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| 06.11.2025 | The most popular winter side gigs for 2025, according to Taskrabbit—some pay over $50 an hour | With the festive season close at hand, demand for winter side gigs is on the rise, according to services platform Taskrabbit, with some tasks paying over $50 an hour.
Starting at the end of October, Taskrabbit experiences a spike in request... |
| 03.11.2025 | Businesses face new ‘right to work’ compliance burden as gig economy checks loom | The UK government is moving to extend mandatory ‘right to work’ checks to cover individuals hired under a ‘worker’s contract’, in a move to address gaps in the law in the gig economy.
The Home Office launched a consultation last week as it ... |
| 22.10.2025 | Your Office Will Run Itself: Codi Launches the First-Ever AI Office Manager, Accelerating the RTO Trend | Pioneering AI platform automates office logistics, saving companies hundreds of hours and up to 83% on administrative costs to focus on growth.
SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 21, 2025 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Codi today announced the launch of its ground... |
| 08.10.2025 | IKEA's Ingka Investments Acquires Logistics Tech Startup Locus Locus will continue to operate independently and will keep expanding its services for clients beyond Ingka Group, contributing to IKEA's ... | Ingka Investments, the investment arm of leading global retailer IKEA, has acquired logistics technology startup Locus for an undisclosed sum.
The move marks a key step in IKEA's efforts to enhance its digital capabilities and build a more ... |
| 02.09.2025 | Asking Eric: Father wants to play surprise matchmaker for son on the spectrum | – Worried Wife and Mother
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The support you and your husband are providing your son is very kind. However, he might see this as an intrusion or an overstep, rather than a kind gesture. If he needs help, companies like IK... |
| 05.08.2025 | What Retirees Should Know About Monetizing a Lifelong Interest | Share
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Retirement often opens the door to freedom, flexibility, and the opportunity to rediscover what once brought joy outside of a career. After decades of working, the pace slows, the routine shifts, and many peopl... |
| 11.07.2025 | Vendasta Appoints John Vars as Chief Product Officer | Vendasta, the AI-native customer acquisition and engagement platform for small businesses and their trusted partners, has appointed John Vars as Chief Product Officer. The appointment signals a bold next chapter in Vendasta’s evolution as a... |
| 19.06.2025 | Taskrabbit Launches New Integrated Solutions for Partners | Taskrabbit, the platform connecting people to skilled, reliable Taskers from their local communities, announced the launch of Taskrabbit Partner Pages: custom landing pages that enable retailers to offer Taskrabbit services as a value-add f... |
| 15.04.2025 | The New Age of Income: How to Thrive with Passive Revenue Streams | In today's fast-paced world, the traditional 9-to-5 job is becoming a relic. People are searching for ways to earn money without being tied to a desk. Enter passive income: the golden ticket to financial freedom. This concept allows individ... |
| 13.04.2025 | 4 in-demand side hustles for spring—one can pay as much as $150 per hour | Spring is here and with it opportunities to make some extra cash.
Among the most in-demand side hustles on freelancer marketplace Taskrabbit right now are general furniture assembly, which pays an average of $41 per hour, TV mounting, which... |
| 21.03.2025 | She's a Former 911 Dispatcher Who Started a Side Hustle Dominated By Men — and It Makes Her About $4,500 a Month: 'Hustle Paid Off' Marisa Risden, 32, wanted to take control of her schedule and levera... | This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Marisa Risden, 32, of Denver, Colorado. Risden has built a flexible, thriving business completing traditionally male-dominated jobs on Taskrabbit. Responses have been edited for length and clarity... |
| 01.02.2025 | Business | 10 tips to help you recover from holiday spending | Last, take note of any debt that you accrued over the holidays. Once you know what you owe, you can work on a debt payoff strategy.2. Create a Budget
If you don’t have one yet, making a budget is a great step toward sorting out the aftermat... |
| 20.01.2025 | It's Time to Ditch Traditional Job Descriptions. Here's Why — and What Businesses Need to Do Differently. Why traditional job structures don't work anymore and how businesses and workers can thrive by... | Let's talk about jobs. Not in the old-school, "What do you do for work?" way, but what a job really is. For decades, a job was described through a title and a list of responsibilities. You get hired, and you're given a job descrip... |
| 04.12.2024 | Business | 3 ways to earn an extra $500 for the holidays | At $16 an hour, you’ll need to put in 32 hours of work to hit the $500 mark — before taxes. But hey, you may like the customer interaction.2. Become a gig delivery driver
Delivery gigs aren’t known for high pay, but driving for a service li... |
| 15.11.2024 | How to Start a Lucrative Side Hustle on Taskrabbit, From 3 People Who Did It — One of Them Earns Over $70,000 a Month Why not get paid for skills you already have? | Want to start a side hustle? More than half (54%) of Americans already have one, according to research from MarketWatch, but choosing one out of so many options can be overwhelming.
