This week we discuss the recent acquisition of freelance management platform Stoke by Fiverr, as well as advances in AI that bring the promise of more adaptable and affordable solutions, but also concerns about broader misuse. Plus, we discuss our different boundaries to work and personal life in the physical and virtual world.

Sarah joins the podcast to talk about all things sales and marketing in an era when we are all salespeople - entrepreneurs, freelancers, leaders. We cover what works and hear stories of what spectacularly flopped.

This week we cover Halloween costumes, achy joints, and horse pills. Also, inflation, the rise of the worker, office space in the age of the metaverse, and how a green energy future just might tie into the future of work.

Rich Wilson, Founder and CEO of Gigged.AI, joins the podcast to chat about his AI-enabled freelance sourcing company and the rise of the platform economy.

This week we talk the recent spike in US (and global) inflation, the ongoing labor shortage and people opting out of crummy jobs, abundance vs scarcity, and whether we should be worried about the AI apocalypse anytime soon.

Preston Mossman, Talent Advisor and Product Manager for Koch Industries, joins the podcast to talk about his winding path to product management, staffing, and freelance, and how larger more established institutions can still work with and benefit from freelance workers. He also discusses how freelance talent is just one piece of the puzzle in a broader innovation strategy that combines full-time employees, trusted third parties, and individual workers.

This week the Matts dig deep on inflation and what purpose the office will serve in the future. Also, pumpkin launches, BB guns, and football.

Welcome fellow podcaster Chad McAllister (Product Mastery Now) to the show! We follow Chad's long, illustrious, and winding career through engineering, product management, teaching, and podcasting, and we talk about how virtual teaming, freelancing, and technology have changed the face of product management.

This week we cover suburban life, camping, and young man rants. Also, we talk about lackluster job growth, big companies shifting to remote work, and robots in the vineyards of Italy.

We are joined by Louise Doorn, the founder and CEO of freelance marketing platform HelloMaaS. We cover the importance of relationships and vetted freelancers, her global experience within and advising corporations, and a key question - just what is up with Bali and keto waffles?