This piece authored by Accion Venture Lab‘s Rahil Rangwala shares how startup founders and investors can create a more inclusive gig economy. “The brick-and-mortar economy may serve many people well, but far too many worldwide find themselves excluded from prosperity or treated unfairly on a daily basis. The new, digital gig economy doesn’t have to mirror these problems. On-demand work can be a far better experience for workers than it is today, but only if the founders of gig platforms begin to address these workers’ aspirations. Founders should partner as needed to give workers tools to achieve both short- and long-term success,” he writes.

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