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J. SilvaStartups in Actionhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4842-5787-6_9

9. Year One of Fiverr

JP Silva1  
(1)
Toronto, ON, Canada
 
Fiverr (www.fiverr.com) is an online marketplace for freelance services. It was founded by Shai Wininger and Micha Kaufman (Figure 9-1). In June 2019, when it went public on New York Stock Exchange, it was valued at $800 million.

A screenshot of Fiverr's home page, which lists the most popular professional services, marketplace, freelancer

Figure 9-1

Screenshot of the landing page of fiverr.com as of February 20201

The first year account that follows is based on a phone call and several e-mails exchanged between ...

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