The market for flexible work is exploding. Most research shows that ~15 million people will enter the freelance workforce in the next 5 years, bringing it 40% of the total U.S. workforce. Meanwhile, companies like Instacart and Uber are raising astronomical amounts of money and are expected to spend $1 billion+ on recruiting contractors in 2015.
Odjo is building the platform that people will use to compare, discover, and ultimately enter into freelance work. The current market for comparing and discovering gigs on platforms like Lyft and Postmates is fragmented and dominated by misinformation and antiquated products like Craigslist.
We want to fix this market. We believe that a powerful and intuitive product that brings transparency to this market will make Odjo the portal that the millions of people interested in this kind of work will leverage to maximize their earnings.
We’ve raised some money and are getting ready to tackle a massive market. We come from a background in marketplace companies and are really passionate about fixing this problem.