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  • January 2016 (Revised July 2017)
  • Case

HourlyNerd

By: Jill Avery and Joseph Fuller
HourlyNerd, a two-sided marketplace platform for matching freelance consultants with small companies looking for help, struggles to define a growth plan for the future. The company, started as a class project in HBS' FIELD 3 course, is assessing three growth paths:... View Details
Keywords: Startup; Lean Startup; Two Sided Markets; Entrepreneurship; Strategy; Business Startups; Venture Capital; Consulting Industry; United States
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Avery, Jill, and Joseph Fuller. "HourlyNerd." Harvard Business School Case 316-134, January 2016. (Revised July 2017.)
  • 26 Jul 2016
  • News

HourlyNerd Rebrands as an Enterprise Talent Platform

co-CEO Petitti. “For the first time, businesses are using a unified (internal, external, knowledge) approach to solve problems and capitalize on opportunities. With Catalant, they can access the exact expertise or knowledge needed in real-time.” While Catalant will... View Details
  • 04 Feb 2015
  • News

HourlyNerd Raises $7.8M for Its Consulting Gig Marketplace

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 26 Mar 2014
  • News

Renting Harvard MBAs to Big Biz, HourlyNerd Raises $4M

Keywords: Rob Biederman
  • 03 Jun 2014
  • News

HourlyNerd Inks Deal to Expand Client Base in Middle East, Africa

Keywords: Management, Scientific, and Technical Consulting Services; Professional Services
  • 15 Apr 2016
  • News

Uber for MBAs Is a Worrying Sign

Keywords: HourlyNerd; Management of Companies and Enterprises; Management
  • 29 Sep 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age

Are Uber drivers and HourlyNerd consultants independent contractors or employees? Interesting question, but the wrong one. Better to ask: Are we stifling innovation across the digital economy by forcing a simplistic choice, contractor vs.... View Details
Keywords: by Andrei Hagiu; Transportation; Web Services
  • 29 Sep 2015
  • News

Work 3.0: Redefining Jobs and Companies in the Uber Age

  • 25 Oct 2013
  • News

Why Hire an MBA When You Can Rent One?

  • 01 Sep 2014
  • News

Innovation: Revenge of the Nerds

The HourlyNerd origin story could become an HBS legend: The rapidly growing startup, which connects graduates from top MBA programs with businesses that need project-based consulting, began as a FIELD 3 project—one that fellow HBS... View Details
Keywords: April White
  • 7 PM – 9 PM EDT, 14 Apr 2016
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HBS Boston Young Alumni Networking Reception

HBS alumni MBA 2006-2015 are invited to an evening of socializing and networking in Boston. View Details
  • 25 May 2016
  • News

FIELD 3: Taking Down Barriers

Biederman, who now runs HourlyNerd with two cofounders. Today, the Boston-based firm has raised three rounds of venture funding, has 45 full-time employees, and works with some 14,000 “nerds”—MBA graduates from a variety of top... View Details
  • 17 Aug 2015
  • Research & Ideas

Who is Boss in the Sharing Economy?

recently as "technology has made it easier to build marketplaces for services and fine-tune the degree of control exerted over service provider-customer interactions." HourlyNerd allows consultants (typically MBA students) to hire... View Details
Keywords: by Michael Blanding; Service; Technology
  • 10 Jan 2017
  • First Look

First Look at New Research: January 10, 2017

negative outcomes, or as a rejuvenating experience, with positive post-break consequences. Download working paper: https://www.hbs.edu/faculty/Pages/item.aspx?num=52074 Harvard Business School Case 316-134 HourlyNerd HourlyNerd, a... View Details
Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
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