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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. On the enterprise side of our business, we’ve seen the increasing demand from traditional large corporate buyers looking for ways to manage a more distribute workforce,” Cooper said. “In

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). Eventually he got paperwork to do so, but it was ridiculously long and riddled with red tape. We then moved our CFO, David Lapter, to the US. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. More red tape.

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12 Questions: Meet Bojan Bundalo (Bosnia and Herzegovina)

crowdSPRING Blog

My name is Bojan Bundalo (33), cS “code name” BigBaldBeardo. There are many more designs, but here I’ve chosen some different style designs, to present variety of demands from the clients on the open market. My name is Bojan, and I’m a workaholic,…didn’t you get that!?? Hvala Bojan!

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Out of the Crisis #6, helpwithcovid.com

Startup Lessons Learned

Highlights from the show Radu on his background and what he was doing before HelpWithCovid.com (2:53) Radu on being a builder and his experiences with YCombinator (4:04) Radu's quarantine life and his parents quarantine life in Romania. (5:45) My name is Radu Spineanu. 5:45) When he realized the pandemic was significant. (7:06)

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

If I am to name names, Elon Musk for his bold ideas, Jeff Bezos for his customer obsession, Steve Jobs for listening to his customers as well as knowing when to stop listening, and not just these guys, I try to learn from the people with whom I interact with as well. She went on to be one of the most well-known brands in the world.

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THINK. TECH. DISCOVER.

Austin Startup

Now we see weird case of designer from Nigeria collaborating with APP developer from Romania building a product which Intellectual Property is registered in Netherlands and LLC registered in Boston. You see the business of innovative solutions does not include services or products that are demanded by the market.

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

thenextweb.com

Soon afterwards though, Infogami was to become part of Reddit under the name Not A Bug, and Aaron would help to build Reddit into what it is today. He is perhaps best know as Executive Director of Demand Progress, an activism organization that was at the forefront of the fight against SOPA/PIPA. He is, indeed, demanding progress.