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Conversations with technologists about technology. Hosted by the HackerNoon team.
HackerNoon is built for technologists to read, write, and publish. We are an open and international community of 45,000+ contributing writers publishing stories and expertise for 4,000,000+ curious and insightful monthly readers.
Founded in 2016, HackerNoon is an independent technology publishing platform run by David Smooke and Linh Dao Smooke.
Write anywhere, publish on HackerNoon.
Episodes

Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
Tuesday Mar 01, 2022
On this episode of the HackerNoon podcast, Amy Tom and Michael Brooks get into everything freelance. They dive into https://golance.com, Michael’s freelance marketplace company. How it came about and Michael’s insights on running it. They talk about wild experiences like getting kicked out of Belarus and taking a shot of Brandy first thing every morning before work in Serbia. It’s a wild ride and you definitely should tune in! Brandy or coffee in hand, your choice ;) 🍻
On this episode of The HackerNoon Podcast, Amy and Michael chat about:
- What is Michael’s company, goLance, about? 👨🏽💼 (01:38)
- What does Michael want to do for the next 40 years? 👴🏼 (02:26)
- What did the journey to making goLance work look like? 📈 (09:40)
- Why work 40 hours for someone else when you can work 80 for yourself? 💀 (14:00)
- Does business coaching do anything for a founder/CEO? 👔 (16:35)
- As a founder, does your team care about your business as much as you do? 🚂 (19:00)
- Can the diversity that comes with having a remote team become detrimental? How does company culture play a part in this? 🌍 (23:52)
- How does goLance navigate payment flexibility with freelancers? 💸(27:46)
- Everybody is doing remote, but not everyone is doing it well; goLance’s competitive edge. 🏇(29:30)
- Having brandy in place of coffee in the morning, getting kicked out of Belarus, and other fun remote working experiences. 🍻 (32:30)
Connect with Michael:
- You can check out: https://golance.com
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