Startups that push the limits of labor law are getting socked by lawsuits, and risk paying out big to employees and the IRS. These episodes are not just a threat to the business model of many tech ventures. The labor… Read more »
A set of economic, political, and societal forces is currently causing profound changes in work and in the relationship between workers and the businesses that benefit from their labor. Read more »
I caught up with my friend Kakul Srivastava the other day. She’s now working a head of product for WeWork, the largest coworking company. WeWork has locations in nine US cities,… Read more »
The communication tools being used to converse and coordinate work are increasingly the same for internal and external contacts. One fifth of modern workers work with freelancers monthly. Read more »
There are sites like Linkedin, geared for recruiting and hiring professionals through networking and content sharing. And of course, freelance placeforms (marketplace + platform) like Elance-oDesk support the growing proportion of… Read more »
Brightidea, the innovation platform, has a fall release coming out, and their press release summarizes what’s coming: New highlights from Brightidea’s Fall 2014 release include: • Crowdfunding – source financial investment… Read more »
The online marketplace for creative and professional freelance work is growing steadily. One indication came last week as Fiverr raised $30 million from a group pf well-known investors, including Qumra Capital,… Read more »
The discussion about the changing nature of work — specifically with regard to the shift away from full-time employment to a freelancer-dominated, gig economy — has been growing. A number of… Read more »
The Elance denial-of-service attack has been going on for over a day now, though it is now only sporadic. Elance says it has bought in new defences to try cope. Meanwhile… Read more »
Jeffrey Leventhal is the co-founder and CEO of Work Market, a work placeform (marketplace + platform = placeform) company, competing with eLance and others. Jeffrey… Read more »