New episodes every Thursday at 7pm EST. My name is Isaiah Trotter and I help freelance marketplaces de-risk innovative ideas to prevent disruption. Topics include sharing my user research, testing and de-risking novel business models, value proposition design, and more. I’m on a mission to transform the world of freelancing by dramatically improving 1 billion people’s quality of life.
As the freelance industry continues to get bigger, I have a hypothesis that the most renowned innovators in this gig economy space will have at least one distinguishing trait, which is this:
They’ll be polyglots.
Music:
Title: Keeping Cool
Author: HoliznaCC0
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/)
License: CC0 1.0 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
4 Aug 2022
EP5: Guaranteed Freelance Work
One person struggles to make rent.
Another is stressed about paying for groceries.
And yet one more can't justify paying for an oil change.
68% of freelancers say one of their main concerns is that they have unpredictable work. And 62% say that inconsistent income is also a big concern. Freelancers are facing a big cash flow problem, and with a very conservative estimate of 81 million freelancers in the world, this means at least 48 million of them struggle with consistent work and income.
I'm experimenting with building a service that guarantees freelance work by allowing them to immediately join projects — no more need to pitch.
Music:
Title: Keeping Cool
Author: HoliznaCC0
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/)
License: CC0 1.0 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
28 Jul 2022
EP 4: Innovation and a Philosophy of Creativity (feat. Patrick Williams)
In this episode I'm joined with Patrick Williams.
Patrick is a passionate and inspiring public speaker, consultant, writer, artist, independent scholar, and visionary educator. He has over 4 decades of experience teaching and facilitating deep learning to a wide range of audiences. Patrick is a TEDx speaker and an award winning artist.
We define what it means to be innovative, discuss a little bit of Patrick's Philosophy of Creativity, and finally, he gives some practical advice to CEOs who truly want to be innovative.
Music:
Title: Keeping Cool
Author: HoliznaCC0
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/)
License: CC0 1.0 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
21 Jul 2022
EP 3: Using Maslow's Hierarchy to find value propositions (part 2)
In this episode I discuss the last two layers of Maslow's hierarchy (esteem needs and self-actualization needs), come up with some new value propositions, and explain what I think would happen to your business if you try to build value propositions across all layers of Maslow's hierarchy.
Music:
Title: Keeping Cool
Author: HoliznaCC0
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/ (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/holiznacc0/busted-guitar-lofi-edit/keeping-cool/)
License: CC0 1.0 | https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
Title: August (Summer Nights)
Author: Kai Engel
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Three__Warm (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Three__Warm)
License: CC BY-NC 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
Title: Thunderstorm (Pon VIII)
Author: Kai Engel
Source: https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Four__Fall (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Kai_Engel/Chapter_Four__Fall)
License: CC BY-NC 4.0 | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/ (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/)
14 Jul 2022
EP 2: Using Maslow’s hierarchy to find value propositions (part 1)
In order to transform the freelancers and clients you serve, I think Maslow’s hierarchy is a helpful framework to use when looking for new value propositions that dramatically improve users quality of life.
7 Jul 2022
EP 1: An Increase in freelancers changing how the world does work
I think we're seeing society come full circle in how we work.
A long time ago, people used to work out of their homes.
Then the industrial revolution occurred, and people left their homes for work.
Then the age of the internet again changed everything, but there's been a slow adoption of working from home. Plenty of companies have stuck to the industrial revolution model of work. Punching in, working 9-5, punching out...
It took a pandemic for companies to accelerate the adoption of what people have been trying to do for decades now — work from home again.
The old has become new.
After Covid, we see a sizable increase in US workers choosing full-time and part-time freelancing. 8% and 4% respectively. With about 131 million workers in the US, that means more than 10 million people decided to freelance full-time. In one year.
This is why freelance marketplaces need to start thinking even more critically about what novel ways they can offer value to freelancers as the world accommodates an increase of them.
6 Jul 2022
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