The Next Web

OCTOBER 26, 2013

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. 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.

Russia 151

Russia Ukraine Latvia Lithuania 151

YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 3, 2012

Lopez and his family were living in a plastic tent in Barrio Nelson Mandela, Colombia, with $300 to his name. The bank lends to groups of women, with each receiving $50 to $100 to buy rickshaws for transporting wheat to market or to help them open Internet kiosks. Parveen Baji, Pakistan. Marcelino Lopez, Colombia.

Colombia 263

Colombia Kenya San Diego Ethiopia 263

crowdSPRING Blog

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Jahanzeb is a self-taught designer (and self-proclaimed handyman) from Pakistan. Hello, my name is Jahanzeb Haroon. I grew up and live in Rawalpindi, which is the twin city of Pakistan’s capital, Islamabad. Today we feature Jahanzeb, who goes by the username jhharoon. He has worked on crowdspring for over seven years.

Design 48

Design Pakistan Intellectual Property Search 48

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 5, 2018

I just returned from a week’s vacation in the mountains where I had almost no Internet access but was aware that Ronan Farrow had published a damning sexual misconduct article about Les Moonves, the Chairman & CEO of publicly traded company CBS Corporation.

Pakistan 177

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