Guru.com
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Internet Service Marketplace Workforce Management Crowdsourcing |
| Founded | Pittsburgh 1998 |
| Founder | Jon and James Slavet (brothers) |
| Headquarters | Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania |
| Website | Guru.com |
Guru.com is a freelance marketplace.[2] It allows companies to find freelance workers for commissioned work. Founded in 1998 in Pittsburgh as eMoonlighter.com and still headquartered there.
History
Guru Inc. was founded in 1999[3] in San Francisco as an online clearing house for high tech workers seeking short-term contracts. The company, led by brothers Jon and James Slavet, raised $3M in angel funding and a further $16M in a full venture round led by Greylock Partners and August Capital.[3] In a May 2000 interview, Paul Saffo cited Guru.com as an example of a company using the Internet to provide new kinds of services where individuals negotiated directly with potential employers.[4] In 2002, Guru developed the SmartMatch technology which matches résumés and other information about job applicants to jobs. It also developed a candidate profiling system using techniques from Industrial and organizational psychology to better understand a candidate's suitability for a particular job.
The company was acquired[5] in December 2002 by Unicru, a human resources software company based in Portland, Oregon. Guru's technology and staff remained with Unicru, focused on software to help large employers assess and hire job applicants.
Merger & Present day
Unicru sold the Guru.com domain name and logo to eMoonlighter.com, and eMoonlighter was renamed Guru.com. Guru.com directly connects businesses and employees in 160 different fields.
Social Impact
Freelancing & Online job market being a growing market, there are now so many organizations, institutes & colleges producing IT professionals. Freelancer Factory is an initiative taken by Information Technology University to produce best freelancers. Idea executed by Haseeb Virk & Sami Khan. Started on 9th May 14'[6], Mentored by #KRK - Kamran Shafi, Rehan Shaykh & Kamran Zahid, is now being considered as serious impact creator in society. Trainees are being mentored to use credible online platforms such as Guru.com. This training is providing consistently growing quality workforce to Guru.com, and Guru.com is providing them earning opportunities.
Notes
- ^ "Guru.com Site Info". Alexa Internet. Retrieved 2014-04-01.
- ^ Guru.com puts freelancers to work – PC World
- ^ a b "The New-Boy Network". Inc magazine. 1 January 2000.
- ^ Walker, Leslie (May 18, 2000). "Discussion with Paul Saffo, Director, Institute For The Future". The Washington Post.
- ^ Earnshaw, Aliza (4 August 2003). "Unicru expands capabilities with two acquisitions". Portland Business Journal.
- ^ A Plan9 TechHub’s initiative, Freelancer Factory (22 April 2014). [www.scoopcircle.com/freelancer-factory-a-plan9-techhubs-initiative "Freelancer Factory Started at ITU"]. Scoop Circle. Retrieved 22 April 2014.
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External links
E-lancing websites
Following is a list of other e-lancing websites which are currently in service:
