founders drinks sept: building a global a-team with freelancers

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Work… …Differently


On Creating a Global A-Team

How Singapore Startups and

Freelancers can take advantage

of Online Work Wednesday 25 September 2013

Founders Drinks | Hood Bar and Café | 7pm | Singapore Jovin Hurry & Loretta Tioiela‎

Elance Mobilizers (Singapore)


The Dawn of the E-Lance Economy


My day @ VintageandRare.com

8:00 – Coffee!

8:15 – Meeting with researcher

9:00 – Approval of MockUps

11:00 – Briefing Programmer

13:00 – Online Marketing Strategy

15:00 – Update from Sales

17:00 – Customer Service recap


Vintage & Rare – A Hybrid Organization

Rajkumar

Designer

Pakistan

Ravindra

Researcher

India

Bill

Sales/Product

Florida

Jill

Sales

Texas

Sarah & Ulrik

SEO + Social

Bulgaria

Rahul

Programmer

India

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THE FRACTIONAL ECONOMY


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Search Friction


2.5m freelancers – rated and tested

500k active clients – last 6 months

+95.000 job posts last 30 days

Freelancers and clients residing in 170+ countries

+$750m in lifetime freelancer earnings


Most Popular Skills on Elance


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Mobile skills on Elance

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iPad: 4944

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Mobile: 24210

Windows Mobile: 2194

Windows Phone: 1812


Singapore the Cloud


EVERY BUSINESSES CHALLENGES


49% Of European clients save

>50%


We did a mockup site on Wordpress and it

would have been about 8 times more

expensive in Finland

Antti Vilpponen

Co-Founder & CEO

How is this possible?


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WebDeveloper

MobileDeveloper

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Translator

Researcher

GraphicDesigner

Flexibility:

Staff Up & Down On Demand


Getting Things Done. Faster.

08:39

Job

posted

1st

proposal

Availa-

bility

request

Awarded

job

First

draft

received

Final

delivery

Job

details

and files

sent

12:13 10:01 11:19 10:17 10:08 09:02 08:43

3:34:00 / $50


10 Online Hires for Your Business

WEB

DEVELOPER

MOBILE

DEVELOPER

VIRTUAL

ASSISTANT

CONTENT

WRITER

MARKET

RESEARCHER

SOCIAL MEDIA

MARKETER

GRAPHIC

DESIGNER

LEAD GENERATION

SPECIALIST LAWYER

SEO

EXPERT


...32 Jobs You Can Use Them For

TM

registration

Ecommerce

Website

Design Website

development

Voice

Talent

Video

Production

Display

advertising

Copywriting

Graphic

design

Newsletter

Writing

Logo

Creation

Project

Management

Market

Research

Software

Testing

Mobile

Apps

Web Analytics

PR

SEM

SEO

Social

Media

Marketing

Bookkeeping

Data Entry

Admin

assistance

Business

Incorporation

Events

Telemarketing

Translations

Contracts

Financial

Analysis

Tax Filing


Bogota

UTC +10

08.00

Develop

16.00

Istanbul

UTC +3

08.00

Spec

16.00

Sydney

UTC -5

07.00

Design

16.00

The Traditional Way: 72 hours

The Elance Way: 24 hours


Agree to Terms Job Active

Collaborate,

Communicate

Share Files

Post Job

Review

Freelancers’

Proposals

Interview and

Rate

Freelancers

Select

Freelancer

Hiring Manager

Approves Work

Hiring Manager

Pays

Freelancer

Fixed Price:

Define

Milestones

Hourly Price:

Define

Hours/Duration

MATCH

PAY

COLLABORATE

THE PROCESS


FROM FREELANCER TO

ENTREPRENEUR


6 Key Freelancer Takeaways

TIME Invest time in your Elance profile

MATCH Scout for the right jobs

TAILORED Right-to-the-point, tailored proposals

ESCROW Ensure Escrow funding

PRO Professional collaboration

PATIENT Be‎patient.‎It‎take’s‎time‎to‎win‎the‎first‎job


SAFETY & SECURITY


Few Tips for Your Business

Brainstorm what tasks

can be outsourced. Evolve your online work.

Think about a hybrid

organization model.

Don’t‎only‎think‎cost‎savings‎but‎

instant, on-demand access to skills.


Jovin Hurry, Elance Mobilizer (Singapore)

– Email: [email protected]

– Phone: +65 84 08 63 46

– Twitter: @JovinHurry

– LinkedIn: Jovin Hurry

Loretta Tioiela‎, Elance Mobilizer (Singapore)

– Email: [email protected]

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