To keep it simple, plenty of side hustlers capitalize on s... |
| 15.10.2024 | This 79-Year-Old Retiree's Side Hustle Earns $4,000 a Month: 'I Work as Much or as Little as I Desire' Dan Weiss saw an article about a side hustle in the local newspaper — then decided to try it hims... | This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features Dan Weiss, a 79-year-old retiree based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He started his flexible side hustle after reading about it in the newspaper, and now he makes up to $4,000 a month. Responses have... |
| 11.09.2024 | Юваль Ной Харари: Что произойдет, когда боты начнут бороться за вашу любовь? | Демократия — это диалог. Её функционирование и выживание зависят от доступных технологий обмена информацией. На протяжении большей части истории не существовало технологий, позволяющих вести масштабные диалоги между миллионами людей.
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| 29.08.2024 | This 26-Year-Old Dental Student Spent $25 to Start a Side Hustle That Can Earn $500 for Just a Few Hours of Work: 'There Is Nothing More Satisfying' Emely Cepeda wanted to earn extra cash, but as a fu... | This Side Hustle Spotlight Q&A features 26-year-old Emely Cepeda, a Boston-based dental student who earns extra money with the online marketplace Taskrabbit. Responses have been edited for length and clarity.
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| 21.08.2024 | AI Startups Raised $50 Billion Last Year, But Some Investors Are Starting to Pass — Here's Why AI can take more than $100 million to develop. | As AI technology and programs like ChatGPT evolve, the way venture capitalists think about investing in startups is changing.
Investor Leah Solivan, the founder of freelance marketplace TaskRabbit, which sold to Ikea in 2017, has been worki... |
| 19.08.2024 | How to Start a Multi-Million Dollar Company, According to an IBM Engineer Turned Founder Leah Solivan took her company from idea to Ikea acquisition. | Leah Solivan was an IBM engineer, working on business collaboration tools like Lotus Notes, when she found her million-dollar startup idea: an online marketplace connecting customers with "taskers" who could run errands or do hous... |
| 26.06.2024 | This Flexible, AI-Powered Side Hustle Lets a Dad of Four Make $32 an Hour, Plus Tips: 'You Can Make a Substantial Amount of Money' Kyle Heyliger has a lot going on, so he set out to find a source of s... | Kyle Heyliger lives in Atlanta, where his wife of twenty years and their four children are the center of his world. "It's all about finding happiness in your day-to-day and doing things that matter," he says, "and for me, it'... |
| 04.06.2024 | 10 Online Side Hustles Proven to Boost Your Bank Account Even the busiest schedules can accommodate finding a precious few hours to create a profitable online venture — something that many are already... | - |
| 22.05.2024 | Taskrabbit Offers Checklist for Effortless Summer Gatherings | SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA, UNITED STATES, May 21, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- As the days grow longer and the temperatures rise, the summer months beckons for outdoor gatherings filled with laughter and joy. From spirited cornhole tournament... |
| 10.04.2024 | Разбираемся в сфере услуг США: как и где найти нужного специалиста? Рекомендации для иммигрантов | Переезд в США — это не только новый этап в жизни каждого иммигранта, но и время, когда приходится заново устраивать свое бытие: начиная от оформления документов до поиска специалистов, будь то бухгалтер, мастер маникюра или автодилер.
