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Muddita Shekhawat talks to us about FreshBooks. The accounting software designed for the serviced-based small business owner. Mudita Shekhawat , Business Development Representative at FreshBooks . mshekhawat@freshbooks.com Why FreshBooks? Mike McDerment, a self-employed designer did not have a very good system for tracking time, expenses and invoicing. One day after spending hours on writing an invoice he mistakenly save it over another invoice. He knew there had to be a better way. There wasn’t anything on the market that could track his jobs and invoices in a simple way. The inspiration for Freshbooks was born. Freshbook was started in 2003. Based in Toronto it now has over 275 employees and services over 10 million small business in the US and Canada. It is the #1 cloud accounting and invoicing software solution designed for small business owners. Today’s employers are hiring more freelancers and contract workers. Chances are you will be freelancing or on contract. Keeping ...

4 Simple rules to surviving this year and throughout your career Sean Patrick , President & Co-Founder, Patrick 2 Paradisi Inc sean@patrickparadisi.com Previous work experience include Instructor Web Design and Marketing at Sheridan College. VP Digital & Creative Services at Mosaic Sales Solutions. Sean started the presentation by asking us “What is Design?” Design is a process, it is about thinking, it is about planning. You will learn by struggling. Good or bad at least you will have learned something. A designer is not an artist. You are a problem solver. When done perfectly no one notices. Rule # 1 - Don’t be afraid to fail Failure does not define you. We learn from those failures. It is a necessary step in learning and creating great work. Try everything, you may find something new you didn’t know that you are really good at. Identify that fear of failure. You’re not getting it because of the fear of failure. Know your fear triggers. A good example is the scary bl...