Matt Barrie (Founder/CEO of Freelancer.com)

Nov 24, 2015, 6:00 ā€“ 9:00 PM

Work.Life, 13 Hawley Crescent, Camden Town, London, NW1 8NP

Matt Barrie is founder & CEO of Freelancer.com, the world's leading freelancing and crowd-sourcing marketplace and 8 times Webby-award winner! After graduating at Stanford University, he worked as venture capitalist at Innovation Capital. Then Matt founded Sensory Networks, which was acquired by Intel Corporation in 2013. Freelancer.com is valued at $600 million today, growing at 40% per year.

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Matt Barrie is an Australian technology entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Freelancer.com: the world's leadingĀ freelancing and crowd-sourcing marketplace andĀ Eight-time Webby-award winner.Ā Matt was named Entrepreneur of the Year in 2011 by BRW and in 2014 heĀ was named the most influential person in technology in Australia by Smart Company.Ā  After graduating at Stanford University Matt worked as a venture capitalist at Innovation Capital. Then heĀ founded Sensory Networks that was acquired by Intel Corporation in 2013. In 2009 Matt founded Freelancer.comĀ and listed it on the ASX in 2013. It isĀ today valued at over $600 million and grows at the rate of 40% per year. We will sit down for a fireside chat with Matt at Startup Grind London to talk about freelancing, crowd-sourcing, the future of work and building globally successful companies. Join us on 24th Nov, 6pm at the brand new Work.Life.

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Speaker

  • Matt Barrie

    Founder/CEO of Freelancer.com

When

When

Tuesday, November 24, 2015
6:00 PM ā€“ 9:00 PM UTC

Agenda

Networking and Food
Fireside Chat
Networking

Organizers

  • Prem Sangeet Petar Savic

    Supreme Factory

    London Director

  • James Lethem

    Nascence

    Co-Director

  • Sam Adekunle

    Grone Collective

    Head of Special Projects & Initiatives

  • Gabriel Pizzolante

    UK GAP Consulting

    Ambassador

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