Full-time is not enough.

Part-time can be more.

“Two heads are better than one”.

Instead of being based on a small number of full-time employees, your business can now enjoy various talents of numerous freelance experts, in the exact amount your business craves 🙂 And all that with the right timing!

Get more for the same price

Isn’t that what every consumer wants to hear? 🙂 In this case, you are consuming services and you can work with more experts sticking to the budget you planned for a small full-time team.

This is not strictly due to outsourcing to the regions with low living costs and / or limited opportunities – the times when this used to be the main incentive are gone. The reason you’ll get more value for your money is simply because freelancers charge only the hours worked. In a startup world – small, early stage operations with high-levels of uncertainty and steep learning curve – there are not so many roles you need a full-time long-term employee for. For the same budget you will effectively have many more experts with various skills in your team.

The time the freelancers are not actually working for you, you don’t pay – simple as that. And the freelancers go ahead and work on other projects – gaining new knowledge and experiences that they will apply on yours when needed. Isn’t that the ultimate consumer win win? 🙂

Always have the right person for the job, at the right time!

Buy on the fly

Another one from the consumer’s wishlist 🙂 Instead of planning too much ahead, you just purchase on the go, when you actually feel the need for a product / service. Using the freelance marketplaces and right onboarding and team collaboration techniques, you can contract fast and almost plug’n’play experts in your team.

You don’t need to know in advance which experts you will need. Rather you can wait for the feedback on your latest release or the investors decision and only then get the expertise you realize you really need in the coming phase.

Sometimes we’d hold a sprint retrospective and realize that we need a hand for the coming iterations. So I’d search for, contract and onboard the right professional – all within a few days.

Stay lean by consuming expertise on demand!

As the gig economy is going stronger than ever, there are more and more independent experts providing their services on demand. However, hiring, onboarding and managing fluctuant teams requires specialized techniques. Call me 🙂