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

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

“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."

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

“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.”

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

“If we weren’t able to turn around talent requests at the quantity, quality, and velocity that we can because of our relationship with Upwork, I think the talent acquisition function would quite quickly be overloaded.”

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

“The cost savings are great, but the real value [of flexible talent] is getting distributed expertise.”

"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."

“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.”

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