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The bar is higher

This is going to be BIG.

Still, you need some amount of development experience to do all of this so you still need to hire--or why not just do it yourself? You can outsource your development to India, the Ukraine, Buenas Aires, or even Indiana. Marc Cenedella of TheLadders coded up the first PHP versions of his site, and that was more than five years ago.

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Supercharge Growth Without Raising Money

YoungUpstarts

Myself and the other founders managed to develop our company and generate more than 200,000,000 visits, hire 22 people, get 3,000+ customers, and promote products for the likes of Creative Labs, Polaroid, and Sony. My good friends and I, all aged 21, were working on a design inspiration blog and curating content for designers and artists.

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Can you hire an all-remote team using freelance platforms only?

Transformify

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. My COO is a doctorate from Ukraine, where the economy has not treated him well, but he is one of the most hardworking and intelligent people I’ve ever met. I live in Los Angeles.

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