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

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For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. But managing someone online is entirely different than working with someone in person.

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

We boast the world’s second highest fixed broadband Internet subscription rate only an inch behind Sweden. Ninety-four percent of households are equipped with a computer and have Internet access (the others are still playing 8-bit Nintendo). At home we have entrepreneurs who think global day one.

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Is Outsourcing Exploitation?

Entrepreneurs-Journey.com by Yaro Starak

Then, as I grew more exposed to the Internet marketing industry, when people promoted outsourcing, using language like “ you can hire people for $2 an hour &# something bothered me. I’ve interviewed internet marketers many times where the subject of outsourcing has come up. What Do People Think About Outsourcing?

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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

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The front page of the Internet. To have been responsible for funding and nuturing something that legitimately calls itself the “front page of the Internet”, the Y Combinator program has to have done something right. Google Chrome Grabs 1/3 Of Global Browser Market: StatCounter. Google+ is What Internet Forums Should Have Been.