It's no secret to business owners and entrepreneurs: if you want to scale and grow your business, you eventually need to replicate yourself and hire other people. After all, there's only so many hours in a day and your body can only do so much within that time frame....

This year, I decided to register as sole proprietor - and it sure has its pros and cons. For starters, it comes with a lot of mandatory payments: taxes for you and your business AND taxes and government contributions for your employees, if applicable. Ignore this and...

As much as we hate parting with our hard-earned money as freelancers and business owners, there are just instances when we really need to. When it comes to government contributions, for example, business owners are required by law to keep this updated. Freelancers, on...

In 2015, I went full-time freelancing after quitting my corporate job of three years and getting fired as a work-from-home team member of a parenting blog. However, it wasn't until this year that I decided to go official and register my business. I actually tried to...