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A Solo Life

July 2015

The reluctant soloist.

The Soloist
Marc English, Driftwood, Texas (most of the time). Online educator, graphic designer, speaker, explorer - twenty years a soloist and still wrestling with the fact. Candid about the core solo challenge of building a team when there's no organization automatically surrounding you with one. "I always wanted to be part of a band," says English.
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OUTAKES

Lyrics matter
English's touchstone: "I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there," [from the Beatles' Got to Get You Into My Life, from REVOLVER. Pretty much covers it, no?

My OS
As a designer who teaches design in online grad programs, English is constantly writing critiques of student work. It's helped him "articulate design ideas sharply, a huge assent when later dealing with clients." His operating-system tip: practice explaining your ideas in writing.

Gear
Google Earth. "I use it as some use porn." Examine topography, choose back roads, opens photos people have dropped, and get excited about new places to go. Applicable to any journey. Doesn't hurt to have a motorcycle.

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The Solo Project

Welcome to the New World of Work.

"For the first time in human history, individuals can design a life around the pursuit of interesting work." Richard Saul Wurman, TED Founder

53 million people, and counting...
That's how many Americans are working independently, as freelancers, indie professionals, creatives, free agents.
We're everywhere: in accounting and design, programming and the law, consulting and carpentry. We work on our own or in small teams. We work with corporations, but not for them.

WE'RE SOLOISTS, THIS IS THE SOLO MOVEMENT, AND THIS IS OUR NEW WORLD OF WORK

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SOLO TEAM
George Gendron | Founding editor-in-chief, Inc. Magazine
Michael Hopkins | Editor-in-chief, MIT Sloan Management Review, executive editor, Inc. Magazine
Patrick Mitchell | Founding creative director, Fast Company

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A Solo Life

July 2015

The reluctant soloist.

The Soloist
Marc English, Driftwood, Texas (most of the time). Online educator, graphic designer, speaker, explorer - twenty years a soloist and still wrestling with the fact. Candid about the core solo challenge of building a team when there's no organization automatically surrounding you with one. "I always wanted to be part of a band," says English.
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OUTAKES

Lyrics matter
English's touchstone: "I was alone, I took a ride, I didn't know what I would find there," [from the Beatles' Got to Get You Into My Life, from REVOLVER. Pretty much covers it, no?

My OS
As a designer who teaches design in online grad programs, English is constantly writing critiques of student work. It's helped him "articulate design ideas sharply, a huge assent when later dealing with clients." His operating-system tip: practice explaining your ideas in writing.

Gear
Google Earth. "I use it as some use porn." Examine topography, choose back roads, opens photos people have dropped, and get excited about new places to go. Applicable to any journey. Doesn't hurt to have a motorcycle.

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The Solo Project

Welcome to the New World of Work.

"For the first time in human history, individuals can design a life around the pursuit of interesting work." Richard Saul Wurman, TED Founder

53 million people, and counting...
That's how many Americans are working independently, as freelancers, indie professionals, creatives, free agents.
We're everywhere: in accounting and design, programming and the law, consulting and carpentry. We work on our own or in small teams. We work with corporations, but not for them.

WE'RE SOLOISTS, THIS IS THE SOLO MOVEMENT, AND THIS IS OUR NEW WORLD OF WORK

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SOLO TEAM
George Gendron | Founding editor-in-chief, Inc. Magazine
Michael Hopkins | Editor-in-chief, MIT Sloan Management Review, executive editor, Inc. Magazine
Patrick Mitchell | Founding creative director, Fast Company
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