Comments on: Passions into Profit http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/2009/08/25/passions-into-profits/ Oli Barrett is your Daily Networker Tue, 09 Mar 2010 09:04:34 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: How free social media beat the recruitment consultants to death  http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/2009/08/25/passions-into-profits/comment-page-1/#comment-9658 How free social media beat the recruitment consultants to death  Fri, 04 Sep 2009 18:27:08 +0000 http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/?p=158#comment-9658 [...] There cannot be a better time than now to startup. Repeating what I told Oli Barret yesterday. “Talent, the most critical factor to a start-up’s success, is the cheapest and most abundant [...] [...] There cannot be a better time than now to startup. Repeating what I told Oli Barret yesterday. “Talent, the most critical factor to a start-up’s success, is the cheapest and most abundant [...]

]]> By: How free social media beat the recruitment consultants to death http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/2009/08/25/passions-into-profits/comment-page-1/#comment-9647 How free social media beat the recruitment consultants to death Fri, 04 Sep 2009 13:03:18 +0000 http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/?p=158#comment-9647 [...] There cannot be a better time than now to startup. Repeating what I told Oli Barret yesterday. “Talent, the most critical factor to a start-up’s success, is the cheapest and most abundant [...] [...] There cannot be a better time than now to startup. Repeating what I told Oli Barret yesterday. “Talent, the most critical factor to a start-up’s success, is the cheapest and most abundant [...]

]]> By: katie ledger http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/2009/08/25/passions-into-profits/comment-page-1/#comment-9271 katie ledger Fri, 28 Aug 2009 08:21:35 +0000 http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/?p=158#comment-9271 Hi Oli, sounds like a great evening. Many of these people you write about have portfolio careers - i.e. are have more than one source of income from one employer. This work style is becoming increasingly popular and as you know Barrie and I have a book called "And what do you do? 10 steps to creating a portfolio career" coming out on 15th October. I love hearing stories like Rick above - I did the same thing 3 years ago after taking redundancy - I have never looked back. More money, more fun and more independence - never worked so hard either but now it has a passion to it ! Hi Oli,

sounds like a great evening. Many of these people you write about have portfolio careers – i.e. are have more than one source of income from one employer. This work style is becoming increasingly popular and as you know Barrie and I have a book called “And what do you do? 10 steps to creating a portfolio career” coming out on 15th October. I love hearing stories like Rick above – I did the same thing 3 years ago after taking redundancy – I have never looked back. More money, more fun and more independence – never worked so hard either but now it has a passion to it !

]]> By: Rick O'Neill http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/2009/08/25/passions-into-profits/comment-page-1/#comment-9124 Rick O'Neill Wed, 26 Aug 2009 07:18:56 +0000 http://www.dailynetworker.co.uk/?p=158#comment-9124 Oli, Great post. Very front of mind for me right now having "gone it alone" in April of this year, in the midst of all the gloom. I did ask colleagues and contacts for advice, and I did find some optimism, but not much. Having ignored the pessimists and done it anyway, I've had an amazing 5 months so far. I've never earnt this much, and I've never had such fun and felt such pride in earning it. To the graduates that are having doors closed on them for what seem to be mainly political/quota reasons (and nothing to do with the individuals abilities); I'd say this - If you are passionate about something, genuinely passionate, then you can make a business from it and take control of your life. You might end up working more hours than your "employed" friends, but you will be happier, more in control, and quite probably financially better off. GO FOR IT. Oli,
Great post. Very front of mind for me right now having “gone it alone” in April of this year, in the midst of all the gloom. I did ask colleagues and contacts for advice, and I did find some optimism, but not much.
Having ignored the pessimists and done it anyway, I’ve had an amazing 5 months so far. I’ve never earnt this much, and I’ve never had such fun and felt such pride in earning it.
To the graduates that are having doors closed on them for what seem to be mainly political/quota reasons (and nothing to do with the individuals abilities); I’d say this – If you are passionate about something, genuinely passionate, then you can make a business from it and take control of your life. You might end up working more hours than your “employed” friends, but you will be happier, more in control, and quite probably financially better off. GO FOR IT.

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