#gig-economy

#gig-economy

While Artificial intelligence (AI) has been a part of marketing technology for some time, ChatGPT's launch made the topic white-hot.As a result, more and more AI-powered solutions are being announced every day.Here is a roundup of AI-powered martech products, platforms and features announced this week.

I've been surfing for almost 20 years now, but you wouldn't guess it if you watched me.I'm the 30-something-year-old woman frolicking in the whitewash with the little tackers, whooping when I manage to stand up on a wave like a kid cycling for the first time without training wheels.After mornings full of spectacular stacks, I've spent many an afternoon slowly draining saltwater from my brain.

Lauren Russell, 23, is the founder of the social-media agency, Irresistibly Social LLC.In June 2022, Russell booked $16,000 in sales and regularly passes five figures in monthly revenue.She shared the steps she took to launch a social-media business and her advice on finding success.While Lauren Russell was encouraged to climb a corporate ladder and take a more traditional approach to her career, the success of her travel blog, marketing videos on , and personal brand quickly became a lucrative alternative.

For doctoral candidate and single parent Konysha Wade, the financial struggle is daily.More than half of her monthly earnings from her two on-campus jobs at UC Irvine goes toward renting her university apartment, where she lives with her 11-year-old son.She brings home about $2,700 a month after taxes from working as an African American Studies instructor and a graduate student researcher - all while taking at least two classes toward her Culture and Theory doctoral degree and raising her son.

The Weekly Notable Startup Funding Report takes us on a trip across various ecosystems in the US, highlighting some of the notable funding activity in the various markets that we track.The notable startup funding rounds for the week ending 5/13/23 featuring funding details for Olyns, Salsa, AudiencePlus, and twelve other deals representing $291M in new funding that you need to know about.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.While workers rallied outside the state Appellate Court in San Francisco Tuesday morning, a three-judge panel grilled lawyers inside about the provisions of Proposition 22, which in 2020  classified rideshare drivers as independent contractors rather than employees.

I remember my first freelance gig like it was yesterday.I was in my final year of college, and just like any other student, all I wanted was to earn some extra cash.That's when I got the opportunity to get paid for doing something I loved - designing.Fast Forward half a decade, and I am still working as a freelance designer.

How much you tip when ordering on food delivery apps could influence how quickly you get your order, couriers say.That's because tips, which apps like SkipTheDishes, UberEats and DoorDash prompt customers to add before their order even arrives, make up a big part of their fare  and couriers are assessing whether your order is worth the trip.

I was amazed by how it was almost like a village or a standalone city, says Ben Moore.It's got its own cafe in the middle of the market that you can't get into as the public.It opens up at 10am and closes at six in the morning, but it looks and feels just like an ordinary busy cafe.The more we spent time there, the more we realised that it has its own culture.