Lucy Gao, Canadian Global Curator, visited various companies in three U.S. cities as part of a Sharing Economy tour sponsored by TheWashington Foreign Press Center,visiting New York, Las Vegas and San Francisco. This is part 3 of a 3-part series showcasing companies she visited in each city, featuring familiar incumbents and new startups to look out… Read more
The online learning marketplace Udemy is set to open a European headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Recruiting for key positions, including product managers, senior software engineers and a country manager for Ireland, is currently underway. Udemy also expects to eventually add multilingual instructors to its current roster of 10,000 instructors teaching 18,000 courses. Founded by Gagan… Read more
This is the second in a six-part series of posts about online/mobile marketplaces brought to you by lucystaqueria.com and our content partner Balanced. Read part one here. Embrace the Hustle Most successful marketplace operators hustle like crazy to solve their double-sided distribution problem – the classic chicken and egg issue. These marketplace operators painstakingly turn… Read more