Weekly discussion by freelancers and professionals about running a business, finding clients, marketing, and lifestyle related to being a freelancer.
Episode 175: 166 FS Investing In Your Business with Equipment, Software, and Other Services
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01:39 - Purchase Criteria
08:09 - At what point to do you switch/kill off/upgrade services and/or hardware?
- Lost Productivity Costs
21:03 - Justifying Big Equipment/Furniture Purchases
32:58 - Try Before You Buy
37:04 - Travel Expenses
47:33 - Quality = Positive Return On Investment (ROI)
- Self-Representation
Products and Services Referenced During This Episode:
- BuiltWith
- Edgar
- Buffer
- Basecamp
- Dropbox
- CleanMyMac
- Synology
- Drobo
- Emacs
- Keynote
- IPython Notebook
- Uber
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