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

The Next Web

The main prize of oDesk’s competition is a trip to the Silicon Valley with guided tours to the offices of major Internet companies, including Facebook, PayPal, Autodesk, and others. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. Have laptop – will freelance.

Russia 151
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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. The king is dead, long live the king.

Romania 77
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12 Questions: Meet Emanuel H?rd?u? (Transylvania, Romania)

crowdSPRING Blog

Emanuel lives and works in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania. I’m 34, I am a graphic and motion designer, I live in Cluj-Napoca (Transylvania), Romania, with my fiancee, Luciana, which I love very much and I hope we’ll get married soon. I was an animator and background designer for a tv animated series.

Romania 68
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Revolution at the Edge

Ben's Blog

Today, the end of Communism in Eastern Europe seems so obvious, but in my home country of Romania, until the day Nicolae Ceausescu was shot dead, I thought he would rule forever. In 2012, most everyone takes the Internet for granted and believes its emergence to be a logical, evolutionary step. The king is dead, long live the king.

Romania 44
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Startup Grind Turns the Tables on Mark Suster

Both Sides of the Table

His father came from Romania. So my family is Jewish and very typical immigration story – his father left Romania at 19, had to get a fake passport in order to get out of the country, left and never went back, and left in the middle of winter and got frostbite. By the way, this was still pre-Netscape, pre-Internet.

Cofounder 337
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Y Combinator's First Batch: Where Are They Now?

thenextweb.com

Design & Dev. 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. Daily Dose. Entrepreneur. Shareables. Social Media. Latin America. Middle East.

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30 Entrepreneurs Reveal The Leaders They Look Up To

Hearpreneur

Not just the gadgets, his focus on aesthetically pleasing design and making technology accessible to everyone are almost sure to have changed our lives in a good way. He first learned about the internet on a trip to the U.S. Now he is known for Internet entrepreneurship and is asked to lecture about it all over the world.

Romania 129