(Cont.) the Self-Employment Leap - Followed by Dinner

Should Executive Expats Take the Plunge?
Why Consider Self-Employment?
•Your expertise is portable: An expat career builds rare, cross-cultural capital that clients worldwide value.
•Fewer rungs on the ladder: Self-employment is no longer the riskier path: your boss becomes the many Clients, who are the only ones to 'fire' you!
•Autonomy & location freedom: Work across time zones on your terms — a natural fit for the expat lifestyle. The best benefit is time freed for Business Opportunities creation!

The Perceived and Actual Risks
— Income volatility: No salary, no bonus, no severance vs no limited incomes.
— Identity post-corporate: Losing your job title is a bigger psychological shock than most expect. But is it true for all people?
— Network gaps: Your corporate contacts may not become clients. Build a new referral base in parallel.

"Are you running toward something — or away from something?"
The answer determines everything!

Winning Strategies such as:
1- "In Business, first fetch for Segment, then Product/Service!"
2- "Watch for the self-sabotage: what happens in your thoughts, and how to catch them?"
3- "Mental stress is very real in entrepreneurship: How to recognize your stress while creating your own job?"
Etc...
will be debated during this intellectually hot dinner in this historic building in the Art Deco style, with a few Art Nouveau touches.
We'll definitely NOT talk about the admin aspects for becoming self employed: dedicated agencies do that well!