Drift's ability to simply and repeat their message had always impressed me. They've scaled faster than almost any other B2B SaaS company I've ever seen. Excluding Slack.
Great question! When we don't have an email address (or company domain) in cache we use our robust worker platform to doing live lookups. We leverage Sidekiq Pro to process millions of Lookup Jobs per day. We can typically finish a Person Lookup in under 3 seconds by leveraging the massive concurrency that Sidekiq affords us.
The PG review is not real! This is a demo of what we think an awesome freelancer portfolio should look like. Sorry if that was at all misleading.
I hear you on the "commoditization" of freelance software work, and we're actually trying to fight that. We're trying to build the freelancer site that actually built for the freelancer, and gives them a way to be found by the types of clients they're looking for. VS. what exists today where freelancers bid against each other, have to deal with shitty job descriptions, and less than awesome clients.
Would love to talk more offline if you're open to it. [email protected]
Yes and no. We're building a place for freelance developers to share, showcase, and find new freelance gigs. We're not attempting to be a middle man in the actual transaction but to improve the process of finding the right freelancer for your specific job.
We agree that freelancer matchmaking sites are generally not in the best interests of freelancers.
We've taken the position of freelancer discovery over matchmaking. Our goal is to give freelancers a great way to be discovered by filtered clients, based on specific skills and experience qualifications.
We want make it possible for freelancers and clients to find each other more efficiently, and we're not going to be involved with the actual project or contract.
For your example, we might serve as the place where the client found the 3 consultants that were invited to pitch with a cover letter, resume, and case studies.
(WorkMob Founder) We found that todays portfolio sites are great for freelance designers but suck for freelance software development. When work isn't visual most of todays options are not ideal. We also wanted a way to show real validated feedback from our past clients instead of having to send out referrals to every new potential client.
For Freelancers: Find great API work on the API"s you know best.
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For Business: Find great freelancers for your integration project.
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For API owners: Connect your customers with great freelancers who are great with your API.
Spent the better part of an afternoon cloning the lockitron site a few days ago... you guys are fucking awesome. And I'm impatient. I'll share a python version when I have a chance to clean it up.
Spent the better part of an afternoon cloning the lockitron site a few days ago... you guys are fucking awesome. And I'm impatient. I'll share a python version when I have a chance to clean it up.