Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

There's a growing view that the way economic statistics are collected and analyzed fails to reflect the economic and jobs impact of independent work - especially independent work created by new economy companies like Airbnb, Etsy and Elance. This year's MBO Partners State of Independence Report shows that 17.7 million U.S.

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Small Business Labs

AUGUST 28, 2013

Online staffing firms and marketplaces like Elance, oDesk and Freelancer.com continue to report substantial growth in jobs posted, jobs placed and money paid to service providers. They also report having 4 million registered freelancers.  SIA is forecasting the industry will grow to $5 billion over the next few years.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 21, 2015

India is the second largest player in freelancing after the US, according to Elance, an online service that connects freelancers to projects, with average earnings of about $15 per hour and rising. There's also a rapidly growing startup community in India.

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Small Business Labs

JANUARY 15, 2013

  They also report 2012 will likely see an increase in these numbers. But at the same time, A and later round funding by traditional VCs has declined, with only about 4,000 firms receiving these rounds in 2012.   We borrowed this trend from the 2013 Future Workforce Trends from our friends at MBO Partners.

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