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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. million jobs.

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Twitter Link Roundup #63 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, Marketing And More

crowdSPRING Blog

A Two-part Rule for Naming Your Startup – [link]. Interview with a crowdSPRING Designer – Dana (from Romania) – [link]. 24 Email Newsletters Inspiration For Your Next Campaign – [link]. Small business and startup issues: choosing the wrong software – [link]. Process – [link]. – [link].

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My Commencement Speech?—?Life at Your Crossroads

Both Sides of the Table

His father, my grandfather, ended up in South America after fleeing Jewish oppression in Romania. The right company and colleagues are better than the perfect title, role or brand name. If I never emailed anybody back after our meeting I can tell you something that would shock you. My dad was an immigrant from Colombia.

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12 Questions: Meet Bojan Bundalo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

crowdSPRING Blog

My name is Bojan Bundalo (33), cS “code name” BigBaldBeardo. I spend this time in creating new design concepts, making modifications on existing ones in cooperation with clients, endless emailing, and sending those “sweet” payment invoices! 12 Questions: Meet Mircea Constantinescu (Romania).

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) My name is Radu Spineanu. Eric Ries : You're originally from Romania, right?

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

The Europe goal was shaped by three random things: My father is from South America and his native language is Spanish (although his father was from Romania and escaped oppression there). He introduced me to a senior guy from the “network solutions&# practice, a Dutchman named Valentijn Bonger.

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12 Questions: Meet Clara Garnier (México)

crowdSPRING Blog

I use to name everything around me since I was a little girl, I named all my pencils and brushes during my school years, I named my first car (the dragon) my first computer (Jane) and kept doing it so now I drive the Bug, work on Ruby Rodh my great laptop, and check. 12 Questions: Meet Dana (Romania). because is 9 a.m.

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