- Guru.com
Infobox_Company
company_name = Guru.com
company_
company_type = Private
foundation =1998
key_people = Inder Guglani, Founder and CEO
industry =Freelancing on the Internet
location =Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
num_employees = < 20
homepage = [http://guru.com/ www.guru.com]Guru.com is a
freelance marketplace . [ [http://www.pcworld.com/article/id,14806-page,1/article.html Guru.com puts freelancers to work] - PC World] It allows companies to find freelance workers for commissioned work. Founded in 1998 in Pittsburgh as eMoonlighter.com and still headquartered there, it is one of the tech firms to survive thedot-com bubble of the late 1990s. eMoonlighter.com was actually a low budget company, running on only $400,000, [http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/04001/256944.stm Lessons for a guru: Small online tech outsourcing firm survives by watching pennies, buys giant rival Guru.com] -Pittsburgh Post-Gazette ] and yet becoming extremely profitable due to efficiency and customer satisfaction.Guru Inc. was founded in 1999 in
San Francisco , and the company was acquired in December 2002 byUnicru , a human resources software company based in Portland, Oregon. Guru's technology and staff remained with Unicru, focused on software to help large employers assess and hire job applicants. Unicru sold the Guru.comdomain name and logo to eMoonlighter.com, and eMoonlighter was renamed Guru.com.Guru.com directly connects businesses and employees in 160 different fields. The company remains profitable despite offering some of their basic services for free.
Some customers (freelancers) are dissatisfied with Guru.com's strong employer bias. "I make sure that my subscribers know that they are not my customer -- the employer is," said Inder Guglani, and Guru.com site policies reflect Mr. Guglani's philosophy.
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External links
* [http://www.guru.com/ Guru.com]
* [http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/nov1999/nf91115g.htm Where to go online for expert advice] -BusinessWeek
* [http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2000/02/25/BU82692.DTL Web's New Match Game: Sites help connect freelancers with tech firms] -San Francisco Chronicle
* [http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/1999/08/03/info_markets/print.html For your information] -Salon.com
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