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| 18.03.2024 | A Side Hustle Consultant Shares the Most Lucrative Gigs Right Now Plus, he answers the side hustle questions he gets most often from clients. | - |
| 02.01.2024 | Business | 10 best money-making apps in 2024 | René Bennett | Bankrate (TNS)
Technology is making it easier than ever to make a little extra cash, whether it’s taking on side gigs or getting rewarded for certain purchases. With a money-making app, you can look for gigs, deals and other ... |
| 20.10.2023 | Have Someone Else Do Your Labor on Labor Day with Crowd Sourcing | WeGoLook Consumer Process
Nationwide, USA (PRWEB) August 31, 2012 -- The three day weekend is quickly approaching! If you are like most people that extra day off is an opportunity to catch up on life. For many, it will be a weekend full of ... |
| 23.08.2022 | These side hustles can help people earn money and beat inflation | When struggling to make ends meet and cover the cost of living, people generally have two alternatives: spend less or take on extra work to earn more.
Today, with high inflation outpacing wage growth and federal pandemic relief programs exp... |
| 25.02.2022 | How To Find A Great Designer, Contractor Or Handyman | Latin American saleswoman showing textile samples to a couple of customers at a fabric shop using a ... [+] tablet computer Getty Images |
| 21.02.2022 | Gig economy etiquette: What to know about tips, reviews and more | Even if you don’t have a side hustle of your own, chances are good that you regularly deal with people who do. Whether you buy (or sell) things online, or regularly hail (or drive for) Uber or Lyft, side hustles are ubiquitous and becoming ... |
| 13.01.2022 | Emerging Talent Platforms Filling The Gaps Created By Disruptive Market Forces | Distributed Work getty |
| 08.02.2021 | 7 formas realistas de ganar dinero en línea | February 8, 2021 15+ min read
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| 31.01.2021 | Top 10 Female-founded Startups Revolutionizing The Tech Industry | One of the biggest issues facing the startup ecosystem of the world today is the gender bias experienced by females in business. This particular problem has reflected in several areas and especially in the fund procurement process of female... |
| 12.10.2020 | New Business Applications Spike 40%: Is Entrepreneurship Your Next Career Move? | Is it time to take matters into your own hands? Get ready to launch your own business. getty |
| 12.09.2020 | Why niche SaaS scales so well | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Software as a service is eating the world. Whethe... |
| 12.09.2020 | Why niche SaaS scales so well | Software as a service is eating the world. Whether it’s payment processing, website building, or restaurant managing software, there’s a SaaS tool out there that handles it. The market for “vertical SaaS” is particularly strong, tripling in... |
| 24.10.2019 | Convincing investors that you’re Facebook, not Friendster | I just had a coffee with Mei and Bill, two passionate students who are on fire about their new startup idea. It’s past the “napkin-sketch” stage with a rough minimum viable product and about 100 users.
I thought they had a great insight abo... |
| 24.10.2019 | Convincing investors that you’re Facebook, not Friendster | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
I just had a coffee with Mei and Bill, two passio... |
| 31.07.2019 | What happened to the sharing economy? | A few years ago, Silicon Valley couldn’t stop using a trendy buzzword — the sharing economy. The good old top-down economic model with a clear separation between service providers and clients was falling apart. And huge tech companies disru... |
| 28.07.2019 | Last-mile training and the future of work in an expanding gig economy | Ryan Craig Contributor
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| 06.09.2018 | Разделяй и радуйся: как шеринг-экономика меняет мир | Инвестировать в недвижимость или купить дорогой автомобиль? Дом мне может надоесть, и я захочу переехать, а дорогой автомобиль через год перестанет быть самым новым. Зачем тратиться на них, если можно взять в прокат? Так я гарантирую, что в... |
| 01.08.2018 | A Dive into the Design and Features of Marketplaces | Marketplaces command a lot of focus from venture capitalists, which is unsurprising given some of the most well-known “unicorns” (e.g. Airbnb, Uber) are bonafide marketplaces. The attractiveness of these companies stems from the idea that m... |
| 20.07.2018 | How does TaskRabbit make money? | TaskRabbit takes 15 percent from every completed job, and charges a 7.5 percent Trust & Support fee
The gig economy has been a pretty controversial development over the last decade or so, with plenty of lawsuits from workers who want to... |
| 05.05.2018 | How did Thumbtack win the on-demand services market? | Earlier today, the services marketplace Thumbtack held a small conference for 300 of its best gig economy workers at an event space in San Francisco.
