A Friend in Need or a Friend Indeed

Friend or freeloader?
Is your expertise worth anything? Hell, yes!  So why do some friends think it’s OK to ask for your time, help and advice for zip, nothing, nada? The site Freelance Switch — I’m one of their newest fans — published a comic that illustrates how hard it is to say no to someone you’ve always considered a friend. But then again, would a friend ask you to do something time-consuming for free? Food for thought.

You gotta have (virtual) friends
Personal friends (ones with no business ties to you) are good to have but sometimes business friends are even better. While I was sitting at the airport this week with the other lunatics who decided to fly over spring break, I thought about all of the business friends I’ve made online.  I wondered if I’d thanked them enough for all they do for me.

To describe my friends as “business connections” sounds too sterile and impersonal. What we have in common is that our businesses interconnect and we help each other when we can.

The Internet has changed the way we work naked and while we don’t have the support of the corporate workplace, we can help each other succeed.  It’s all about working together. Isn’t that what being an entrepreneur and working naked is all about?

So to my online business friends who work thousands of miles away from me, thanks for helping me grow my business.  I couldn’t do it without you.

Is there someone you haven’t thanked lately? Why not share the love below?