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The Two Types of Portfolio Careers

Small Business Labs

There's no doubt the traditional career path of staying with a single company, or a small number of employers, and rising through the ranks until you retire is no longer viable for most people. The rapid growth of "gig" and peer to peer commerce sites - think TaskRabbit, Gigwalk, Fiverr, Airbnb, Uber, Etsy, Elance, etc. -

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The Role of Side Gigs in an Uncertain Economy

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Their primary activities are things like school, homemaking, childcare, senior care, retirement, etc. According to Elance, 25% of their global freelancers are side giggers  and the percentage is even higher for their U.S. In our interviews two reasons for having side gigs caught our attention. freelancers. In

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The What, Who and How of Outsourcing… So You Can Let Go

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When Harry Hecht, an Orlando, Florida-based mentor with SCORE—originally named the Service Corps of Retired Executives—encounters business owners who are reluctant to outsource, he has them track their time. “I You can advertise for freelance help on sites such as Guru.com or Elance-oDesk.com.

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The Freelancer Advantage in an AI World with Dr. Kelly Monahan

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As you know, I’ve been a fan of upwork originally elance for decades. And we have a, you know, a great tsunami happening where we’ve got baby boomers retiring at much faster rates than we do of new entries now this. Gosh, it’s such an honor having you here today. And you guys have been pioneers.

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