Small Business Labs

APRIL 5, 2016

The media is also surprised that most of this growth came from off-line activities instead of online platforms like Uber and Elance.    A good example is the New York Times article With ‘Gigs’ Instead of Jobs, Workers Bear New Burdens.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

  Wikipedia, for example,  defines talent agent as "a person who finds jobs for actors, authors, film directors, musicians, models, producers, professional athletes, writers and other people in various entertainment businesses.  Examples include:  - Temporary Agencies such as Manpower and Kelly Services. 

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Small Business Labs

OCTOBER 17, 2012

The current talent and compensation wars in Silicon Valley are an example of a trend we expect will spread to other industries.   A couple of related indicators of this are:  - Firms like Elance , oDesk and MBO Partners - leaders in providing independent workers - have decent numbers of traditional employees.

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Small Business Labs

DECEMBER 1, 2011

  Examples include: Coffee and Power : is a new marketplace with 2nd Life founder Philip Rosedale at the helm and funding from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and VC firm Greylock Partners.  " Microsoft, for example, is using Gigwalk to add pictures to their Bing local search listings.   

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 16, 2012

GigaOm's Women make up the majority of online freelancers, study says covers research from Zinnov showing that women comprise 55% of the workers on online talent sites like Elance and oDesk.  For example, 57% of today's U.S.   This is consistent with  our research on U.S. independent workers.

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Small Business Labs

JUNE 27, 2012

 Good examples of this include the growth of talent marketplaces like eLance and oDesk and the ability to contractually access world class business infrastructure through services like Amazon's AWS. We're seeing more and more industry segments become viable for personal businesses.

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Small Business CEO

JUNE 1, 2012

For example, try promoting a contest like The Royal Society of Chemists. Accountants, web designers and marketing people can be hired online at places like ODesk and Elance. As a provider of business services and entrepreneur myself, here are five resources I’ve found that are currently working well for small businesses.

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Small Business CEO

APRIL 27, 2010

See the Stanford Prison Experiment for a disturbing examples). This community interaction mechanism is so addictive that it’s been integrated into Ebay, Amazon, Elance and many ecommerce sites for customer engagement. It’s one of life’s little forbidden pleasures.

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Small Business Labs

MAY 27, 2014

  Another example is a  recent Brooking study , which states "new firm formations have been on a persistent decline during the last few decades"   So what’s going on? For example, the MBO Partners State of Independence study showed that in 2013 26% of all solopreneur firms - roughly 4.6

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Small Business Labs

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

PwC's Talent Exchange is not the only example of corporate online talent pools. Others are also offering freelancer management systems, with examples including  MBO Partners  and  Work Market.  MBO

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Small Business Labs

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

.  A new study by the Freelancers Union and Elance-oDesk adds more information on this type of work. According For example, a business strategy consultant working for one startup client on a contract basis for a months-long project.  According to their Freelancing in America study , 5.5

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Men With Pens

FEBRUARY 18, 2010

Another discussion was with an associate who said he saw freelance projects on Elance with bids of $50 for sales letters and $5 for blog posts. For example, I charge hourly for client meetings and set a minimum of 4 hours. Guys, what in the wide world of sports are you thinking? Working for $5? Ask around. Call writers you know.

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Small Business Labs

APRIL 2, 2014

According to Elance, 25% of their global freelancers are side giggers  and the percentage is even higher for their U.S. In both of these examples economic uncertainty is a key reason these people are turning to side gigs.  freelancers. In

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JUNE 14, 2010

The Transmitter is also a great best way to get free major press coverage for your articles (for example here is some recent coverage of my work in the UK Guardian newspaper based on articles I had written on the topic of "Organisational Meetings" ). Decide your editorial "line" - for example are you a: 1. Graphics Designers: elance.

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Men With Pens

JULY 7, 2010

For example, hiring a creative consultant can bring fresh ideas and the alternative perspective you need to get your business from good to great. Do use sites like Elance. Pay attention to offline potential (stores in your area, for example) and get in touch with people that aren’t on the net.

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Small Business Labs

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

A good example are the consultants from the online consulting staffing firm MBA & Co.  Think of them as a specialized Elance or oDesk that connects independent consultants with buyers.  The Business Talent Group (BTG) is an example of this type of firm. million U.S.

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