The evolution of CloudPeeps design

We're a fan of the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine and decided to dig up the CloudPeeps archive to see how much things have changed over the years. Check out the results here.

In other news, we're kicking off two exciting community initiatives. The first is a weekly Twitter chat series called #peepchat that will feature the likes of Paul Jarvis, Rudolphe Dutel, David Spinks and others. Secondly, Freelance Friday is growing into a global monthly coworking meetup for independents, creatives and entrepreneurs. Stay tuned for its launch!

It's time to change the perception of millennials

Why you’re wrong about millennials and how we’re redefining success (4 min)

Millennials make up the majority of the workforce in 2015, yet we're still getting a bad rep for creating a culture of selfishness. In reality, we're defining a future of work around collaboration, authenticity and flexibility. Tessa shares how in her take-aways from a panel discussion with Kate and our friends Chelsea Rustrum and Adam Powolsky. 

Save the date for our weekly #peepchat series

We're super excited to share our first #peepchat will take place next Thursday August 6th at 10am PDT/1pm EDT. We'll be talking to Rodolphe Dutel, founder of Remotive.io and biz dev lead for Buffer, on how to find the remote work routine that works for you! We even put together a full calendar of all the top industry chats to check out.

How Fred Wilson, Humans of New York and R/GA lead the way with audience engagement (4 min)

We hear a lot of excuses why people don't focus on audience engagement such as not having enough time or resources, it's less of a priority, etc. It's all about starting somewhere like these folks did. Peep John Coghlan of DUMBO Startup Lab explains how to take their lead.

How to hire the right freelancer to manage your social media channels (7 min)

There will come a time in every founder's life when they're ready to let go of that death grip on social media and delegate it to someone who understands their brand's needs as much as they do. Here's how to find a trusted freelancer who you'll enjoy working with. 

Cool stuff and stories from the community

- Next Tuesday at 6pm EDT, Clarity.fm is hosting a webinar with Kate discussing the evolution of work: growing your startup with freelancers

- Need some inspiration? Independent Doll is a project from Peep Evelyn Pelczar featuring interviews with athletes, fashionistas and entrepreneurs

- Peeps are chock-full of cool projects. Edlyn Yuen started HelloPrompt, an email community prompting you to write once a day

- Planet Money's Adam Davidson shares what hollywood can teach us about the future of work and it sounds a lot like our Peep community

- According to the Washington Post, who millennials do and don't trust is driving the economy. Trust is everything

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