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Making Money as a Freelancer
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Overview

Duration

10 hours

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Total fee

Free

Mode of learning

Online

Difficulty level

Beginner

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Credential

Certificate

Making Money as a Freelancer
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Highlights

  • Flexible deadlines in accordance to your schedule.
  • Earn a Certificate upon completion
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Making Money as a Freelancer
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  • The second course in the Building Your Freelancing Career specialization is aimed at freelancers looking to integrate financial analysis and strategy into their business. Learners will discover and apply accounting best practices through creating a budget and financial plan and using it to set financial goals with rates and prices backed up by their own research.

Making Money as a Freelancer
 at 
Coursera 
Curriculum

Course Overview

Course Introduction

Get acquainted with our freelancers

Introducing Rajib Karmakar

Introducing Nick Rodrigues

Introducing Socks Whitmore

Specialization Overview

About CalArts and Extended Studies

Instructor Presence and Staff Support

Academic Integrity

Forum Guidelines

Requesting Peer Reviews

Personal Finances

Personal Budget Worksheet Walkthrough

Business Finance

Nick on the reality of finances

Spreadsheet Basics

Runway 1: Your Personal Today Budget

Runway 2: Your Personal Tomorrow Budget

Definitions of Basic Financial Terms

Check-In: Your Personal Tomorrow Budget

Separation of Finances

Making and Managing Money in Your Business

Business Inputs Walkthrough

Pricing Your Solution

Socks on defining their business rates

Testing additional assumptions

Unit Economics

Socks on setting rates for different businesses

Adding more complexity to your inputs

Business Model Selection

Socks on finding clients

Runaway 3: Design your business budget

Runway 3 continued

Examples of Business Models

Check-In: Good Financial Management Habits

Making and Managing Money in Your Business

How are you doing?

How to Choose Key Resources

Rajib on working with an accountant

Understand Basic Financial Terms

Rajib on financial processes

How to Analyze an Income Statement

How are you doing?

Making Financial Decisions

Measure Everything

Rajib on the value of having an accountant

Could you give yourself a raise?

Financing Your Business

Shifting Financial Gears

Rajib on having a mentor or advisor

Giving Useful Feedback

Course Conclusion

Start Measuring

Next Steps

Making Financial Decisions

Making Money as a Freelancer
 at 
Coursera 
Admission Process

    Important Dates

    May 25, 2024
    Course Commencement Date

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