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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

I remember when I made that first flight out to San Francisco from Boston to meet the team in 2004, the company was down to its last $20K in the bank. Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks.

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Don’t drink your own Kool-Aid (surviving TC50)

Both Sides of the Table

2001-2004 were very humbling but we built a real company. This is only the first chapter in my story. That story for another day. Don’t Believe the Hype – take your lesson from Public Enemy (video worth a 4 minute diversion ).

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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

It even penciled for Google in 1998, and it still worked well enough that Facebook chose to establish its headquarters in Palo Alto, California, in 2004. There are plenty of companies poised to serve your needs in Bangalore, the Philippines, and across Eastern Europe. Ditto for Apple. Boundaryless) Teams.

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Boom and Bust and What Comes Next

Scalable Startup

Another group, launched just before or after 2000, were stable enough to succeed while newer companies like Salesforce (1999), Google (1998), Twitter (2006), and Yelp (2004) have taken off like jackrabbits.

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CEO Friday: Why we don’t hire.NET programmers

blog.expensify.com

I’ve certainly heard of your company here in the Philippines– and yes! Take note of what Paul Graham said in 2004: [link] — he is talking along similar lines. Programming Languages & Technologies are simply religious choices based on euphoria and community (and money). That is your right.

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