What’s the Future of Work? With Jeff Bullas and Jeff Wald
Jeff Wald is the Founder of WorkMarket.com, an enterprise software platform that enables companies to manage freelancers (acquired by ADP).
Jeff has founded several other technology companies, including Spinback, a social sharing platform (eventually purchased by salesforce.com). Jeff began his career in finance, serving as Managing Director at activist hedge fund Barington Capital Group, a Vice President at venture capital firm GlenRock and various roles in the M&A Group at JP Morgan.
He is an active angel investor and startup advisor, as well as serving on numerous public and private Boards of Directors. He also formerly served as an officer in the Auxiliary Unit of the New York Police Department.
Jeff is the author of “The Birthday Rules” and “The End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations”.
Jeff frequently speaks at conferences and in media on startups and labor issues. Jeff holds an MBA from Harvard University and an MS and BS from Cornell University
What you will learn
When do you use freelancers instead of full time employees?Is outsourcing a cheaper form of labour? Is the internet reducing transaction costs? Discover the insights into the three historical functions in technological change; mechanization, electrification and computerization To understand the future of work you need to study this.
History of work, the data in the world of work and then how companies actually engage workers Why you shouldn’t just hire cheap labor Will 50% of work become remote? The future of work will be fluid, team-based, work-from-anywhere and always-on-job Who should pay for retraining in the new world of jobs? Why we need regulation and a social safety net. Do unions need to reinvent themselves?
The Big Leap - Robots and AI The Future of Work is Not Doom and Gloom Why raising a lot of money for your startup is a 2 edged sword Finding the right problem and solving it is hard The big question most startups don’t answer Why Solving Problem #1 Is Vital
Why most startups fail Why failure is your most likely outcome Do you take the money or the stock? The Two Big Work Trends of “Hard Tech” and “Hard Human”
