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

The Next Web

Over the last three years we saw an explosion in non-technical work, everything from data entry to customer service to marketing, SEO, SEM, legal, financial… We’ve reached the point now where if a job can be done in front of a computer, somebody’s doing it on oDesk.”.

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This Week in VC Episode 6 with @Jason Calacanis: Best One Yet

Both Sides of the Table

He is the author of “ Joel on Software ” and I was a reader nearly 10 years ago when I had never heard of Fred Wilson, Brad Feld and VentureHacks didn’t exist. AdReady – Develops software tools and management platform that assists content publishers and ad agencies with the creation of display ads. Primarily targets SMBs.

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Twitter Link Roundup #215 – Small Business, Startups, Innovation, Social Media, Design, Marketing and More

crowdSPRING Blog

Social, Digital & Mobile Around The World (January 2014) – crowdspring.co/1gYcVJm. 4 Surprising SEM Stats Every E-Commerce Marketer Should Know | Search Engine Land – crowdspring.co/1kD9ZHH. Legal Contracts for Software Developers Who Hate Contracts (w/free contract template to use today) – [link].