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

The Next Web

In conversations about freelancing and online marketplaces for remote contract workers of the tech industry, the name of oDesk floats up pretty often. Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. million jobs.

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Whose Life are You Going to Change?

Both Sides of the Table

I had two goals in mind: I wanted to be even more technical than I already was as a developer (I wanted to work on cutting edge stuff, which back then was the Internet – pre World Wide Web browsers) and I wanted to live & work in Europe. Yes, we had a few laughs about his name – hey, we were in our early 20′s.

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The @TWTFelipe Story – A Tale of US Visa Policy Gone Awry (#startupvisa)

Both Sides of the Table

In 2005 he was graduated and took a job in South Carolina working for technology company while he started his own web design company on the side. Again, much red tape even though David grew up in the US (he had since moved to Europe and married a wonderful woman from Romania). He spent a bunch of this time in Canada. More red tape.

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Twitter Link Roundup #63 – Small Business, Social Media, Design, Copywriting, 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! A Two-part Rule for Naming Your Startup – [link]. Interview with a crowdSPRING Designer – Dana (from Romania) – [link]. Process – [link]. – [link].

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Taking stock of the Dutch tech cluster: What The Netherlands needs to win the European startup scene

The Next Web

Let me drop a few names and you will get the picture: Adyen, Booking.com (acquired by Priceline), Distimo, Mendix, Shapeways, Spilgames, Takeaway.com, TravelBird, WeTransfer and Qandidate. Bringing macro back down to micro – there are Dutch techies and executives ‘ kicking ass and taking names ‘ around the globe.

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12 Questions: Meet Mircea Constantinescu (Romania)

crowdSPRING Blog

Mircea lives and works in Bucharest, Romania. Hello everyone, my name is Mircea Constantinescu but you all might know me as “mircha69″ here on cS, I was born and raised in Bucharest in a small country known as Romania. We’re very proud to feature Mircea Constantinescu (crowdSPRING username: mircha69 ) today.

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12 Questions: Meet Jelena Mirkovic Jankovic (Serbia)

crowdSPRING Blog

When I think a bit, my name is mom. That’s how I’ve been preparing a web portfolio (for design) for years now and I still cannot make myself to start! The only thing I do have is a web page with my art portfolio (which needs to be updated, naturally) – www.jelenamirkovic.com. Transylvania, Romania). Hvala Jelena!

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