2. oDesk: Worlds largest online workplace $1B in client spend
900K clients oDesk4.5M freelancersOther online workplaces
combined35M hours worked1.5M jobs posted*Gross services in 2012
exceeded $360M, making us 1.9x our next largest competitor.Source:
oDesk database2
3. Strong growth in hours worked3
4. Three trends are driving online work Technology:
Communication, collaboration, payment Globalization: Accelerating
acceptance of distributed workforces Economy: Need for flexible,
cost-effective talent4 4
5. Ukraine and Russia are emerging powerhouses #1 and #2
fastest-growing client countries (by dollars spent, 2-year CAGR) #1
and #2 source of engineering talent (by # engineers working for
oDesk full-time online) #4 and #6 contractor countries (by dollars
earned in 2012)5
6. CEE / CIS are among the freelance leadersThousandsTop 15
Contractor Countries (Gross Services Earned)
$25,000$20,000$15,000$10,000$5,000$0Source: oDesk database6
7. Russian hours billed on oDesk growing rapidly Annual Hours
Billed by Russian Freelancers
1,200,000970,3771,000,000754,376800,000600,000508,484400,000332,901
253,830200,0000 20082009201020112012Source: oDesk database7
11. Similar Ukrainian Client Growth Annual Hours Billed By
Ukrainian Clients 25,000 21,725 20,00015,00010,0004,6155,000 2,038
38582200820090201020112012Source: oDesk database11
12. From contractors to clients Clients per 100 Freelancers For
oDesks Top Freelancer Countries
13. Top jobs Russian businesses hire for Q2 2013 top
categories: (by dollars spent)1.Web programming2.Mobile
apps3.Website project management4.Website quality assurance
(QA)5.Web design6.Desktop apps7.Graphic design8.Ecommerce9.Scripts
& utilitiesTech Non-tech10. Translation Source: oDesk
database13
14. Freelancer Profile: Igor Zagorodniy oDesk Freelancer Since:
2011Current Role: Enterprise Software Developer Skills: Adobe SDK,
C#, DBMS, MS Office Average Hourly Rate: $40/ houroDesk satisfies
all of my needs and gives me employment stability. If I were
working locally, I would not earn as much and I wouldnt be able to
get involved in some of the interesting projects I have done. Igor
Zagorodniy, Software Developer14
15. Code your way to Silicon Valley www.codingame.com/odesk
Contest is 19 Oct 2013, 11:00 to 15:00 Test your coding skills
against Russian and Ukrainian developers Winner will receive a
1-week trip to Silicon Valley 5 nights flight and accommodations
included Visit oDesk, Facebook, Google, eBay and more Source: oDesk
database15
16. Startups have two things: An ideaPeople
17. Meet the oDesk team
18. 1yu rtGreat startups come from great cofoundersStratis
Karamanlakis oDesk Co-Founder, VP of Development
19. Strong personal relationship
20. Complementary skills
21. Shared passion
22. Its a marriage
23. Odysseas on his co-founder There were things that I didnt
know how to do very early on. I knew I couldnt go from 0 to 1 if I
didnt have someone who could complement my high-entropy,
high-energy style by grounding it with an entropy-reducing style.
With him I went from 0 to 1 and 1 to 12, where otherwise I would
still be making circles around my zero.