TFS 336: Personal Finance for Freelancers

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Panel

• Eric Dietrich
• Reuven Lerner

Summary The panel shares experiences and advice for managing finances as a small business owner. They discuss the differences in personal finance as a salaried employee and consultant. The panel explains unexpected expenses when becoming a freelancer such as health insurance, taxes and gives advice on how to handle them. The importance of savings and retirement are considered. The panel advises keeping personal funds and business funds separate and consider what you can expense to your business for tax right offs.  Picks Eric Dietrich:

• Expensify.com
• streamable.com

Reuven Lerner:

• The Tick - Season 2
• https://store.lerner.co.il/pandas