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

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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Global Multichannel Consumer Behaviour (Research/Purchase) Analysis

Occam's Razor

It is a repository of global data that has as its primary purpose to quantify the role of digital in the consumer journey from research to purchase. " Let's look at the actual data by comparing USA and Russia. And to think you've been pimping social media on every company you can find. :). So on and so forth.

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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 4/ Global Trade Wars Are For Real. In 2017, we learned about how social media feeds were used to surface biased or planted information. 6/ Venture Capital In Expansion Phase. 1/ Social Network Interference.

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Twitter Link Roundup #199 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

These posts and videos are about logo design , web design , startups, entrepreneurship, small business, leadership, social media, marketing, and more! Social media “war rooms” strike me as 90% gimmick, 10% value - crowdspring.co/1hZ05KD. 110 People Own 35% of Russia’s Wealth - crowdspring.co/19D9pi8.

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

Cracking the Code

I would categorize these champions in two camps: the “Local Champions” and the “Global Champions”. This category would include among others Yandex, Mail.ru, KupiVIP and Avito in Russia as well as Allegro in Poland. Why Eastern Europe? mobile phone per person for the Top 4 EE countries (vs. in GE, 1.3 in Brazil and 0.8

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Starcount.com: Charting The Stars In Social Media

YoungUpstarts

Prior to starting All The Worlds Entertainment , Thomson was executive chairman of global integrated advertising agency iris Worldwide , where he grew the business from £39 million to £75 million, and established iris in 15 key markets globally along the way. Measuring Your Popularity On Social Media. Monetizing Popularity.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain the Future Trends They See in Their Industry

Hearpreneur

As big data, social media and flexible manufacturing grow more prevalent, customization will become more prevalent. Personal branding is becoming more popular as people want to express themselves in the workplace and on social media. However, they may value heritage and craftsmanship in a high-end pocketbook. trillion by 2040.