am kat. thank you so much for all being here today. i am the anchor of the post technology 202 newsletter, and we have a great panel today on the future of work and the gig economy s role in that future. we have the head of public policy for the organization as the organization post mates. we are also joined by the ceo of handy. maybe just to kick things off as we talk about the gig economy and the future of on-demand work, can you tell us a little bit about your company s and their role in that? your companies and their role in that, can we start with handy, and the different services you offer. we started we started handy six years ago with the view that the way people buy services is broken. to fix your phone, mount a tv, fix a plumbing problem, you go through such a clunky experience when you try to figure out who you can trust, to get somebody there on time, will they charge you fairly, will they accept credit cards? and what you don t realize a lot of the time
we are also joined by the ceo of handy. maybe just to kick things off as we talk about the gig economy and the future of on-demand work, can you tell us a little bit about your company s and their role in that? your companies and their role in that, can we start with handy, and the different services you offer. we started we started handy six years ago with the view that the way people buy services is broken. to fix your phone, mount a tv, fix a plumbing problem, you go through such a clunky experience when you try to figure out who you can trust, to get somebody there on time, will they charge you fairly, will they accept credit cards? and what you don t realize a lot of the time is come at there is someone on the other side going through the same experience in reverse, where they are figuring out, should i advertise on a particular platform, i leads, will i get paid? handy to to build solve that problem so that buyers and sellers of home services, which most people ev
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