"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."

“When employees aren’t limited by internal skillsets and resources, they can leverage their time to create bigger improvements and change that help the team overall.”

“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."

"Program consultants really allowed me to get out of just putting out fires to taking the time to really strategize."

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

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

“Having high-quality talent available lets me focus on high-visibility projects while knowing the other projects are getting done and their stakeholders are receiving the support they need.”

“Nearly every department in the company has at least one or two freelancers found on Upwork.”

“Upwork is great for crowdsourcing ideas without letting budgets get out of hand, especially when you don’t know where to start, you want to try something new, or you want to get fresh ideas to take something to the next level.”

“Upwork is a great forum to trial talent at no risk and with great speed. Having the flexibility to invite someone to a job and get a response within minutes or hours is really important.”

“If we have any issue, my first thought is to go to Upwork and find talent who can help us think it through Upwork opened the door, and made it possible.”

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

“Now, we have a partner that understands us and our brand and they can scale to support us because they have the experience and expertise."

“Upwork really helps our marketing team find new talent, run experiments and see if things are going to work a lot faster than we could otherwise."

“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.”