It's a very good question. What do you think it is about the way in which those crowdsourced services are structured that leads to a devaluation of the output? Do you think it is actually the crowd sourcing that devalues the work, or that lower value work tends to gravitate towards these types of marketplaces?

I have a lot of thoughts about how The Analyst Economy could work - a few brief ones below. DM me if you'd like to chat further.

• projects worked on by teams (selected through an expression of interest process), rather than individual freelancers (through a bidding process)
• project sponsor takes largest share and is responsible for project management and delivery to client
• projects won't involve price bidding (which leads to a race to the bottom in terms of quality)
• team participants selected based on their suitability to particular project - e.g. industry experience, technical skills, teamwork skills (all to be validated by the community through previous projects)
• Somewhere in-between on spectrum of consultancy to freelancing. Benefits of group collaboration and ability to work on complex (higher value) projects, greater access to talent through community marketplace, no overheads so economics works for smaller businesses/projects (a lot of consultancies won't do a project unless the fee is at least $10k), participants take a more equitable share of the fee