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011 How Gary Swart Built The Worlds Largest Online Workplace - With Gary Swart

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Gary Swart is a Venture Partner at Polaris Partners, an 18-year old venture capital firm. Gary is also the former CEO of Odesk, the world's largest online workplace with over 1 million clients and 5 million freelancers. He joined the company as its CEO in 2005 and has guided the company to industry leadership and through their recent merger with Elance.


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  • ODesk
  • Polaris Partners


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