#72: Freelance Teams, IT Support Platform ITARMI Reaches 144 Countries, Discount Office Space
Are Freelance marketplaces Prius's waiting for their Tesla?
We know…Twitter. Plenty of other publications will keep you updated on that. Let’s talk Human Cloud! Oh…and check out Luca doing his best Elon Musk.
🚨 Tactical Insight: Freelance Teams
The era of hiring single freelancers is over. Well…not over, but it’s like driving a Prius instead of a Tesla.
Why Freelance Teams? They unlock scale and speed.
Individual freelancers are great, and existing marketplaces like Upwork have been built off the speed, quality, and cost efficiency that comes from an open marketplace.
But to build a website that can scale to 10,000 unique views/month, or build an insurance marketplace, you need PM’s, designers, developers, content writers, all working in tandem.
We started writing about this all the way back in 2018 👇👇👇
In the past 6 months we’ve seen a shift in leaders embracing this go from really, really fringe cases to early adopters. Stay tuned!
🙌 Human Cloud Shoutout
ITARMI Reaches 144 Countries with their server installation in the beautiful country of Mozambique. 🇲🇿
Underpinned featured in Bdaily and Techblast for helping University students go freelance.
Formations, a solution for freelancers to automate the creation and ongoing management of S-Corp status, raises an $8m series A
Have good news to share with the community? Email goodnews@humancloud.work
👊 Leader Shoutout: Paul Polo, FIU Micro-Internships
Paul Polo is in the trenches helping Florida International University students connect with companies through Micro-Internships (think freelance projects for students). Shoutout to Parker Dewey for inventing and driving the concept of micro-internships!
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Inflation
Now 8.5%. Thus if you received a 4% bonus, you really lost 4.5%.
Highest price increases are gasoline, food, and housing.
Expect Amazon prices to increase as Amazon adds a 5% fuel and inflation surcharge on merchants who use its shipping and warehouse services.
Krispy Kreme will sell a dozen donuts at whatever price the cost of gas is. There’s not enough happy hands to hold my excitement. I’d give you a Calendly link but let’s meet at Kripsy Kreme on Wednesday instead.
Return To The Office
Jamie Dimon, JPMorgan Chase CEO, gives in as only half their employees will come to the office full time.
In his words - “It’s clear that working from home will become more permanent in American business”
Now’s the time to scoop up ‘class b’ or ‘class c’ offices. From months of free rent (Law firm Buchalter negotiated two years of free rent in Los Angeles), to free upgrades, to great terms, now’s the time to find a great deal. Great use case…I recently met a dentistry organization whose headquarters was in a mall.
Freelance Tech/Opportunities
Over 50% of freelancers can’t find financial services they can afford.
Etsy increases fee from 5% to 6.5%. Over 20,000 sellers protest, but should Etsy pay attention?
Talent Shortage
5 million men are ‘missing’ from the workforce.
Who’s Hiring In The Human Cloud (only posting the companies we personally love)?
People Op’s Partner
Talent Experience Partner
Vicoland (multiple roles across engineering, product, and sales)
Paro (multiple roles across the company)
Centric Consulting (multiple roles across the company)
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