The rise of knowledge-based work as the foundation of modern economies has been accompanied by the rise of the independent workforce and small business. The independents’ share of the workforce is expected to double from about 25% today to as much as 50% by 2025. Small and medium sized businesses represent over 95% of all businesses and already generate 30% of Canadian GDP. The future of work is experiencing growing pains. Pain for both businesses and knowledge workers comes from the friction associated with identifying, validating, and selecting the right opportunities and resources and the costly mistakes resulting from decisions made too quickly with too little information. As the race for speed, agility, and flexibility continues to accelerate, traditional business systems and processes are not keeping up. The world needs a new generation of tools to allow knowledge workers to team-up and win in today’s rapidly growing market for on-demand and fractional work. Traustr is building infrastructure for the knowledge-based economy. Our mission is to orchestrate and enable this new economy with trust! The Traustr Promise - matches both individual and team capabilities to business needs; - accounts for individual interests and personality as well as skills; - facilitates the communication between all parties to get business done quickly and efficiently; - executes agreements in a transparent and secure way; - protects privacy, secures validated personal information, and provides individual control of data; - connects the right communities, forums, and interest groups; guarantees payment and mediates disputes; - help you deliver with the lowest amount of fuss