Lunch & Learn: How to Turn a Side Hustle into a Career - A Guide to Freelancing
Event description
Transforming a side hustle into a career can be difficult, in this workshop, join entrepreneur and Fiverr freelancer, Neva Read to learn the ins and outs of becoming a freelancer.
Key Takeaways
- Getting started with entrepreneurship/freelancing
. How to pitch to attract ongoing work
. Earning loyalty with customers
. Managing your workload as a freelancer
About The Speaker
Born in Kenya and now living between Sydney and Nairobi, Neva is a storyteller and strategist with a background in business strategy, PR, advertising, branding, and marketing. Neva's experience encompasses marketing consulting for start-ups to personal brand development for CEOs and business leaders.
Neva is the CEO of Innuri, the world's first proactive reputation management platform. A true multi-tasker, Neva concurrently develops marketing, digital and social media strategies, innovation projects, and campaigns for leading companies such as Unilever, Google, Shiseido, Toyota, Lexus, The Commonwealth Bank, Nestle, McDonald's, Nikon, Sydney Opera House, Clinique, Elizabeth Arden, Budweiser, Lion Nathan, and Alex Perry Fashion.
Neva's passion for stories has also led her to write for several publications including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Guardian UK as well as direct 3 documentary films, two of which played across cinemas in Australia.
In her spare time, Neva loves writing, hiking, running and cooking with her family, and reading voraciously into the early hours of the morning!
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How to Find Us/Housekeeping
If you are feeling unwell, please do not attend our physical event. Tune in virtually instead!**Please note photos may be taken during the event. If you wish to opt-out, please let one of our staff members know or email hannah@fishburners.org for any other concerns. Go directly up to Level 3 of the Sydney Startup Hub and walk down the yellow corridor. Limited places available so registration is essential.
About Fishburners
Fishburners is much more than a coworking space. We are a not for profit, passionate community of 300+ scalable tech startups that only exists thanks to our amazing sponsors - Google for Startups, UTS, Chartered Accountants, and Jobs for NSW. We are dedicated to inspiring and helping startups get started, grow and succeed. Our goal is to make the hardest thing you’ve ever done easier! We do this through our different memberships which provide the facilities, resources, learning and development, mentoring, and connections that you need for your idea to come to life and flourish. We also open our doors and host some of the largest, regular events in the Australian startup ecosystem, including our bi-weekly lunch & learn workshops, and Shark Tank-style, Friday night pitches. Member or not, you're welcome to attend and/or get involved! Any questions about memberships or events, please feel free to email events@fishburners.org.