Chris and Elecia answer listener questions about contracting (and consulting).
Reminders: T-shirts! Hat contest! Digilent contest announced in #197! It all ends around May 18th so get your entries in now!
The original discussion was on episode 4: Are We Not Lawyers?
Elecia's salary to rate conversion can be found as a Google spreadsheet.
Torie Charvez spoke with us about what it takes to start and run your own business in the US. We talked about starting your own consulting company, selling your latest gadget, and all of the bookkeeping, tax issues, and details involved.
Torie's company is Tax Goddess. The write-off publication she mentioned is on the IRS site is Chapter 8 of Publication 535.
Elecia mentioned her Snow White's Guide to Your First Stock Options.
Elecia and Chris (@stoneymonster) discuss why they chose to go into consulting and what they've learned while building Logical Elegance into the company it is.
SCORE is a great resource for small business, even consulting firms. Also check your local small business administration (SBA) chapter.
Elecia's salary to rate conversion can be found as a Google spreadsheet.
Chris suggests Crash plan and Backblaze for backing up your client specific virtual machines (and everything else!).
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