Aquent Inc.


Making Money the Old-Fashioned Way

By Mia Wenjen |  Jun 21, 2001

How do companies maintain values like frugality in their corporate cultures, years after the start-up has moved out of the garage? How can entrepreneurs r...  Read story

Trading Places: Are You Ready for Self-Employment?

By John Case |  Nov 1, 2002

Thinking of chucking the security of a job to become a soloist? Make sure you understand the forces that keep most people trapped in cubicles and dreaming of...  Read story

You Think You Can File an Accurate Tax Return, Do You?

Nov 19, 1999

When it comes to paying taxes, independent professionals should consider if they can tackle the project themselves.  Read story

Simply Stupendous Press Kits

By Nancy K. Austin |  Mar 2, 2000

Now that you've hissed your way through that sibilant headline, let me just say I feel your migraine. But that's nothing compared to the ...  Read story

Cough It Up!

By Lori Oliva |  Oct 22, 2000

What? You just finished a million-dollar project for a Fortune 1000 corporation? Congratulations! Say, when do you get paid? (Pause.) Oh...<...  Read story

The Tech Temptation

By Sarah Dry |  Oct 22, 1999

Like any self-respecting musician , Harvey Reid goes to where the gigs are, but just because he's on the move doesn't mean he's out of to...  Read story

Why Can't We Be Friends?

By Mary Rutkovsky |  Mar 1, 2000

So you're working on site, and the first thing you notice when you sit down at your desk is the person right next to you -- a total babe. You think, "A me...  Read story

Don't Leave Home Without It

By Kari Larson |  Oct 21, 1999

When you hear "Don't leave home without it," you probably think of a little green credit card. If you're self-employed, though, you'd bet...  Read story

Beating the Night Terrors

By Judy Fireman |  Oct 22, 1999

It's the rare and perhaps non-existent independent professional who doesn't devote a good deal of time to hustling new business. That 3 o'clock in the mor...  Read story

Don't Be So Bashful

By Hilory Wagner |  Oct 22, 1999

When it comes to marketing themselves, IPs are their own worst critics. "I'm never doing a good enough job at self-marketing," admits Hol...  Read story

Professional Associations: Gold Mines or Coal Mines?

By Eric Gershon |  Oct 21, 1999

Soon after former history professor George Bates opened Bates and Associates, a one-man consulting practice in Germantown, MD, he realized that he would h...  Read story

Charge Your Clients More

By Susan Vaughn |  Oct 21, 1999

If you want to raise your fees on existing clients, but quiver at the thought of telling them, remember this: thousands of IPs before you...  Read story

Best of the Web: Cyberspace Allies of Road Warriors

By Leslie Brokaw |  Feb 1, 2001

A slew of online Samaritans offer information and other aid to small-business travelers. But are the Web sites really that helpful?  Read story

Clients You Can Live Without

By Dennis Barker |  Jun 1, 1999

The big client, menacing, stands up like De Niro in the baseball bat scene from The Untouchables . He walks down to the end of the conference tabl...  Read story

Moments of Decision

By John P. Mello Jr. |  Oct 22, 1999

A mere business account will never jar you quite like your big date with the Grim Reaper will, but any account could change the way you do business -- or ...  Read story

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