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The Freelance Economy Still Runs on Word of Mouth

Harvard Business Review

But we’re not quite there yet, according to a new survey conducted for MBO Partners, which provides back-office services to independent workers — which it dubs “solopreneurs.” million estimate, derived from an online poll of 2,017 people, is up from 17.7 What follows are edited excerpts of our conversation.

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