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Marios tells us that although he already had a broad understanding of different internet skills, he was still a full-time student when he started his business. Therefore he quickly found himself swamped with work.<\/p>\n

\u201cI decided that if my business was ever going to work, I had to reach out and outsource. I started small \u2014 hiring to fix a small coding issue, write an article, or create a graphic or logo \u2014 this quickly evolved to an extension of myself,\u201d he remembers.<\/p>\n

Employing a fully remote team today, Intergo has developed a completely new way of working that leverages the flexibility of global talent.<\/p>\n

Outsourcing has allowed for a rapid growth<\/h3>\n

At the start of his entrepreneurial journey, Marios had one goal and one goal only \u2014 to grow his business. A tall order in itself, it was particularly challenging to pull off with full-time studies consuming most of his productive time. That\u2019s when he started delegating.<\/p>\n

\u201cI realised that if I focused on the things I was good at (marketing and product design) and outsourced the rest, I could really grow the business and support more people, even though I was working from the comfort of my home.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

The nature of outsourcing has allowed Marios to find like-minded individuals who are pursuing a similar type of flexible working arrangement. He has also been able to expand his business exponentially without making any personal sacrifices or stretching his working hours.<\/p>\n

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A distributed team with a unified purpose<\/h3>\n

A natural entrepreneur, Marios tells us he believed from a young age that the internet would change everything in the future of business, enabling companies to ditch the physical office and the 9-5 regime.<\/p>\n

He says that he always dreamed of building something big and digital that would give him (and the people working with him) maximum flexibility. With Intergo flourishing and his distributed global team working in harmony, Marios is now living his work dream!<\/p>\n

\u201cOur first and most important product was www.fax.to<\/a>, an online fax service to send and receive faxes digitally,\u201d says Marios. \u201cI did all the initial web design and a lot of research on how to send and receive a fax. With the part-time help of one freelance developer and several other freelancers hired on a task basis, this product grew to be the pillar of the company, serving over 4,000 people every month and supporting a fully remote team of 12 full-time freelancers all around the globe.\u201d<\/p>\n

Intergo went on to build a host of other digital products, including an SMS marketing and notification platform for enterprises and an email verification and validation product.<\/p>\n

\u201cWith the help of my super freelancer army, we are trying to build great products and expand sales in the UK and globally,\u201d Marios tells us. \u201cAnd none of this would be possible without platforms like PeoplePerHour<\/a>. PeoplePerHour\u00a0enabled me to find talented people around the world with the same mentality as me, striving to find flexibility and freedom of working.\u201d<\/p>\n

Living between London and Cyprus and doing most of his work from co-working spaces, Marios assures us he has no plans for changing his approach to building a digital business in a globally connected world.<\/p>\n

Buyers, do you have a success story to share?<\/h3>\n

If you have a great success story to tell about using PeoplePerHour freelancers to grow your business, we\u2019d love to hear it!<\/p>\n

Get in touch with\u00a0community.comms@peopleperhour.com<\/a>\u00a0for a chance to earn rewards and be featured on our blog and social media channels.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Marios tells us that although he already had a broad understanding of different internet skills, he was still a full-time student when he started his business. Therefore he quickly found himself swamped with work. \u201cI decided that if my business was ever going to work, I had to reach out and outsource. I started small […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":25177,"template":"","stories_categories":[223,375],"class_list":["post-24483","stories","type-stories","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","stories_categories-buyer","stories_categories-community"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nIntergo rapidly expands by hiring flexible talent via PeoplePerHour.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Enterpreneur Marios Italos started his business while at university. 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