21. When you’re in over your head
•Walk away (bad)
•Walk away, and give them another
qualified and vetted freelancer to
complete the work (better)
•Hire another freelancer to do the work
and take all the credit (best)
22. When to turn down work
•don’t work for friends or family
(if you value the relationship)
•don’t work for trade, for free,
or for “equity”/“stock options”
•don’t take on something you’re not
interested in learning
24. Survival: The business
•Become a master of time estimation
•Get (and understand) a contract
•Running a business is expensive
•Outsource what you can