For the nearly ten-year-old company the event was designed to introduce some new features ... |
| 19.04.2018 | TaskRabbit returns after security breach and reveals 'personally identifiable information' was exposed | The CEO of TaskRabbit has informed users that "certain personally identifiable information may have been compromised" in a security incident that saw the website and app taken offline earlier in the week.
TaskRabbit -- a service t... |
| 18.04.2018 | TaskRabbit CEO posts statement as its app returns following a cybersecurity breach | After taking them down to investigate what it called a “cybersecurity incident,” TaskRabbit’s website and app are back online. The Ikea-owned platform for on-demand labor also posted an update from its chief executive officer Stacy Brown-Ph... |
| 17.04.2018 | TaskRabbit app and website are down while a 'cybersecurity incident' is investigated | IKEA-owned TaskRabbit is offline while the company investigates a "cybersecurity incident". Very little information has been given about the incident, but the company says that it is working with "an outside cybersecurity fir... |
| 16.04.2018 | TaskRabbit’s app is offline while it investigates a “cybersecurity incident” | TaskRabbit, the on-demand errand service acquired by IKEA last year, announced today that has taken its website and app offline while investigating a “cybersecurity incident.” The company also said that people who use the same password on T... |
| 13.03.2018 | IKEA U.S. launches a furniture assembly service from TaskRabbit | You can now pay IKEA to help you put together its confusing furniture. The company announced this morning it’s rolling out the new TaskRabbit At-Home Assembly service in select U.S. markets where TaskRabbit is available, and in six stores i... |
| 28.09.2017 | IKEA’s Acquisition of TaskRabbit Will Give Kimmy Schmidt a Lot More Work | Ellie Kemper in ‘Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt.’ Eric Liebowitz/Netflix
The title character of Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt may have spent 15 years in an underground bunker, but now that she’s free she’s embracing the gig economy. After working as... |
| 29.07.2017 | Thrifty 50 Challenge: Pad Your Emergency Fund By Raising $1,000 In Three Months | Shutterstock |
| 31.05.2017 | The Highs and Lows of Ditching the 9-to-5 for Side Gigs | When you hear the word "career," most people picture the classic nine-to-five job. Whether sitting at a desk in an office or working behind the counter at a bank, the idea of a traditional career is reinforced by society ad nausea... |
| 26.05.2017 | TaskRabbit (also) hops into Baltimore | Baltimore is one of five new cities this week for TaskRabbit, the on-demand marketplace for everyday chores.
The expansion makes the service available in Baltimore, Baltimore County and some of Anne Arundel County.
The San Francisco-based s... |
| 10.04.2017 | Term Sheet — Monday, April 10 | ET CETERA
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| 08.04.2017 | Gig economy stalwart TaskRabbit is contemplating a sale | One of the earliest and most prominent startups of the so-called “sharing economy” or “gig economy” is evaluating the possibility of selling itself. As reported by Recode, freelance work marketplace TaskRabbit acknowledged that it is contem... |
| 02.03.2017 | Floodgate closes sixth fund with $131 million | Floodgate, a Palo Alto, Ca.-based early stage venture capital firm, has raised $131 million for its sixth fund, according to an SEC filing that shows the 11-year-old firm turned to just eight investors for the capital commitments.
