Press and Media
"100 Smartest, Most Innovative, Hands-down Brilliant Companies "
Entrepreneur magazine
CEO Ian Ippolito saw the potential of crowdsourcing. Now his company is
raking in millions.
"Inc 5000 : Fastest Growing Private Companies In the U.S."
Inc. Magazine
Rent a Coder was awarded the prestigious Inc 5000 award for the
fourth consecutive year in a row.
"The eBay of Programmers "
FastCompany Magazine
Ian Ippolito hestitates to claim he founded Rent a Coder. It's more like the idea found him. Ippolito was running a software development firm in Tampa, Florida ...
"Help Wanted -- and Found"
The Wall Street Journal
Small-business owners are increasingly finding help for their
high-tech needs in online markets like RentACoder.com
where free-lance tech specialists
compete to provide their services.
"A Better Way of Hiring"
CBS News
CEO Ian Ippolito explains to CBS what vWorker
(the company he founded and led) does, and how it saves customers
money over traditional hiring.
"The vWorker Lifestyle"
FOX News
FOX news talks to a vWorker user and CEO Ian Ippolito
about what vWorker is and the perks of working on the site...
including playing XBox from your office.
"The Woman Behind the Code"
Bloomberg Businessweek
An in-depth look at how a reporter used RentACoder.com
to outsource a programming project and the programmer he
ultimately hired.
"How To Find And Vet Temporary Tech Talent"
Forbes
Rule one when running small companies: Do what you're good at and delegate the rest.
... vWorker.com (formerly RentACoder.com) [is]
a coder haven. No upfront fees to post work opportunities.
"Outsourcing Can Be for Small Businesses Too"
TIME Magazine
Small businesses frequently need help with small projects that may
not require a full-time employee. Fortunately, a number of websites
have sprung up in recent years that can help you get the temporary
help you need to move your company forward. ... vWorker is one of the
resources out there.
"TBTF Industry Achievement Awards"
Tampa Bay Technology Forum
vWorker was awarded Technology Company of the Year Finalist award
at the TBTF Industry Achivement Awards.
"Bob-a-job programmers"
The London Times
The premise of RentACoder.com is simple: if you need a computer job
carried out — a site designed, a program written, a database created — you
put it up for tender on the website.
RentACoder.com has a complex set of safeguards to prevent either side being
ripped off...
"Tech guns for hire: 5 places to find skilled IT contractors"
ComputerWorld
Need outside help for your next IT project?
vWorker features a host of freelancers specializing in everything
from data entry to Web design. ... Offering both money-back guarantees
for employers and payment guarantees for workers, the site wins major
points for trust and transparency.
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