August 4, 2016 • 24 mins
The gig economy is growing so fast, it might just be the future of entrepreneurship as we know it — but it is also still a work in progress. We explore its past, present, and future with two entrepreneurs who ditched the traditional idea of work to launch their own companies on gig economy platforms.
This episode features:
Redd Horrocks, voice over artist on Fiverr
Diane Whitmore Schanzenbach, Director of the Hamilton Project at the Brookings Institution
Cori O'Steen, Founder and CFO of UPakNShip
Laura Chambers, Vice President of Consumer Selling at eBay
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