“Independent talent changed how we handle development. They gave us the confidence to test new ideas and opened our minds to what’s possible.”

“We’ve been able to bring in folks who are experts in things that our company has never done before, so we can learn and make fewer mistakes."

“Our experience with the freelance economy and Upwork has given us the basis for continual production in the future and even larger scaling of our team and department within Microsoft.”

“We can go to Upwork for exactly what we need, no matter what the scope requires. It has changed the way we get work done every day.”

“We can hire engineers who code in different languages than we write internally. Our Pro is one of the best hires we've made.”

“I’m not aware of any other platform that’s as customizable as Upwork.”

"A lot of universities aren't really innovating. They're kind of just doing what they've always done. So for us, Upwork is a flexible platform that allows us to innovate and do more."

“I attribute our success building and scaling our startup to Upwork. It’s how we recruit new people, manage payments and track deadlines.”

“From day one, freelancers were our blueprint for success. This was our master plan.”

"Upwork gives us the ability to scale work quickly and in a big way in response to changing business demand."

“Working on Upwork made it easy for me to find great talent to create a new industry web and mobile app.”

“Upwork has allowed me to build a great distributed team and run a SaaS platform successfully.”

“I love the platform and the amount of talent I have access to. We really couldn’t be this far along without help from the talent on Upwork.”

"[Upwork] enables us to have multiple freelancers with different expertise helping us in different locations at any time we need."

“One of the biggest advantages of utilizing freelancers is finding a great variety of talent with different skills. And bringing on new talent quickly as our needs change."