Greenkeepers: Software Enables the Gig Economy

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April 19, 2021

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In Episode 5 of Greenkeepers, SquareStack CEO Bill Furlong discusses the advancing entrepreneurial societal trends powered by software as a service (SaaS) companies. He further explains how the gig economy applies to the subcontractors in the green industry. Many business owners are hiring contractors and freelancers, which makes them gig workers even if they don’t know it.

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