SuccessfulIndependent.com provides information and resources for independent professionals and self-employed individuals. We are advocates of the “free agent” revolution underway in our economy. Well known writers and academics such as Daniel Pink (former speechwriter to Vice President Al Gore and author of Free Agent Nation) and Thomas Malone (the Patrick J. McGovern Professor of Information Systems at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology’s Sloan School of Management), have written about this revolution.

The decision to voluntarily leave conventional employment as a platform for your career and start a business is the most difficult career decision you can make. Our goal is to provide you and other free agents, contractors, independent consultants, freelancers, and self-employed entrepreneurs, the tools and information they need to create and run a successful business.

We are also trying to build a community. A place where free agents can exchange information and contribute their own ideas. We plan to update the resource listings at the site as often as possible, but the site is currently maintained by only one person. So, we need your help. Please send us your ideas, websites, and favorite books. To contribute, E-mail us at:

Best of luck as a successful independent!