Though sm... |
| 04.11.2016 | What Profitable Lifestyle Business Can You Start Online ? | Share
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A lifestyle business is one that is geared toward supporting the owner’s income and personal requirements rather than maximizing revenue. The goal of a lifestyle business is to create a sustainable, pleasant wo... |
| 03.11.2016 | ArbiClaims brings arbitration to the sharing economy | The seed-funded legal tech startup won the "runner up" prize at Vator Splash LA 2016
Editor's note: Our Post Seed VC event is coming up on Dec. 1 in San Francisco. We'll have Chamath Palihapitiya (Founder of Social Capital), Aydin... |
| 16.06.2016 | Remedy opens public beta to ensure you’re not overpaying on your medical bills | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Remedy Labs is opening up its medical insurance s... |
| 16.06.2016 | Remedy opens public beta to ensure you’re not overpaying on your medical bills | Remedy Labs is opening up its medical insurance service to more people with the goal of preventing excessive billing and charges. The company said it’s now in a public beta, but there’s a first-come, first-serve waiting list. It claims that... |
| 26.04.2016 | TaskEasy raises $12M for on-demand lawn mowing | Instead of being everything for everyone, TaskEasy wants to mow lawns and remove snow, period
Editor's Note: Our annual Vator Splash Spring 2016 conference is around the corner on May 12, 2016 at the historic Scottish Rite Center in Oakland... |
| 21.04.2016 | TaskRabbit announces plan to increase hiring of black employees | TaskRabbit announced a detailed plan to improve the diversity of its workforce today. The plan is part of the Congressional Black Caucus’ Tech 2020 initiative, which aims to increase black representation and inclusion throughout the tech in... |
| 28.03.2016 | How To Nab A Raise, Sell Old Stuff And, Basically, Make More Money | Day 28: Could you be earning more money? Here’s how to take advantage of opportunities that lead to extra cash. This post is part of FORBES’ 30 Day Money Challenge. Follow along on Twitter with #30DaysOfMoney or with the timeline posted her... |
| 01.03.2016 | TaskRabbit’s app update focuses on getting tasks done in under 90 minutes | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
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| 01.03.2016 | TaskRabbit’s app update focuses on getting tasks done in under 90 minutes | TaskRabbit wants to help you get your tasks done faster than ever before. The company has redesigned its iOS app to focus more on real-time services. It promises to pair you with a “Tasker” within five minutes of your request, and assures y... |
| 24.01.2016 | We Found Every 'Uber for X' Startup in Boston — It's a Long List | Whether we like it or not, Uber has become synonymous with the gig economy and any kind of business that uses an online platform to deliver on-demand services. We call it “Uber for X” because it’s all about applying all or some of the compa... |
| 19.01.2016 | With Google, Facebook And Nextdoor, What’s Next For Lead Generation? | Sam Madden Contributor
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| 29.12.2015 | 4 App-Assisted Methods to Get the Most Out of Your 24 Hours | December 29, 2015 5 min read
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| 17.12.2015 | Can these apps really cure you of holiday stress? | The Post’s deputy fashion editor challenges three personal assistant apps to take on her most daunting holiday tasks.Photo by Brian Zak/NY Post (2); Styling by Brice Gaillard/thepropstylist.com
Even though I consider Instagram and Uber some... |
| 08.12.2015 | WeChat Plans To Invest $3.4M In Early-Stage African Startups | China’s largest messaging app will invest 50 million rand (about $3.4 million USD) in African startups. WeChat said in a blog post that will work with Cape Town tech strategy firm Batstone to find promising early-stage companies.
Earlier th... |
| 27.11.2015 | How Mobile Apps Are Transforming The Job Search | Yarden Tadmor Contributor
Yarden Tadmor is the founder and CEO of Switch.
