A New Wrinkle in the Gig Economy: Workers Get Most of the Money – The New York Times

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A New Wrinkle in the Gig Economy: Workers Get Most of the Money

Stocksy, an online photo stock site, is an example of start-ups that aim to treat their professionals as owners rather than as freelance labor.

Link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/21/business/smallbusiness/a-new-wrinkle-in-the-gig-economy-workers-get-most-of-the-money.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&_r=0

Every Stocksy photographer owns a share of the company, with voting rights. And most of the money from sales of their work goes into their pockets rather than toward the billion-dollar valuations pursued by many venture-backed start-ups