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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

They provide customized, knowledge-based services to their clients. Talent Marketplaces Talent marketplaces connect organization with on-demand talent like independent consultants or experts with skills outside of their core business model. The point is there’s a ton of variation in this space.

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The Startups Most Likely to Succeed Have Technical Founders Who Quickly Hire Businesspeople

Harvard Business

The importance of talented employees for a young firm’s success is undisputed, yet we know relatively little about how exactly employees contribute to a startup’s success. But what kind of hires help ensure a startup’s success? Established in 2008, the KfW/ZEW Start-Up Panel is a representative survey of German startups.