Mark Fletcher is a successful serial entrepreneur, software developer and investor. He has been an Elance buyer since 2003.



Mark took some time recently to answer a few questions for the Elance blog:

Elance blog:  What was your first Elance project?
Mark:  The first project I used Elance for was a programming project for my company Bloglines. I launched Bloglines to help people stay up-to-date on their favorite news, blogs and feeds.

I wanted to add a component to the site that would notify people, when they logged in, which blogs were updated and unread. I posted the project on Elance, worked with a provider and had the program completed in 3 days. After that, I was hooked on Elance.

Bloglines was acquired by Ask Jeeves (now Ask) in 2005.

Elance blog:  What are your business goals for 2008?
Mark:  As a serial entrepreneur, I am constantly thinking about new business opportunities. I will continue to develop Startupping, a community resource for Internet entrepreneurs I launched a year ago. I will also be launching a new company this year.... stay tuned.

Elance blog:  What do you like to do outside of work?
Mark:  I love to ski and recently tried ski boards for the first time. I'm also a hockey fan and enjoy watching and rooting for the San Jose Sharks. You can read more at my blog: wingedpig.com.