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

The Next Web

We have 120 full-time employees and close to 350 freelancers working for oDesk directly,” Cooper said. “In Among other fastest-growing client countries one can also find Latvia, Pakistan, Romania, Lithuania, and Malaysia. Copper says there are at least two companies at oDesk that employ more than a thousand freelancers.

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Startup Nation: The Best Startup Capitals for Entrepreneurs in 2023 

ReadWriteStart

In recent months, Silicon Valley has featured quite a bit in the news, as some high-profile household tech companies have been laying off droves of employees. Similar to neighboring Latvia and Lithuania, Estonia, and more so its capital, Tallinn has become a playground for startup-hungry entrepreneurs.

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Generate and Transformify: Umbrella Solutions to Help Businesses Hire Top Talent Worldwide

Transformify

To provide a solution to the business, Transformify Recruitment CRM and Generate have designed an end-to-end solution that tremendously cuts the costs and mitigates the risks associated with relocating employees to new countries. Via Transformify Recruitment CRM, the employers can source top talent regardless of the location.

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Invest in Israel Newsletter – June 2012 Edition

VC Cafe

Girls in Tech London picked the top women in 19 countries – the UK, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Russia, Turkey, Greece and Israel – on the basis of their leadership and excellence in innovation and technology. billion.

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Twitter Link Roundup #291 – Loads of Good Stuff For Small Business, Startups, and Designers!

crowdSPRING Blog

Surprising Insights Of Successful Employee Engagement crowdspring.co/1OhQpiY. Digital Transformation Doesn’t Have to Leave Employees Behind crowdspring.co/1LbCMuU. Capturing The Colorful Patchwork Of Lithuania’s Lost “Garage Towns” crowdspring.co/1Q0OsVG. Tips for the Aspiring Angel Investor crowdspring.co/1LbCMLr.

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Founders and dysfunctional families « Steve Blank

Steve Blank

What makes an individual a great startup founder (versus an employee) has been something I had been thinking about since I retired. And in particular I’m not suggesting that every employee who joins a startup fits this profile, it just seems more prevalent in the founder(s). Nor am I suggesting that everyone who does so turns out well.

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[Interview] Nellie Mayshak, Founder Of Canaf Consulting Associates

YoungUpstarts

It has led her to long-term assignments in locations as far flung as Liberia and Lithuania, and work that has been complex, multi-faceted and often encompassing many years. I have seen employees becoming more involved as a result of the passions of their business leaders. I think you can nurture passion in others.

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