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Shiftsmart and the art of shrinking a job
A job can be too large a commitment. A shift can fit. Shiftsmart built a labor marketplace around that distinction - and is now asking what those hours actually accomplish.
Veryable and the expensive fiction of an average day
A warehouse can hire for its average workload and still be wrong every morning. Veryable sells a way to match labor to the day that actually arrives - provided managers know what that day requires.
Stint wants to put the lunch rush on a shorter shift
Two brothers spotted a gap between university timetables and restaurant rotas. Their answer pairs short shifts with familiar faces - and now AI software that helps managers plan the work.
Yong Kim
Yong Kim is the co-founder and CEO of Wonolo, an on-demand staffing marketplace that connects businesses with more than one million frontline workers across the United States. Born in Seoul, he moved alone to a New Hampshire boarding school at 15, graduated as valedictorian, and went on to the University of Chicago and Harvard before a career in tech investment banking at Deutsche Bank. A stint at a Coca-Cola innovation accelerator exposed the broken state of hourly staffing and led him to launch Wonolo in 2014. The company has raised roughly $200 million, including a Sequoia-led round, and Kim has become a prominent voice for treating gig and hourly workers with dignity, flexibility, and fair pay.
Wonolo
Wonolo is an on-demand staffing marketplace whose name stands for 'Work Now Locally.' Founded in 2013 out of Coca-Cola's Founders program, it connects businesses that need workers for warehousing, delivery, merchandising, event staffing, and general labor with a pool of more than one million registered workers ('Wonoloers'). Employers post shifts that can be filled in minutes, and workers browse and accept nearby gigs through a mobile app with fast payouts. The company has raised over $200 million in venture funding and is used by thousands of companies across the United States.