Guru is a San Francisco-based company dedicated to empowering independent professionals and the clients who hire them. By providing access to the tools and community independent professionals need to make their work more productive, more lucrative, and more fun, Guru.com is creating the Internet's most comprehensive resource for people who have embarked on a solo career.
All over the world, millions of ambitious professionals are heading out on their own. They work as Web designers or Linux programmers, strategists or public relations specialists, writers or virtual CEOs. They describe themselves as consultants, freelancers, moonlighters, or hired guns. Their clients are Fortune 500 corporations, local businesses, fast-moving startups, and anyone anywhere who needs serious brainpower.
Guru, Inc. is the world's most powerful independent professional talent resource. The company offers three core services. Guru is the leading online marketplace connecting freelancers and consultants with contract projects from companies who source their contingent talent on the Web. Ranked the top project marketplace on the Web by sources including PC Magazine, Yahoo! Internet Life, Forbes.com, PC Data, and Media Metrix, Guru has over 550,000 registered users. Through Guru Talent Agency, Guru pre-screens and represents top-flight IT and Creative contractors, and places them into projects with companies who need full-service talent placement. Guru's third division, Guru Services, provides independent professionals with essential services, such as insurance, to run their solo businesses. Guru, Inc. has raised $63 million in financing from investors including Greylock, August Capital, Investor AB, CS First Boston, American Express, WR Hambrecht, Red Hat, and Texas Pacific Group. Founded in April 1999, the company is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
Guru is dedicated to empowering independent professionals and the clients who hire them. To take advantage of everything Guru has to offer, all you have to do is register. (Don't panic, registration is free!) Then, stop by from time to time to see how we can help you get more work done -- faster and easier.
Date Added to Directory: 6/29/2001, Current Content: 1/8/2009, Days in Directory: 2750
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