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by skeeper 10y ago
"But upwork is such a crap (in my experience as a client, for freelancers it must be horrors)... sadly all alternatives like guru or freelancer.com are as bad or even more" --- That's true!
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Message to startups: go slow, think small(wsj.com)
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Spurring Rural Entrepreneurship: 8 Innovative Business Models(locavesting.com)
1 points by skeeper 10y ago|0 comments
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Startup Growth: A Bad Sign for All but America’s Biggest Cities(washingtonpost.com)
2 points by skeeper 10y ago|0 comments
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Home lenders focus on jobs and small business(nextcity.org)
1 points by skeeper 10y ago|0 comments
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Title III Crowdfunding(crowdfundinsider.com)
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by skeeper 10y ago
Related links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839490 and https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11839510
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by skeeper 10y ago
Other links: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=11807450 , http://fortune.com/2016/05/31/y-combinator-basic-income-oakl... , and http://www.nytimes.com/2016/06/01&
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by skeeper 10y ago
This article is close to 6,000 total views. More support!
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by skeeper 10y ago
The Medium article above has gathered almost 4,000 views today and yesterday. We got amazing support. Getting close to 6,000 views. We should keep on sharing this with everyone out there!
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by skeeper 10y ago
Regardless of how you analyze it, it was clearly a mistake because the platform is literally driving many freelancers away (many contracts are short-term or <$500 contracts). The least kind thing they could have done is make the announce
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by skeeper 10y ago
We should not aim to create a clone. We should aim to make something right, fair, and better - the way it should've been done in the first place.
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by skeeper 10y ago
Thanks to all those who made their comments here. I look forward to more comments in the coming hours and days! Let's keep this fire burning, so more people would see this!
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by skeeper 10y ago
Could you explain more? Platforms like Upwork serve as interface or broker between customers and workers. Are you referring to something different?
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by skeeper 10y ago
Could you explain more?
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by skeeper 10y ago
Thanks. I learned another cool jargon. Whatever "floats" their boat, I guess!
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by skeeper 10y ago
Encouraging transactions on their platform benefits the people too, since the platform offers some degree of protection to them.
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by skeeper 10y ago
Bitcoin is still a relatively new concept with limited implementation and infrastructure throughout the world. But it is certainly promising.
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by skeeper 10y ago
Could you share the name of your marketplace startup? Is it purpose driven? Thanks for sharing those links
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by skeeper 10y ago
Maybe because it's easier to launch something that is motivated by profit (for a few people) than anything else?
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by skeeper 10y ago
"If such a decency level would be available, I would be their customer" I guess others would too.
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by skeeper 10y ago
"offer to buy it" meaning investors would come in? That could sabotage the vision down the road. If bumping up rates would benefit the community, why not?
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by skeeper 10y ago
Some smart people really think alike. +1 on that!
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by skeeper 10y ago
They seem to be getting some profit by keeping YOUR money on their accounts.
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by skeeper 10y ago
"There is not necessarily a need for 100% community effort." Why do you think so? Can you explain?
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by skeeper 10y ago
That's possible too. I think a few companies (in other industries) have taken this path.
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by skeeper 10y ago
I guess it may or may not be a non-profit. There are for-profit companies that do good, and maybe non-profits that do poorly.
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by skeeper 10y ago
It's a huge, big crap of a baloney. :)
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by skeeper 10y ago
This is where integrity and vision come into play. If you want to bump it into 6%, you should explain why. It should not be all about profits. If it is, then such platform won't be different from Upwork.
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by skeeper 10y ago
Can you tell which alternatives? They are either similar or inferior to Upwork, or are still new and relatively unknown (and therefore there are not much jobs in their platform). It's a huge dilemma.

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