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We will talk about tax numbers and how to register your business, the difference between VAT and income tax, and define sexy tongue twisters such as Kleinunternehmer and Umsatzsteuererkl\u00e4rung.<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s the best way to stay organized? What are the non-obvious tasks I need to consider, and how can I outsource tasks I am not able to do?<br \/>\nHow\u2019s my time management, and how can I learn the best project management skills?<br \/>\nWhat insurances should I consider, and am I eligible for German social artist insurance \u201cKSK\u201d?<\/p>\n<p>We will take some time to answer your individual questions after going over the following topics:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Ready, steady, go: Self-check on skills<\/li>\n<li>book keeping for dummies<\/li>\n<li>budgeting &amp; taxes<\/li>\n<li>most important terms in self-employment<\/li>\n<li>insurances &amp; KSK health insurance<\/li>\n<li>a word on time &amp; project management<\/li>\n<li>mental health and keeping balance<\/li>\n<li>how to market: Communication &amp; Community<\/li>\n<li>how to generate money as a musician<\/li>\n<li>negotions<\/li>\n<li>contracts and invoices<\/li>\n<li>government funding<\/li>\n<li>crowd funding<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>See you there!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/event\/music-money-freelancing-finances-and-business-basics\/\"><span>Freelancing and starting your own business in the music industry Let\u2019s calm the anxiety of having to do paperwork and take away the fear of the Finanzamt by breaking down&hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/event\/music-money-freelancing-finances-and-business-basics\/\" class=\"mdc-button mdc-button--unelevated mdc-button--touch wp-block-latest-posts__read-more\"><br \/>\n            <span class=\"mdc-button__ripple\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"mdc-button__touch\"><\/span><br \/>\n            <span class=\"mdc-button__label\">more<\/span><br \/>\n        <\/a><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_price":"","_stock":"","_tribe_ticket_header":"","_tribe_default_ticket_provider":"Tribe__Tickets_Plus__Commerce__WooCommerce__Main","_tribe_ticket_capacity":"50","_ticket_start_date":"","_ticket_end_date":"","_tribe_ticket_show_description":"","_tribe_ticket_show_not_going":false,"_tribe_ticket_use_global_stock":"1","_tribe_ticket_global_stock_level":"50","_global_stock_mode":"","_global_stock_cap":"","_tribe_rsvp_for_event":"","_tribe_ticket_going_count":"","_tribe_ticket_not_going_count":"","_tribe_tickets_list":"[{\"id\":252,\"type\":\"default\",\"title\":\"Music &amp; Money: Freelancing, Finances, and Business Basics\",\"description\":\"\",\"capacityType\":\"global\",\"price\":0,\"capacity\":50,\"available\":50,\"sharedCapacity\":50,\"sold\":0,\"shareSold\":0,\"isShared\":true,\"currencyDecimalPoint\":\",\",\"currencyNumberOfDecimals\":2,\"currencyPosition\":\"prefix\",\"currencySymbol\":\"\\u20ac\",\"currencyThousandsSep\":\".\"}]","_tribe_ticket_has_attendee_info_fields":false,"_tribe_events_status":"","_tribe_events_status_reason":"","_tribe_events_is_hybrid":"","_tribe_events_is_virtual":"","_tribe_events_virtual_video_source":"","_tribe_events_virtual_embed_video":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button_text":"","_tribe_events_virtual_linked_button":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_at":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_embed_to":[],"_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_event":"","_tribe_events_virtual_show_on_views":"","_tribe_events_virtual_url":"","footnotes":"","_tec_slr_enabled":"","_tec_slr_layout":""},"tags":[],"tribe_events_cat":[16],"class_list":["post-251","tribe_events","type-tribe_events","status-publish","hentry","tribe_events_cat-workshop","cat_workshop"],"ticketed":["woo"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tribe_events"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":253,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events\/251\/revisions\/253"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=251"},{"taxonomy":"tribe_events_cat","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.musicpoolberlin.net\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tribe_events_cat?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}