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

The Next Web

For us, the opportunity is not about taking market share from other players, it’s really about expanding the awareness of online work and hiring these virtual global teams as an alternative to traditional way of recruiting or building a company,” he said. But managing someone online is entirely different than working with someone in person.

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[Singapore] Remote, Freelance, Online Work Taking Off Here

YoungUpstarts

On the sidelines of Crowdsourcing Week , freelance staffing site Elance.com ‘s Kjetil Olsen, its vice president for Europe, shared the results of its most recent Global Online Employment report. Clients in Singapore hired most freelancers from India, United States, Pakistan, United Kingdom and Philippines.

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12 Top Picks: Austin Startup Week on Oct 12

Austin Startup

The Design Thinking Social 4:00 pm at the New Movement The event brings together some of the stakeholders of Austin’s Tech Ecosystem to discuss ways to improve diversity. The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene 11:00 am at Capital Factory Yes, the start up scene is sizzling in Pakistan too! Come learn their stories.

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Babson College To Establish Global Entrepreneurship Education Standards

Campus Entrepreneurship

A recent CityBizList Boston article highlights Babson’s expansion into Pakistan through a partnership with the Institute of Business Administration. Babson will assist in the design of IBA’s entrepreneurship curriculum and the development of its faculty.

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October 9–13: Austin Startup Week!

Austin Startup

(October 11), The Role of Transit in an Autonomous World (October 11), Fireside Chat with Bob Metcalfe (October 11), How to Pitch a VC (October 12), The Pakistan Entrepreneur Scene (October 12), Promoting Austin as Part of a Global Tech Ecosystem (October 12), and the ATX Startup Crawl (October 12).

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9 B2B Instagram Marketing Strategies (w/ Examples)

ConversionXL

you’re a design agency). As a photo-sharing app, Instagram forces often dry, text-heavy brands to employ visual storytelling or, even when sharing text content, to place a stronger emphasis on design. They’re a graphic design app—one whose product includes Instagram templates—so Instagram makes sense. Tell your company story.

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Why International Startups Love NY, and NY VCs Love International Startups

David Teten

Strikingly, there are now several state and city government programs specifically designed to make it easier for non-Americans to found companies in NYC. To date, out of 17 companies, HOF Capital has backed 7 founding teams with roots in underrepresented regions: Egypt, Latin America, Nigeria, Pakistan, and Turkey.