The top two reasons for U.S. tech startups to outsource and hire freelance developers in 2020 were that freelancers are often more affordable than in-house developers and more flexible, both with 25 percent of respondents answering as such. Parallel to more flexibility, 20 percent of respondents answered that freelancers offer a wider variety of available skills.
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Lemon.io. (September 16, 2020). Why have you decided to start hiring freelancers? [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180726/tech-startups-reasons-hiring-freelancers/
Lemon.io. "Why have you decided to start hiring freelancers?." Chart. September 16, 2020. Statista. Accessed July 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180726/tech-startups-reasons-hiring-freelancers/
Lemon.io. (2020). Why have you decided to start hiring freelancers?. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180726/tech-startups-reasons-hiring-freelancers/
Lemon.io. "Why Have You Decided to Start Hiring Freelancers?." Statista, Statista Inc., 16 Sep 2020, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180726/tech-startups-reasons-hiring-freelancers/
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Why have you decided to start hiring freelancers? [Graph], Lemon.io, September 16, 2020. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1180726/tech-startups-reasons-hiring-freelancers/