April 23rd, 2012
The Best Buy (NYSE: BBY) Geek Squad team could have some new competition soon from a new service called iYogi Business Nonstop. iYogi already offers on-demand remote tech and PC support services. But iYogi Business NonStop will offer on-site tech support, initially from 1,000 local IT support professionals across the United States. So how will iYogi recruit those IT professionals?
The answer involves Work Market, a fast-growing online marketplace. Led by CEO Jeff Leventhal (who also co-founded OnForce), Work Market positions itself as the world’s first Labor Resource Platform. Initially, Work Market focuses mostly on the IT services provider market but the system is designed to support service professionals and companies outside of the IT industry. Leventhal explains the Work Market strategy in this blog. more…
