10x Management
{{Short description|Talent management company based in New York City}}
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| location = 39 W. 32nd St., Suite 1403
New York, NY 10001
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| founder = Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg
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| industry = Technology
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| homepage = https://www.10xmanagement.com/
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10x Management LLC is a talent management company based in New York City, with an additional office in San Francisco.{{cite web|url=http://gelookahead.economist.com/it-software-talent/|title=Do you speak Python? You're IT|publisher=The Economist|accessdate=16 July 2016|archive-date=24 June 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160624041252/http://gelookahead.economist.com/it-software-talent/|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2016-01-19/why-an-ex-google-coder-makes-twice-as-much-freelancing|title=Why an Ex-Google Coder Makes Twice as Much Freelancing|last=Wang|first=Selina|date=19 January 2016|publisher=Bloomberg News|accessdate=16 July 2016}}
History
10x Management was founded in 2001{{cite magazine |last=Widdicombe |first=Lizzie |date=24 November 2014 |title=The Programmer's Price |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2014/11/24/programmers-price/ |magazine=The New Yorker |accessdate=16 July 2016}} when Altay Guvench, a musician and programmer, was approached by Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg to help negotiate a deal as a programmer. The founders are former entertainment industry managers.{{cite book |last=Hammond |first1=Jeffrey S. |url=https://www.slideshare.net/ChettaCrowley/the-social-future-of-software-development-61685364 |format=PDF |title=The (Social) Future Of Software Development |publisher=Forrester |date=2016-05-04 |page=4 |accessdate=2020-07-01 }} That was the moment when they realized that the next rock stars were likely to be tech stars, which made them starting a new company.{{Cite web|last=Younger|first=Jon|title=Small Can Be Beautiful: Three Up And Coming Curated Freelance Platforms|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/jonyounger/2020/06/13/small-can-be-beautiful-three-up-and-coming-curated-freelance-platforms/|access-date=2020-12-28|website=Forbes|language=en}}
In September 2020 Solomon and Blumberg published the book Game Changer. How to Be 10x in the Talent Economy.{{Cite web|title=Game Changer: How to be 10x in the Talent Economy|url=https://www.harpercollinsleadership.com/game-changer/|access-date=2020-12-27|website=HarperCollins Leadership|language=en-US}} The book is about how to attract, retain and manage top talents especially in the tech field.{{Cite web|last=Schwantes|first=Marcel|date=2020-10-09|title=What Smart Companies Like Facebook and Amazon Are Doing to Attract, Retain, and Manage Top Talent|url=https://www.inc.com/marcel-schwantes/what-smart-companies-like-facebook-amazon-are-doing-to-attract-retain-manage-top-talent.html|access-date=2020-12-27|website=Inc.com|language=en}}
Products and services
Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg, the company's founders, were formerly managers of musicians. The company represents programmers in their negotiations with companies and takes a percentage of the fees its programmers earn.{{Cite web |last=Zimmerman |first=Eilene |date=2014-09-08 |title=Representing Programmers as if They Were Celebrities |url=https://boss.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/09/08/representing-programmers-as-if-they-were-celebrities/ |access-date=2018-04-30 |website=You’re the Boss Blog |language=en-US}}