Searching for a job is just like dating, banking or procrastinating on chores until someone else does them: It’s something we all have to do. So why shouldn’t the job... |
| 11.11.2015 | Fiverr raises $60M to help lure freelancers online — and removes $5 minimum charge | Fiverr, a microtask marketplace for people to buy and sell just about any type of digital service, has raised $60 million in funding to “aggressively attract the vast majority of freelancers who still operate offline,” the company said.
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| 15.10.2015 | The 5-Step Uber Playbook That Will Disrupt The On-Demand Economy | Dan Storbaek Contributor
Dan Storbaek is the founder and CEO of Skarpline.
Most people are familiar with Uber as the ridesharing king; it has taken the world by storm, and with much fanfare. Less has been written about its new family member... |
| 29.09.2015 | Need Customers? Thumbtack Got $125M to Help Small Business Find Them | Share Share on Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Email Reprints
Thumbtack, the rapidly growing online San Francisco-based service that lists for-hire professionals from various industries, has received a $125 million round of late-stage fu... |
| 26.09.2015 | Can Entrepreneurs Succeed In Today’s On-Demand World? | Sam Madden Contributor
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| 14.09.2015 | 81 Sites To Find Side Gigs To Earn More Money Now | Who doesn't need more money? If you're not up for forex trading, selling an organ on the black market or dabbling in illicit activity, income on the side is easier to find than ever before, thanks to the burgeoning freelance economy and the... |
| 04.09.2015 | On-Demand Startups: How To Conquer One City At A Time | Guest author Pablo Orlando is a serial entrepreneur and the cofounder and COO of Gone, an on-demand selling service that helps users rid unwanted items.
New on-demand services are springing up everywhere and changing business in nearly ever... |
| 28.08.2015 | Our Marketplace Obsession And Bubble | Sam Madden Contributor
Sam Madden is a co-founder of PocketSuite.
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Our Marketplace Obsession And Bubble
Service marketplaces have recently become Silicon Va... |
| 24.08.2015 | TaskRabbit Co-Founder Launches A Slick New 401(k) Platform | In recent years, Kevin Busque began to notice something at TaskRabbit, the outsourced jobs marketplace that he co-founded seven years ago with his wife, and TaskRabbit’s CEO, Leah.
The company employs a lot of younger employees, and accordi... |
| 16.08.2015 | The Burgeoning Invisible App Market | Omar Bohsali Contributor
Omar Bohsali an engineer/designer building Sudo and who is very curious about the invisible app market.
Today’s “invisible app” market could be classified as a passing trend, but it might also be the beginning of a ... |
| 03.08.2015 | SweepSouth becomes first SA startup to join Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups programme | South African on-demand domestic cleaning startup SweepSouth has secured a spot in the renowned Silicon Valley-based accelerator programme, 500 Startups.
Not only has SweepSouth been awarded US$125 000 in seed funding and acceptance into th... |
| 03.08.2015 | SweepSouth becomes first SA startup to join Silicon Valley’s 500 Startups programme | South African on-demand domestic cleaning startup SweepSouth has secured a spot in the renowned Silicon Valley-based accelerator programme, 500 Startups.
Not only has SweepSouth been awarded US$125 000 in seed funding and acceptance into t... |
| 08.07.2015 | Seekmi: An Indonesian startup Connecting the Service Providers and the Service Seekers | Finding credible and need-based household and professional service providers is a difficult job in almost all around the world. Especially, in developing countries where internet is yet to become a parallel world, this is extra difficult In... |
| 06.07.2015 | 16 Women Founders Making Moves in Tech | When Marissa Meyer took over as Yahoo‘s CEO, the tech industry and media praised it a win: the end of the glass ceiling. In reality, there is still an outrageous shortage of women entering the technology sector, particularly software engine... |
| 06.07.2015 | What Would Happen If Uber, Priceline and Craigslist Had a Baby? | App developer Ryan Glen calls Bizibid the “Uber of jobs.” (Photo: Bizibid)
It was Christmas Day 2012, but entrepreneur and app developer Ryan Glen wasn’t in the holiday spirit. As the economy continued to rebound from the recession, he want... |
| 29.06.2015 | 10 Women-Friendly Tech Startups | Ten startups released numbers showing how women-friendly they are, as part of the launch of San Francisco startup Doxa.
