Rich Pearson

Rarely serious, sometimes right. Ex-Upwork CMO deep into the freelance economy, children's literacy and pickleball.

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

7 years ago, I joined @Upwork to help build the future of work. Today, I start a new chapter helping students get ready for it. And I’m waaay more nervous today!

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@sportsvideo @MixonDigital Is there an updated link for this article as I am getting 'page not found'? thanks!

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@rabois @tiredofthis202 Such a bad take. You may get paid as a VC to take extreme positions, but doing so here exposes your ignorance

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@brownday So great to watch you grow and crush it from afar. Recharge and then go do it again!

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@TravelSavvyMom

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@avinashkunnath are we supposed to guess the Olympic programs and Stop the Steal fan?

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@ljin18 It would take some guts by a platform but I’ve found that a huge percentage of platform earnings is typically driven by a small number of creators - making the platforms vulnerable and anxious if DAOs popped up organically

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@ljin18 Great thread. Do you think platforms will try to initiate DAOs for its most valuable creators or, by definition, do they need to be grassroots?

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

Solid progress towards ensuring equitable K-12 education for some of our most under resourced schools

[Palo Alto Weekly @paloaltoweekly]

ICYMI: Ravenswood teachers have received a 10% raise, which the superintendent called "a major step toward correcting a longstanding, inequitable gap." https://t.co/SXFpEiIJ1d

[Alexis Ohanian 🗽 @alexisohanian]

I've been fighting for #PaidFamilyLeave for all Americans since @OlympiaOhanian was born; it's been 4 long years and we're SO CLOSE. Do not stop.

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@alvinding @TedLasso @Upwork

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Yes, but the answer isn’t always agencies. Why not build a hybrid team of full time and freelance doers and rely less on agencies? https://t.co/UuCPUUGjeP

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

One of many, much-needed applications of ocean intelligence

[Sofar Ocean @Sofarocean]

50% of flood maps in the US are considered obsolete - the pressure's on to develop systems that provide people with enough time to evacuate, shelter in place, or receive aid after a storm has made landfall. Coastal tech improves storm surge predictions: https://t.co/TYfrGe43ai

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@ljin18 Without this - and given the reality of oversupply - the demand side relies on platforms to reduce the risk of the match

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@ljin18 Great breakdown of the power of the platforms and challenges workers face to gain more autonomy. You touch on this in your oversupply & ownership/portability points, but a critical issue is the lack of an independent body to verifies skills/talent.

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

Best performance review ever

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

If I was to work full time again, this would be a close 2nd to VP of Tastings @itsitSF

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@TravelSavvyMom it was shite

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

The Personal Sauna is the perfect stay-at home order leisure activity

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

So good

[Rich Pearson @pearsonisms]

@ViliLe @oiioxford @j_a1bert Yes - we tried to fund local businesses with credits ($25-$50 to apply towards their first freelancer hire), but our credit logistics were messy. This was in 2012-2014, so online freelancing was less accepted which didn't help