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The 1099 Economy's Shift from Feasibility to Sustainability(medium.com)
15 points by tzier 12y ago|0 comments
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Zen99 (YC S14) raises $2.5M to save freelancers from HR hell(venturebeat.com)
7 points by tzier 12y ago|1 comments
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Lead mkting/growth for the biggest labor shift of our lifetime (Zen99, S’14)
1 points by tzier 12y ago
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by tzier 12y ago
For those interested in more advice on actual application/interview, our friends at Aptible wrote a great post on that here: https://www.aptible.com/blog/y_combinator.html
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by tzier 12y ago
Batchmate of Aptible here (Zen99) - this information is spot on! Great guide by Chas and team.
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by tzier 12y ago
All good points. (1) and (2) are easy fixes. (3) is on the way. And (4) is definitely coming soon - we won't just be for CA/NY.
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by tzier 12y ago
Tristan (CEO) here. Article went out right before we had a few hours of meetings, but I'll be around for the afternoon replying to any feedback!
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by tzier 12y ago
Spot on.
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by tzier 12y ago
Noted! We're definitely excited to help solve this pain point. Nice to know that users would be willing to pay for it - I think that makes the "free" even more compelling.
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by tzier 12y ago
The low margins mean you have to make it up on massive volume. The two best ways to do this: focus on recurring customers, and make your providers more active on your platform (due to high acquisition and onboarding costs, respectively).
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by tzier 12y ago
A "warning" typically just leads to analysts eating hours (not recording all the hours they actually worked), especially for fixed fee projects.
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by tzier 12y ago
From a hiring perspective: if you're at a start-up, take advantage of the trend and try to hire these people who want out after their 2-3 years. They know how to get stuff done in crunch periods and are still young enough where their
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by tzier 12y ago
Update: Lyft is apparently already doing this through a "Trust and Safety" fee [1], but doesn't seem to be catching much flack for it. [1] http://www.lyft.me/help?article=1263247
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by tzier 12y ago
Article leaves out important point: they raised their commission from 5% back to 20% at the same time as the implementation of the $1 safe fee [1]. (They had dropped their commission to 5% in January with the price drop [2].) This is a pre
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Sea stars are melting in West Coast waters [video](vimeo.com)
1 points by tzier 13y ago|0 comments