A side hustle, side business, income stream, call it what you want, but students often have the same question: How can I make more money? The student income pinch is tough, and if you’ve taken out debt for schools (or if you’re trying to avoid
About a year ago, I launched a community online. And a few months ago, I closed the digital doors. In the months that it was open, I poured my soul into building it. And it failed. I mean, we had beautiful moments, teary soul-level conversations,
So you want to be an entrepreneur and try consulting. Awesome! What could be better than working for yourself and watching people’s puzzled expressions when you tell them you’re a consultant. BTW- If you don’t know what consulting is, start here. But let’s be honest. It’s easy
Do you have a brilliant idea for a consulting business but aren’t sure how to get started? I’ve stumbled through this process too, and I know it can be intimidating. There are usually two different orders to getting into consulting. You have a client first
I did a PhD, and it pretty much felt useless. Honestly, what can you do with a PhD? For some of us (I’m looking at you, fellow humanities grads) it feels like a waste of a degree. But the real question is, how can you
Updated May 24, 2021 It’s coming up on the one year anniversary of the first visitors to the Roostervane site. While I wrote the first couple posts in June 2019, the first visitors started in September. And that’s when I started writing constantly. There are
My hands shook as I deposited my first consulting pay into my business bank account. It was a lot of money, I mean, not more than I’ve made in my life or anything, but a good chunk. And I said to myself, in that moment
Updated May 27, 2021 I wasn’t expecting that knowing how to get research funded would be my most valuable skill after I left academia. To be honest, I thought that most organizations just had money. Was I wrong! With each organization I worked for, I
Updated May 27, 2021. Six months into my post-PhD career, I left a job at a think tank to do consulting with a PhD. I was watching the money the think tank was taking in to do these research projects. It was a lot of
I’ve been thinking a lot about how to become a PhD entrepreneur. I spent the last year working for a pretty decent paycheck for the government, and all of a sudden I have benefits and a pension. But working for the man has a few
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