Jeni Valtinson

Your Labor is not a Loan

Jeni Valtinson - Operational Lens - Blog - Your Labor is not a Loan

Read that again… When you’re a freelancer or a contract worker providing a service for another business, your compensation isn’t an option.  It doesn’t matter if your client’s client didn’t pay on time…It doesn’t matter if they didn’t bring in sales…It doesn’t matter if your client is out of town… You are providing services based […]

Your Business’s Revenue Doesn’t Mean Shit

Jeni Valtinson - Operational Lens - Blog - Your Business's Revenue Doesn't Mean Shit

Hot take: Your business revenue is only as strong as your personal budget. Yeah, I said what I said. If you’re a freelancer or even a solo entrepreneur/small business looking to build a business… … Your revenue doesn’t mean shit unless you know what you need from your business before anything else. You’ll never know […]

The Operational Lens – an Introduction

The Operational Lens - An Introduction

I started my freelance journey almost two years ago from the time I’m writing this, December 2022.  (You can read all about what I’m up to now on my website) That was when I decided I wasn’t messing around with just doing odds and ends, accepting whatever came my way, and selling myself short anymore. […]