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

The Next Web

In addition to speaking at IDCEE’13 in Kyiv, Cooper had another goal in visiting Ukraine (and Russia, a couple of days before that). The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine. Russia and Ukraine have been sort of anchors for oDesk on the technical side,” Cooper explained.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

There’s a good chance I’ve missed something — if you feel that way, by all means, please share your point of view on Twitter (or email) and link to the post. Russia has evolved in a different direction, with tight information controls and state-run media. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase.

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Eastern European Champions & the 4 V’s of Big Data

Cracking the Code

This category would include among others Yandex, Mail.ru, KupiVIP and Avito in Russia as well as Allegro in Poland. Skype is probably the most famous of them, but there are a lot of other examples including Game Insights, Kaspersky and Parallels in Russia, LogMeIn and Prezi in Hungary and Avast and AVG in the Czech Republic.

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Live now: The founder of Ciplex answers your entrepreneurship questions via video. Get involved!

The Next Web

An early immigrant from Russia, Ilya founded his first company Ciplex, when he was 17. Magazine recognized Ilya as a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur. In 2013 LinkedIn selected Ilya as one of 100 Influencers, along with the likes of Richard Branson, Barack Obama, Tony Robbins and Mark Cuban.

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Should CEOs wade into Politics, Part III (From Tim Porthouse)

OnlyOnce

I’m on Tim’s email list, and with his permission, I’m reprinting something he wrote in his newsletter this month on the topic of CEO engagement in politics and current events. But if your startup does not operate in Ukraine or Russia, then denouncing Russia does little (and Russia does not care!)

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Tomorrow on TNW: Your chance to ask Ciplex founder Ilya Pozin your entrepreneurship questions

The Next Web

An early immigrant from Russia, Ilya founded his first company Ciplex, when he was 17. Magazine recognized Ilya as a 30 Under 30 Entrepreneur. In 2013, LinkedIn selected Ilya as one of 100 influencers, along with the likes of Richard Branson, Barack Obama, Tony Robbins and Mark Cuban.

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List Of The Best SEO Chrome Extensions In 2020

YoungUpstarts

You are judged by what you write – from business docs and resumes to emails, school papers, social media posts, and even dating profiles. This tool deserves its place among the best Google Chrome extensions available for users in 2020. If English is not your native language, even small mistakes can make a bad impression.

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