeff)
(Eric)
(Avdi)
(Avdi)

Episode 026 – Workflow and Tools
August 23, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Chuck)
The Strangest Secret ,  (Chuck)
Quality Sleep – Sleep Study, CPAP if recommended (Evan)

Episode 025 – Managing Finances
August 21, 2012

 (Eric)
Air Compressor (Chuck)
Hydraulic Jack and Jack Stands (Chuck)

Episode 024 - Organizing and Archiving Client Materials
August 14, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 023 - The Time Tracking Experiment
August 7, 2012

 – (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 022 - Get Clients Now! review
August 1, 2012

 (Jeff)
 (Eric)
 (Chuck)

Episode 021 - Can You be “Agile” as a Freelancer?
July 30, 2012

Mr. Reader – iPad (Jeff)
Instapaper (Eric)
 (Evan)
  (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Eric)

Episode 020 -  Get Clients Now! with C.J. Hayden
July 13, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
Motor Oil (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (C. J.)
 (C. J.)

Episode 019 – Branding
July 2, 2012

Stash Tea - ,  (Eric)
(Jeff)
 (Chuck)
Voting (Chuck)
 (Eric)

Episode 018 – Listener eMails
June 28th, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
  -  (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 017 – Subcontractors
June 8th, 2012 

 (Evan)
 (Eric)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 016 – Workspaces
May 28th, 2012

 (Eric)
Weekly desk cleaning (Eric)
SimplyNoise (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
Work harder on yourself than you do on your startup (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 015 - What to Charge For
May 19th, 2012

 - itunes store (Eric)
Ze Frank’s A Show - ,  (Evan)
 (Evan)
(Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 - mac app store (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 014 - Finding Clients that Can Pay
May 11th, 2012

 (Eric)
Cats trying to knock things over in my office (anti-pick) (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 [amazon.com] (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
Doctor Who (Chuck)
Users’ Groups (Chuck)

Episode 013 - DevOps
April 26th, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 012 - Getting Started as a Freelancer
April 13th, 2012

Pick an Open Source project, find a feature request, and build it and give it to the project. (Eric)
If you don’t know about business or marketing, take a day a month learning. (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 +  (Evan)
The Power of Habit (Jeff)
If you’re not a Ruby person who is a designer, donate some time to an Open Source project. (Jeff)
Startup Marketing (Jeff)
Remote pairing (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 011 - Taxes and Finances with Scott Sweeney
April 6th, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
Scott Sweeney CPA (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
A good bookkeeper (Scott)
 (Scott)

Episode 009 - The “Ruby” in Ruby Freelancers
April 4th, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
t (Jeff)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Eric)

Episode 008 - Products
March 27th, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 and  awards (Eric)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Evan)

Episode 007 - Designing and Working with the Designers
March 21st, 2012

Eon (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 by Matt Gemmell (Jeff)
 by Matt Gemmell (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
Chop Chop (Jeff)
 (Evan)
First Class (Evan)
 by Jared Drysdale (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Evan)

Episode 006 - Work/Life Balance
February 29th, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Jeff)
 (Dave)
 (Dave)
Never negotiate with yourself (Dave)
 (JT)
 (JT)
 (Chuck)
Talking to Experienced People (Chuck)

Episode 005 - Work/Life Balance
February 21st, 2012

 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Evan)
Finding Outside Help (Evan)
 (Chuck)
Keep a Water Bottle at your Desk (Chuck)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)

Episode 004 - Fixed Bids vs Hourly Work
February 16th, 2012

Find a Mastermind or Group of people who do what you do (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
Other dynamic (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
(anti-pick) iMac Microphone (Evan)
(anti-pick) Eric Davis’ Internet Connection (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Evan)

Episode 003 – Firing Clients
February 9th, 2012

 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)

Episode 002 – Keeping the Pipeline Full
February 4th, 2012

 (Chuck)
exercise and make time for yourself (Chuck)
sleep (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
limit your billable hours per week (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)

Episode 001 – Getting Started
January 25, 2012

(Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Chuck)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (anti-pick) (Jeff and Evan)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
 (Jeff)
Reading for fun (Evan)
 (Eric)
 (Eric)
 (Evan)
 (Eric)