| 词条 | Toptal |
| 释义 |
| name = Toptal | logo = File:Toptal Logo.svg | type = Private | founders = Taso Du Val, Breanden Beneschott | foundation = 2010 | location = Silicon Valley, California, U.S. | industry = Freelance marketplace | area_served = Worldwide | key_people = Taso Du Val (CEO) | website = {{URL|https://www.toptal.com}} }} Toptal is a freelancing platform that connects businesses with software engineers, designers, and business consultants globally. HistoryTaso Du Val and Breanden Beneschott founded the company in 2010. Val was previously an engineer at Fotolog and Slide.com[1][1] while Beneschott was an undergraduate at Princeton University.[2] The name stands for "top talent", and it was started as a virtual company with no dedicated offices.[3][4] Toptal had more than $1 million in revenue by the time Beneschott graduated from Princeton.[2] The co-founders moved to Budapest, Hungary to access software developers with fewer employment options than in the United States.[2] Talent search and growthThe firm developed personality, language, and skills testing to remotely screen engineering candidates, and accepted the top 3% of several thousand monthly applicants.[5][1][6] The firm matches business engagements with developers from it network and brokers the terms of each job.[1] In 2015, it expanded to include freelance design.[7] In 2016, it acquired the freelancer platform, Skillbridge, which offered freelance accountants, statisticians, and consultants in market research, financial modeling, and due diligence.[8] In 2017, the company launched a vertical specializing in software engineers and designers for the automotive industry.[9] It also launched a vertical for blockchain engineers in February 2018.[10] FundingToptal accepted a $1.4 million seed round of financing from Andreessen Horowitz and angel investors including Quora founder Adam D'Angelo.[7] The company is said not to have raised additional funds since its seed round because it has been profitable.[7] In 2015 and 2016, their annual revenue was $80 million and $100 million respectively.[1][2] References1. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news|url=https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/249338|title=Why a High School Dropout's Staffing Company Is in a Class of Its Own|last=Ankeny|first=Jason|date=8 September 2015|work=Entrepreneur Magazine|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en}} 2. ^1 2 3 {{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/toptal-founder-braenden-beneschott-2016-9|title=This startup has no offices and unlimited vacation, and its cofounder has lived in more than 30 countries in 5 years|last=Hartmans|first=Avery|date=17 September 2016|work=Business Insider|access-date=2018-07-02}} 3. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201711/kate-rockwood/toptal-freelance-network.html|title=How to Build a $100 Million-Revenue Business With Zero Offices|last=Rockwood|first=Kate|date=26 October 2017|work=Inc. Magazine|access-date=2018-07-02}} 4. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2018/04/03/virtual-companies-answer-demand-for-better-quality-of-life.html|title=The dream job that's all the rage across America|last=Caminiti|first=Susan|date=3 April 2018|work=CNBC|access-date=2018-07-02}} 5. ^1 {{Cite news|url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/dropout-turned-entrepreneur-helps-find-talent-amid-engineer-squeeze/|title=Dropout turned entrepreneur helps find talent amid engineer squeeze|last=Soshana|first=Solomon|date=19 March 2017|work=The Times of Israel|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}} 6. ^{{Cite news|url=https://www.inc.com/magazine/201411/christine-lagorio/how-to-build-a-killer-team-sight-unseen.html|title=How To Build A Killer Team--Sight Unseen|last=Lagorio-Chafkin|first=Christine|date=5 November 2014|work=Inc. Magazine|access-date=2018-07-02}} 7. ^1 2 {{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2015/10/07/the-biggest-startup-no-one-talks-about/|title=Massive Freelance Engineer Marketplace Toptal Now Sells Designers|last=Constine|first=Josh|date=7 October 2015|access-date=2018-07-02|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|language=en-US|website=TechCrunch}} 8. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.eweek.com/it-management/toptal-buys-skillbridge-to-advance-freelance-tech-market|title=Toptal Buys Skillbridge to Advance Freelance Tech Market|last=Taft|first=Darryl|date=6 April 2016|work=eWEEK|access-date=2018-07-02|language=en-US}} 9. ^{{Cite news|url=http://www.wardsauto.com/technology/supplier-toptal-fill-extreme-high-skilled-talent-gap|title=Supplier Toptal to Fill ‘Extreme High-Skilled Talent Gap’|last=Winter|first=Drew|date=28 November 2017|work=WardsAuto|access-date=2018-07-02}} 10. ^{{Cite news|url=https://techcrunch.com/2018/02/14/blockchain-engineers-are-in-demand/|title=Blockchain engineers are in demand|last=Stein|first=Samantha|date=14 February 2018|access-date=2018-07-02|publisher=TechCrunch|language=en-US}} External links
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