Ep. 103: The Nuts and Bolts Behind Private Talent Clouds With Pavel Shynkarenko, CEO of Solar Staff

Leaders,

Private Talent Clouds are all the rage right now, yet Pavel has been helping large companies build their Private Talent Clouds since 2014. Prior to 2014, Pavel was running his legal firm, when multiple clients asked if he could help structure the contracts and pay independent contractors. This became Solar Staff, a solution for US and European large companies to compliantly contract and pay their independent contractors. Quickly, Solar Staff scaled as the freelance economy grew through three inflection points. 

• Inflection Point 1, circa 2014, when tech companies needed to contract freelancers
• Inflection Point 2, circa 2018, when marketing agencies needed freelancers at scale
• Inflection Point 3, circa 2020, when online education and gaming companies needed freelancers at scale  

1. He led with a problem, NOT a solution. He didn't set out to start a Freelance Management System. He was helping large companies legally hire independent contractors, then moved up the value chain to build software that made this efficient at scale.   
2. He's built the nuts/bolts behind private talent clouds and direct sourcing (hint...it's contracts and payments).
3. AI, and how he's been on a 2 year journey testing it, and how now it's showing signs to replace human need for intake and forms. 

These 3 inflection points have positioned Solar Staff as the go to for Eastern European independent contractor contracting and payment. Now there are 3 things that stick out to me about Pavel. 

This is a great episode! Enjoy.