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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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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

The lunch conversation was an interesting data point to add to a hypothesis I’ve had. Reply Apolinaras Sinkevicius , on May 20, 2009 at 10:48 am Said: Though I had a very stable family with very good parents, I grew up in a country (Lithuania) that was occupied by Russia for 12 years of my life. To Order Outside of the U.S.

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Twitter Link Roundup #291 – Loads of Good Stuff For Small Business, Startups, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Practical Content Conversion Tactics That Actually Work Today (and Where You Can Find Even More) crowdspring.co/1OhKwCq. Powerful Ways to Quickly Grow Your Email List [Infographic] crowdspring.co/1VBeRel. Capturing The Colorful Patchwork Of Lithuania’s Lost “Garage Towns” crowdspring.co/1Q0OsVG. 1LdWyu0.

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Here are The Missing Positives of This Election

Both Sides of the Table

There are too many to mention but I’ve noticed them all on Twitter, Facebook, blogs and people who have emailed or texted me. Liberia, Argentina, Bangladesh, Lithuania, Trinidad, Brazil, Kosovo, Slovenia, Denmark, Jamaica, South Korea, Norway, Poland & Croatia. Hunter Walk, Brad Feld, Chris Sacca and Kara Swisher are just a few.