Interviews with Digital Media Thought Leaders

Interview and Demonstration with eLance CEO

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on September 8, 2008

If you would like to hire free-lance programmers and other white collar workers via an Internet site that brings together a World wide guild of qualified personnel, this interview is for you. It’s also for those who would like create incremental income by providing such services.

Our guest today is Fabio Rosati who is the CEO of eLance. His company is kind-of an eBay for independent white collar workers providing services ranging from programming and website design, to ghost writing. In addition to the interview, we provide a hypothetical demonstration of how you can use eLance to “drill down” to a selected provider appropriate to your project. 

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Outsource (Most) Any White Collar Work

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on March 27, 2008

 
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Gary SwartIf you would like to learn how to hire remote part-time white collar workers and manage them effectively over the Internet, this interview is for you.
 
Subject: Our guest today is Gary Swart who is the CEO of O-Desk.  His company enables buyers to contract with a skilled guild of remote workers, ranging from computer programmers to ghost writers, and manage them over the Internet. The business is much like Rent-a-Coder that we interviewed a couple of months ago, except that O-Desk engagements tend to be longer-term

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Engaging Webmaster Services in the Spot Market

Podcast Video | Posted by Phil Leigh on January 31, 2008

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Summary: If you would like to learn how to quickly engage a qualified outsider for custom computer programming and webmaster services, this interview is for you.
 
Our guest today is Ian Ippolito who is the CEO of Exhedrea Solutions, (d/b/a Rent-a-Coder.com). His company provides an online marketplace where software programmers can sell their services like guild workers to buyers who need custom programming. Basically, it is an eBay for programming and webmaster services. Read more…

Rent-a-Coder

Podcast Audio | Posted by Phil Leigh on December 18, 2007

 
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Summary: If you would like to learn how to find software programmers to take on a custom projects, this interview is for you.

Ian IppolitoOur guest today is Ian Ippolito who is the CEO of Exhedra Solutions, (d/b/a Rent-a-Coder.com). His company provides an online marketplace where software programmers can sell their services like guild workers to buyers who need custom programming. Read more…