PALO ALTO (AP) Two Norwegians behind a concept that challenges the temporary staff recruitment and staffing company in the world.
The company is called Konsus and connects freelancers from all over the world with customers who have tasks they need to solve. The service is according to market researcher Mats Mark one of Silicon Valley’s fastest growing start-up companies with nearly 600 small and large companies as customers.
Konsus was started last August and had a growth of 10 percent a week ago the time.
– We are the future employment agency. Or more precisely, we are the future platform to connect the right task to the right person. We think the world of work is about tasks and projects, and not about the roles and titles, says founder Fredrik Thomassen (29) VG.
New employment agency solution
The world is in the middle of a technological revolution where digitization tearing down and building up industries worldwide. New and efficient solutions developed within the banking, insurance, education, media, tourism and real estate, to name a few. Index for the future is little bureaucracy and less expensive operation. Now substitute industry stand in line.
Konsus has built a “substitute model” entirely without costly intermediaries.
Via mail, a chat on the website or app tells customers what they want done. Konsus find the best qualified freelance opportunity and estimates instantly how long it will take and what it will cost. Quality is assured by a local project manager and sent back as soon as it is finished. 200 freelancers in 18 time zones associated Konsus its network.
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– We solve such tasks as all enterprises in Norway and the world do every single day. As to create a simple website, power point presentations, to enter data in an excel sheet, produce marketing materials, or collect contact details and other information on the Internet, continues Thomassen.
DO NOT HAVE OFFICE: virtual office can Sondre Rasch and Fredrik Thomassen board Konsus from anywhere in the world which this park in Silicon Valley who obviously have wifi.
Photo: Leif-Åge Reme
VG hit the former McKinsey consultant in Palo Alto with partner Sondre Rasch (29), who has a past as political advisor for the Conservatives in Parliament. The two met during their studies at the Norwegian School of Bergen 9 years ago.
Konsus is a virtual company and has no fixed costly premises or bureaucratic processes. Besides the two founders have Konsus three employees.
Rasch and Thomassen have not had a whole day off since its inception and living on savings.
Today operated company from Silicon Valley where they currently gatherer investor money. According founders have over 100 stakeholders already. They got good criticism and buzz as a result of having been picked up by the coveted accelerator program Y Combinator.
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the idea came as a result of their own experiences of using freelancers online both in Norway and abroad.
– We have used freelancers online for over 10 years and it takes an incredibly long time to find good people . And you ultimately get is totally uncertain. We knew what was needed to get this to work and when you find some good, then continue to work with them. What we have done is just to do it like we did it to ourselves. We find some good people and keep them, says Rasch told VG.
Customers are mainly from the United States and Norway, but also from Denmark, Sweden, Germany and the UK. Among Norwegian customers are the leading event- and communications company Gyro. They believe the business sector has a greater need for problem solving than to staff a static position.
– A task can be composed, and then it’s nice that a project manager in Konsus can recoup more freelancers to a proper team for the thesis. They are also available around the clock on a chat service with less than 15 minute response time, makes the service unique, says producer Gyro Petter Henriksen told VG.
Enquiries from freelancers who want to become part of Konsus its network is great. To be approved, must go through two different tests. A cognitive test and a specific test Konsus has developed itself.
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– On the way we ensure that customers get a good product, says Thomassen adding:
– Freelancers rates too. The advantage of our rating is that the client does not speak directly with a freelancer. When running with an Uber-person so you get a social thing that makes you become kinder because you do not want to take all his livelihood. For one knows how much rating has to say. While with us then gives the customer a rating to Konsus as a brand. And then the rating honest.
How do they earn money
The business model is simple. Depending on whether you have business package or not the customer pays 19 or 29 dollars an hour. Of these runs $ 15 to freelancers. The rest goes to Konsus. Half of freelancers come from Eastern Europe and Russia. The rest from countries such as Vietnam, Philippines and India.
A doller is now approximately 8.2 million.
– Freelance Fighters get insanely well paid to be on the Internet, says Thomassen who working for some time in Indonesia. Where was the average salary for a graphic artist 1.5-2 dollar. Our goal is to make the best solution for connecting workers in low-paid areas with businesses in highly paid area, says Thomassen.
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Sets Norway on the map
another company that uses Konsus their services, the US technology company Prompt.
– Konsus has completely changed the way we work. My team can focus solely on what they have unique expertise. Everything else can we put out, says CEO Tom Hadfield told VG.
He is impressed with Norwegian innovation.
– It’s cool to see even a Norwegian start-up make success in Silicon Valley. Some of the best companies in the accelerator program YCombinator is Norwegian, NURX is another, and it gives an impression of Norway as a very innovative country, continues Hadfield.
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Gro Eirin Dyrnes, director of Innovation Norway in San Francisco, believes the Norwegian values has been crucial for Konsus its success.
– I think a lot of why they have succeeded so far is that they follow their values, work hard and purposefully, are open to learning and have a positive attitude. It’s great to witness how proud they are of being Norwegian and how well they represent Norway here, although it is not part of our business concept, says Dyrnes.
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