Marathon Series: Matt Barrie’s Freelancer a global marketplace with $53M in revenue

Matt Barrie, Freelancer, Hiring, International Founders, Marketplace

Where do you find inspiration for launching a company? Sometimes that inspiration can come from the most unlikely of places.

Matt Barrie is Founder and CEO of Freelancer which is a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace.

When Matt was unable to enlist friends and family to help with a simple task when he was building his mom’s website, his simple job posting on a website looking for help netted immediate results and provided his “ah-ha” moment for launching Freelancer.

Matt Barrie

Freelancer

Matt Barrie is Founder and CEO of Freelancer which is a global online freelancing and crowdsourcing marketplace.

Andrew: Hey there, freedom fighters. My name is Andrew Warner. I’m the founder of Mixergy, where I interview entrepreneurs about how they built their businesses. And I flew to Sydney, Australia as part of my seven marathons on seven continents goal this year. Did I tell you that?

Matt: No, you didn’t.

Andrew: My goal is to run a marathon on every continent this year. And so I said, “Where do I go in Australia?” And everyone said Sydney is the place for entrepreneurship. There is no marathon that’s going on the day that I’m available, so I’m just going to, like a madman, run 26.2 miles. Strava will make sure that I’m doing it right. And I’ve really been looking forward to interviewing you. To be honest, you made it very easy when you said yes. I was prepared to, like, come back at you and say, “Here’s why you should do it and not.” And you said, “Okay, Andrew, here, I can do...

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