Griffith PhD student Jess Blomfield (pictured) has rolled her research expertise into a start-up that has received seed investment funding after winning a pitching contest at startup accelerator Blue Chilli.
Jess was joined by hundreds of University students at Myriad, a technology and innovation festival at Brisbane Powerhouse in March. Jess’s startup CoworkAlly is a digital co-working platform designed to help the growing number of freelance workers.
“Freelancing is not just outsourcing or working from home, but service orientated micro contractors offering flexibility to larger organisations and value to small businesses,’’ Jess said.
Research by the American Freelancers Union and Emergent Research found around 40% of America’s workforce will be freelancers in 10 years. While its flexibility can be attractive, loneliness and unstructured work patterns can make freelancing difficult in the longer term.
The solution she developed was a “trusted network” of peers that a person felt supported by and accountable to.
“This is freelancers, working
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