Isaiah Trotter

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Bedrok log (2/1/23)

Specifically enterprises seem to be continually adopting internal talent marketplaces, hiring contingent labor, and direct sourcing…

Feb 2, 2023

Feb 2, 2023

Talent shortages and sad freelancers

This is some interesting stuff. In 2022, the biggest problem that staffing firms in the US had were talent shortages. What that sounds like…

Jan 30, 2023

Jan 30, 2023

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Blue ocean strategy for freelance marketplaces

I want to make sure Bedrok doesn’t compete with other marketplaces, but delivers value in unique ways.

Jan 30, 2023

Blue ocean strategy for freelance marketplaces

Jan 30, 2023

Project managers and Bedrok

Whenever I pitched the concept of Bedrok to people, whether strangers or friends and family, they always mentioned that, if you want to…

Jan 24, 2023

Test 1 of guaranteed freelance work

I just had Bedrok’s first test, and this is a really exciting development for creating guaranteed income for freelance designers.

Jan 22, 2023

Jan 22, 2023

Testing Bedrok

I think for most things in life, you usually know what you need to do. Do the research, write the paper, test the idea, change the habit…

Jan 19, 2023

Cash flow problems

When you look at a lot of the problems that freelancers talk about, whether it’s economic uncertainty, not being able to put enough money…

Jan 17, 2023

Jan 17, 2023

Only one baby at a time

Now that I’ve been reading The Mythical Man-Month, I’m definitely understanding the argument that adding more people to an already late…

Jan 16, 2023

Jan 16, 2023

It must maintain freedom

One of the things I decided from the beginning of Bedrok is that, whatever the solution look like, however guaranteed work is supposed to…

Jan 9, 2023

Jan 9, 2023

Freelance innovators

I’ve been doing some research on project managers recently with the goal of understanding the problems they deal with on a day to day…

Jan 7, 2023