Sounds really interesting on multiple levels. Clearly anything that helps freelancers and interns find work is a good thing. It's also a good opportunity for small businesses to discover and use on demand, flexible talent.
There's been some recent stats that support this idea. oDesk recently did some research on the buyers of talent services on their site and found that 58% self-classify as startups. The next largest group of talent buyers self-classified as small businesses. And our most recent data - which won't be officially published for another week or so - shows about one quarter of independent workers (freelancers, self-employed, etc.) hire other independent workers on a contract, talent on demand basis. So this concept leverages trends already happening in the marketplace and, hopefully, helps all involved out. I look forward to learning more and see how it works. Please keep us informed. On Tuesday, August 27, 2013 4:38:48 AM UTC-7, Suky Stroud wrote: > > Hello all! I've been following the Coworking group closely over the past > few months, while working on a new project at Regus. It's a new take on > coworking, to connect the startups and SMEs, with freelancers, and also > with young interns for the very first time under one roof. We'll be > launching 10 pilot sites in the UK this Autumn, and our website went live > last week. > > Would love to hear your thoughts on the website, and the concept in > general? You can find it at www.regusconnect.com > > > <https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-m2jNtTc4J3Q/UhyO7ZAh57I/AAAAAAAAAZQ/jE0pCO5Evo4/s1600/breezi_placeit+crop.png> > > -- Visit this forum on the web at http://discuss.coworking.com --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Coworking" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to coworking+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
