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Freelancers - wave of the future
... with ever larger responsibilities and projects. All done via the web. Sheila, for example, signs up for a service like odesk.com, lists her skills, experience and how much she charges, and then bids for contracts she thinks she could do, Companies ... Comment?
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'Closet freelancers' plan to ditch 9-to-5 jobs
... - mostly because of the freedom being completely self-employed would bring. Unveiling their findings, work site oDesk and agency Millennial Branding said that most of the individuals intending to commit entirely to freelancing would make the jump ... Comment?
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'Lazy, entitled' millennials may actually be the perfect entrepreneurs
The infamous Time cover story by Joel Stein about millennials caught a lot of attention, but a study by oDesk and Millennial Branding says that they may be the entrepreneurial generation. Comment?
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The Re-Definition Of Entrepreneurship And Rise Of Freedom-Seeking Freelancers
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The way we define "being an entrepreneur" has changed. In a study my firm just did with oDesk , the vast majority of professionals surveyed indicated that being an entrepreneur today means having a certain mindset. Comment?
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Groundbreaking Survey Reveals the Rise of Freedom-Seeking Freelancers ...
Findings reveal a desire to follow independent career paths due to the freedom and flexibility professionals say these paths provide, as well as a groundbreaking redefinition of what it means to be "an entrepreneur." For full survey results, please visit or see our infographic . Comment?
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Bits Blog: Planning for Another 100 Million Web Sites
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... need to be mongering themselves on the Web. If so, it's part of a trend that includes services like Elance, ODesk, and Freelancer.com , which try to match short-term jobs in things like design and programing with a global talent base. Similarly, ... Comment?
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Loaded Commerce Partners with oDesk
Loaded Commerce merchants will gain unprecedented access to oDesk's three million contractors for customization and integration work, while providing oDesk users additional e-commerce job opportunities. Comment?
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Digital capitalism is the most Darwinian capitalism: The economics of building a platform
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... of the rake include Apple's 30 percent fee on apps in its App store as well as the service fees associated with oDesk or OpenTable. Gurley's article, which is well worth a read, explores the relationship between the rake and the spread of the ... Comment?
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10 No-Brainer Ways to Track Employee Time
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... a very reasonable price. The key for us was tracking time on projects and doing it cost-effectively, and this did it! oDesk is an oldie, but a goody (www.odesk.com). We use this for our entire team, or times when we have to hire out for special ... Comment?
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oDesk Launches Enterprise Services Team as Adoption of Online Work Heats Up
New oDesk enterprise website also launches, helping enterprises start staffing on demand for every skill, from mobile app development and programming to translation and customer service. Comment?
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Getting to Market: 4 Crucial Steps
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... people willing to pay for the solution? There are a number of ways to do this. Aaron hired freelance designers from ODesk to build a website, bootstrapping it all out of his own pocket. He then reached out to dogsitters with ads on Craigslist to ... Comment?
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You're the Boss Blog: This Week in Small Business: The Silly Money Ratio
... Jr. believes smart entrepreneurs should care about gay marriage. A group of former employees from the outsourcing firm oDesk raise $4.5 million to finance a rival start-up. Observers offer 5 musts for hiring great employees and 10 perks most ... Comment?
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... organizations - and thus companies are becoming decentralized, virtual, protean. Managers can look to services like Odesk and eLance to contract out virtually any task. The very nature of work and the compact between worker and workplace is changing ... Comment?
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Next week: Smart devices, hatching education startup
... boardroom. Panelists include Box Chief Operating Officer Dan Levin , Jules Maltz of Institutional Venture Partners , oDesk CEO Gary Swart , former Rambus CEO Geoff Tate and Sharon Weinbar of Scale Venture Partners . 7:15-10:15 a.m. Orrrick, Mesa ... Comment?
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StudentFreelance Pulls Students Away From Boring Studying And...
... in American schools. We're bringing that Made in America quality to the freelance marketplace. Sites like Elance and oDesk will find it difficult attracting the quality of talent that we can." "I've worked on several projects and have had to use ... Comment?
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Looking for work, I have a place for you to check out.
... Systems, virtual assistants, data entry, Sales & Marketing, all at one place. I have pasted below the main page at www.odesk.com and the number beside the description, that is the actual number of jobs available this very minute. They change ... Comment?
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Last week on Pro: BYOD, AWS, and oDesk
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... across a given organization before embarking on a phased buildout. Outsourcing is passe - instead, companies like oDesk are propagating a new trend called "lift, not shift," as analyst Stowe Boyd discovers when he sits down with Gary Swart, CEO of ... Comment?
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A working world without borders
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... looking to do with the companies looking to hire you. Most professionals and business leaders haven't even heard of oDesk. That's unfortunate, because oDesk built one of the fastest growing talent marketplaces linking corporations with virtual ... Comment?
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Where Is The Digital Work Force Growing Fastest?
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The digital workforce is a curious beast. Sites like Elance , Adtriboo, and ODesk offer work up to bids from the freelance pool and, by and large, global competition drives price down. Comment?
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Matt Keener Releases Executive in Sweatpants
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... for online workers in 2013 versus 2012, according to a recent study conducted by Genesis Research Associates and oDesk.com. This increase will further stimulate the already bustling freelance sector of the economy, which accounts for nearly $250 ... Comment?
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