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Gigster Fund – Freelancers Benefit When the Company and Clients Do Well

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Re: Gigster Fund – Freelancers Benefit When the Company and Clients Do Well

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Post by rco8786 » Fri, May 27, 2016, 3:39 PM UTC

acconrad wrote: post #6

merpnderp wrote: post #5

Are there really tons of companies hiring freelancers to make map, music and messaging apps at ~$40k/4 months?

I considered being a gigster between jobs, and when I realized most people made between $5-10k/mo working full time I turned off my account.

How did you realize that? Most people on there were making ~10k/month full time last I was on there(a couple months ago).

I did one small project, about a week's worth of time, and was paid $3k.

Re: Gigster Fund – Freelancers Benefit When the Company and Clients Do Well

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Post by PeterProlific » Sat, May 28, 2016, 12:20 AM UTC

gk1 wrote: post #33

PeterProlific wrote: post #17

Earlier quoted context omitted.

How could they possibly get 20% of a company?

My guess: the type of company that would outsource development to Gigster is the type of company that would give up 20% of equity. Or: the example scenario is too generous, which means a more probable payout would be even lower.

Yes. This is what I was thinking. What are they really giving to companies to deserve that kind of share?

AI engine or not, the only metric that matters are success stories.

Without it, all of these numbers are meaningless.

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