Matt Dowling Freelancer Club: Building Community for Independent Professionals
Matt Dowling founded the Freelancer Club, a 60,000-member community that helps independent professionals build sustainable freelance careers, after an unpaid invoice nearly ended his own.
Early in his freelance photography career in London, a client went bankrupt owing him 11,000 pounds. With no contract, no legal protection, and months of debt, he discovered that thousands of other freelancers were going through the same thing with no resources to draw on. That experience became the foundation for the Freelancer Club and its #NoFreeWork campaign against exploitative unpaid work in the creative sector.
Matt covers the practical mechanics of freelancing: why contracts matter, how to protect yourself from non-payment, how to build a sustainable client base without relying on a single account, and what the Freelancer Club's masterclasses and resources actually teach.
The conversation also explores Rise Freelancer, his initiative to prepare the next generation of freelancers before they make the same mistakes.
Wisepreneurs explores how women over 50 monetize expertise and build sustainable solopreneur practice.
Freelancer Club: freelancerclub.net
Rise Freelancer: Rise Freelancer
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