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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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How I hired a great web developer on oDesk for $12/hr

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

Many people resist the idea of outsourcing so I thought I would show how I went through the process myself and found a great web developer. I ended up hiring someone from Ukraine because he could work full time on weekplan but both were really good. Post the job on oDesk.

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The Next Web introduces 12 local Startup Awards to celebrate entrepreneurship across Europe

The Next Web

Startup founders and investors across the world love The Next Web, and we love them right back. The Next Web is happy to announce 12 upcoming local award events in Europe’s hottest tech hubs, all for the sake of highlighting and celebrating the best startups, the most talented entrepreneurs and the hottest investors.

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Ukraine, Estonia, Chile, Finland: The saga of four accelerators

The Next Web

Keeping in mind these… This story continues at The Next Web. Some of the programs take equity in exchange for a seed round, some are free for participants, others work anywhere in between those two models.

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Autopsy.io is the anti-Product Hunt: A graveyard of startup failures

The Next Web

to the geopolitical (“Consequence of the Russia-Ukraine conflict.”) site itself is very much a ‘minimum viable product’: A spreadsheet that details the name of the startup, the idea, the reason for failure, and links to blog posts… This story continues at The Next Web. The Autopsy.io

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From co-founder to ousted CEO of 500px: Trials, errors, and lessons learned

The Next Web

Shortly after the news hit the media, Gutsol left Canada where he’s lived since 2000 after moving from Ukraine, and he spent a few months in the Dominican Republic. For some… This story continues at The Next Web.

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I am a developer, yet I outsource the development of my startup

Aymeric Gaurat-Apelli

That’s right, I prefer writing code than writing words and yet it’s been two months now that I started outsourcing the development of TaskArmy to someone in Ukraine. I spent the first 8 months developing the website myself until I proved to myself that my idea was a viable business idea.