We’re talking pay gaps, percentage of women at the company (and in tech and leadership), maternity leave, and who gets p... |
| 04.06.2015 | Charlie, Your New Meeting Assistant, Launches on iOS | With the busy lives people live nowadays, at some point it can be hard to keep track of everything. This is especially true for someone with a daily life that includes many professional meetings: at some point it can be hard not only to be ... |
| 18.05.2015 | Caregiver support network highlights enormous need but can it work? | Reetu Gupta, the founder and CEO, painted a picture of a network that’s a combination of TaskRabbit and a support network for volunteers and focusing on people with a good heart rather than experience. It also lets people who want to help n... |
| 08.05.2015 | SMS and the on-demand economy: 5 ways to perfect the match | In a mobile-first world, SMS is proving to be one of the most essential tools for businesses. From its critical role in communicating with customers globally to providing top security, this series produced by Nexmo explores key aspects of S... |
| 08.05.2015 | SMS and the on-demand economy: 5 ways to perfect the match | Did you miss a session from GamesBeat Summit 2022? All sessions are available to stream now. Learn more.
In a mobile-first world, SMS is proving to be one of the most essential tools for businesses. From its critical role in communicating w... |
| 05.05.2015 | Elance-oDesk Rebrands As Upwork, Debuts Slack-Like Chat Platform | A new chapter starts today for Elance-oDesk, a platform where 4 million businesses connect with 10 million knowledge worker freelancers to fill contract jobs. More than a year after the two competitors merged to form one freelancer powerhou... |
| 22.04.2015 | Zirx parks $30M to build a fleet of valets | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Like other city drivers, I’ve wished many times t... |
| 22.04.2015 | Zirx parks $30M to build a fleet of valets | Like other city drivers, I’ve wished many times that I could pay someone to park my car.
San Francisco-based startup Zirx is looking to fulfill this desire for an increasing number of frustrated car owners, fueled by its announcement today ... |
| 19.04.2015 | Online Jobs Marketplace Freelancer.com Moves Into Home And Local Services | Make way for one more company trying to carve out a business in local and home services. Following in the footsteps of Amazon and Google in their race after the likes of Angie’s List, TaskRabbit, Thumbtack and Handy, Freelancer.com is launc... |
| 12.04.2015 | The Uberization of personal services | We live in an increasingly "on-demand" world, and all sorts of new businesses are scrambling to get on board. Here's Rita Braver:
For Sean and Kellee Glass, the value of a session with yoga master Adeyoye Mabogunje is not just the... |
| 31.03.2015 | Service Marketplace StarOfService Takes On Thumbtack | French startup StarOfService plans to provide a solid Thumbtack alternative for the rest of the world. To achieve this goal, StarOfService is opening its marketplace in 80 countries and just raised $1.2 million (€1.1 million) from Point Nin... |
| 30.03.2015 | Amazon wants to be your professional service provider | Amazon launches Home Services, giving users access to services like yoga classes and car maintenance
(Come mingle with hundreds of top venture capitalists representing $10B-plus in capital under management, including Khosla Ventures, Greylo... |
| 30.03.2015 | Amazon launches handyman ‘home services’ platform for gardening, goat-grazing, and more | Amazon has launched a new home-services platform designed to connect consumers with a myriad of skilled workers, including gardeners and car mechanics.
The Internet giant had long been rumored to be entering the home-services space, and the... |
| 30.03.2015 | Amazon launches handyman ‘home services’ platform for gardening, goat-grazing, and more | We are excited to bring Transform 2022 back in-person July 19 and virtually July 20 - 28. Join AI and data leaders for insightful talks and exciting networking opportunities. Register today!
Amazon has launched a new home-services platform ... |
