How oDesk grew to UpWork... Lessons from the CEO & How he transitioned to Polaris Partners | 168

168. oDesk aka UpWork | Gary Swart is a partner at Polaris Partners, investing in technology and healthcare companies, out of their San Francisco office. He represents Polaris on the boards of Quantcast, SimplyInsured, FloQast, Falkonry, Faro Health, and Qstream. He also served on the board of CliQr (Cisco).

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