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

“Upwork evaluates the work description, the talent, and does the worker classification for us so we don’t have to worry about it—that was a really great feature in terms of getting legal buy-in.”

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

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

“Through Upwork, I got access to high-caliber talent on terms that fit. I dreamed of being an entrepreneur but, like most female founders, I’m also self-funded; I don’t come from a wealthy family, I have a mortgage, I have an elderly parent I care for. Without the opportunity to work …

“Using Upwork is a matter of effectiveness and efficiency. It’s all about being smarter on how we manage our time.”

“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.”

"The Upwork platform is really intuitive we’ve found success across the board.”

“Upwork is the best platform to hire skilled professionals when we're not looking for a full-time employee. All the companies in our portfolio use Upwork to find talent across a wide range of fields.”

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

"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."

“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.”

“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."

“It’s so important to be able to find the people and skills we need, when we need them—and Upwork helps us do that.”

“Upwork enables us to differentiate ourselves from our competitors and produce content at a higher caliber.”