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Rockstar CPA: Taxes for Freelancers and Creative Types

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The Portfolio Center hosted the Rockstar CPA on October 4th as part of our Freelancing Tool Kit Series. Martin Kamenski, CPA proved that while income taxes cannot be avoided, they don’t have to keep you up at night. This...

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LinkedIn 101

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Last week the Portfolio Center hosted our very first LinkedIn session. We have always talked about its importance here at the Portfolio Center, but last Friday was the inaugural effort to truly begin talking about LinkedIn in the context...

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Job Fair 2012 Recap

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Last week the Portfolio Center and Student Employment hosted the annual fall semester Job Fair. We had a great turnout of employers and students–and we want to thank everyone who came out! (Let us know if you hired a...

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The Non-Profit Career Fair is coming–November 8, 2012. Time to start thinking about checking out some amazing and inspiring organizations that will help you create some meaningful and killer portfolio pieces. Last Year’s Job Fair Attendees: What kinds of...

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Commercial Galleries and Sociability

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Elizabeth Chodos For this first in a series of blogs about the anatomy of the visual art world, I’ll cover some basics about commercial galleries. They’re a good entry point into understanding the overall ecology of how artwork is seen...

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SEED: Planting new paying possibilities for writers and photographers

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Now that I’ve spent time Spool blogging about never writing for free (there has to be some compensation) and the joys (and perils) of freelancing, I thought this would be a great time to talk about one promising possible...

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SxSW 2010 and surviving in a freelance world

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Apologies for being a bit MIA the last couple weeks. I have a good excuse as I was prepping for the annual South By Southwest Music and Media Conference, and then attending it as well.To get a little vibe...

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Do It For Iron Maiden … Communique #2

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Hang in there with me … this one’s going to get a little autobiographical and sentimental. In September 1988, I turned 11. That month, my dad told me we were relocating from Paris, France, to Pusan, South Korea. He...

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The Great Debate: To Write for Free or Not?

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We hear it all the time, that journalism is being killed by the Internet. I’d argue that it’s being a paid journalist/writer that’s being killed by providing free content. I could get on a soap box about my worries...

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Saving vinyl … saving ourselves? Communique #1

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Dear music fanatics, thanks for letting me into your lives for a second … I am always excited when I read articles about the badass-itude of vinyl. This past week, another local article spoke to vinyl’s tenacious appeal. Maybe...

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