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

The Next Web

Founded in 2005, the company has since delivered more than $1 billion from employers to freelancers. Managing an online distributed global team takes different set of skills, a different set of tools, it takes a different level of discipline. According to the last stats provided by oDesk itself, the company has 4.5 million jobs.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal Their Favorite Business or Entrepreneur Turnaround Story

Hearpreneur

The company didn’t turn a profit until 2003, but by 2005 business was booming – Netflix was shipping out a million DVDs daily. Reddit, a popular website for news and discussion, was founded in 2005 by Steve Huffman and Alexis Ohanian. Thanks to Keith Terrell, Backpacks Global ! #14- Photo Credit: Jen Wan. 14- Polaroid.

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HOW TO: Hire the Perfect CTO

mashable.com

Lisa Nicole Bell , Inspired Life Media Group.) Adam Witty , Advantage Media Group. ); // Welcome to Mashable! Sign in with Facebook or Twitter to get started! Have an account? Be sure that the CTO is prepared to deal with a variety of personality and working styles. Solid leadership is essential to the success of any team.

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Diverse Lead Firms

Austin Startup

Front page - Backstage Capital Bryant Stibel Bryant Stibel is Kobe Bryant and Jeff Stibel’s venture capital vehicle, focusing on the convergence of technology, media and data. Cover Page Golden Seeds Golden Seeds When Golden Seeds was founded in 2005, women entrepreneurs represented less than 3% of all companies receiving start-up capital.

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The Next 10 Years Of Infocomm Technology

YoungUpstarts

With their lives perpetually tethered to the mobile web, the rise of these generations of tomorrow’s customers, managers and workers will change how we develop and consume technology. billion) in 2005. billion) in 2005. 2000 to 2005: CRM, SFA, ERP, Payroll, Analytics, etc. Macro Trend 2: Urbanization.

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Working for Equity Instead of Cash

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EMERGENT RESEARCH is focused on better understanding the small business sector of the US and global economy. The Global Small Business Blog. Member since 01/2005. Media Fragmentation and the Growth of Small Publishers » April 07, 2008. Emergent Research Selected Media. Globalization. social media.

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Why the Former President of Nickelodeon Joined mitú as CEO.

Both Sides of the Table

(Hint: 60 million US Latinos driving US growth engine) I am beyond excited to announce the Herb Scannell has agreed to move from NYC to Los Angeles to take on the role of CEO at mitú, the fast growing Latino digital media company, serving more than 100 million monthly unique viewers. Yes, with a “B.” There is no more Latino-only market.