Our guest today is Sid Sijbrandij, CEO, GitLab. Sid, 10 years ago, most investors were reluctant to invest in remote companies. Functions like finance, sales and marketing were seen as in-house only. How did you address those concerns? When GitLab graduated from Y Combinator, our engineering team was already working remotely and there was no reason for the rest of the team to be in-house. Of course, there were people who were skeptical about it. Our VP of Sales initially thought that a rem...

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. There is so much chatter right now going on about the gig economy and its merits and faults. And I can definitely see both. Our guest today, Lex Monson, is the founder and CEO of a company named Punkpost, where beautifully handwritten cards are mailed by artists for you. All artists are freelancers. Lex, you work with artists and creativit...

Our guest today is Daniel Ramsey, CEO & Founder, MyOutDesk. Daniel, your company provides virtual assistants on demand. What are the advantages associated with employing gig workers? While there was a time that only bigger, Fortune-500 companies could afford to outsource, these days, online-based companies have made virtual staffing an option for smaller businesses as well. Multiple studies show that by the year 2027, over 50% of companies and businesses will be offering remote work as...

The ‘’Gig Economy’’ series sheds light on the future of work and the pros and cons of hiring freelancers and gig workers. Our guest today is Ben Walker, CEO, Transcription Outsourcing Ben, many transcription companies work on a project basis and there are times when there is lots of work. Is this the reason why you hire gig workers and freelancers?  It’s way more cost-effective to hire freelancers to do our transcription work, and it is the nature of t...

Stacy Caprio, Founder, Growth Marketing. Stacy, why do you hire gig workers and freelancers? Is it due to industry specifics, time utilization or something else? Hiring gig workers is much cheaper than hiring a full-time employee, because you don't have to pay someone 40 hours a week for an indefinite amount of time, and you don't have to pay benefits including health insurance and employer taxes. It makes it possible to hire someone for a one- or two-hour task without taking on a...