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As the community of designers, developers, data scientists, and competitive programmers involved in Topcoder grew, the company started to offer software development services to 3rd party clients, contracting individual community members to work on specific tasks. Most of the revenue, though, still came from consulting services provided to clients by Topcoder employees.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> From 2006 onwards, Topcoder held design competitions, thus offering design services to their clients.<ref name=":0" /> In 2006 Topcoder also started to organize Marathon Matches (MM) – one week long algorithmic contests.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://www.topcoder.com/blog/marathon-match-how-it-all-began/|title=Marathon Matches: How They All Began|last=|first=|date=April 10, 2018|website=Topcoder Blog|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=April 12, 2018}}</ref><ref group="note" name=":0">The first Marathon Match at Topcoder took place from May 10 to May 17, 2006: <nowiki>https://community.topcoder.com/tc?module=MatchDetails&rd=10015</nowiki></ref>
In an attempt to optimize expenses, Topcoder introduced new competition tracks in 2007-2008 and delegated more work from its employees to the community. By 2009, the size of Topcoder's staff had been reduced to 16 project managers servicing
In 2013, Topcoder was acquired by [[Appirio]], and the Topcoder community (of around 500 thousand at the time), was merged, under the Topcoder brand, with the 75k member crowdsourcing community Cloudspokes, created and managed by Appirio.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://hub.appirio.com/tech-blog/appirio-is-making-big-changes-to-the-topcoder-community-and-improving-the-member-experience|title=Appirio is Making Big Changes to the Topcoder Community and Improving the Member Experience|last=Klemp|first=Nicole|date=November 19, 2015|work=|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref name=":2">TechCrunch report {{cite web|url=https://techcrunch.com/2013/09/17/appirio-buys-topcoder-to-add-more-crowdsourcing-and-500k-developers-and-designers-to-its-cloudspokes-network|title=Appirio Buys TopCoder To Add More Crowdsourcing, And 500K Developers And Designers, To Its CloudSpokes Network|last=Lunden|first=Ingrid|date=September 17, 2013|website=TechCrunch|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|accessdate=2014-01-15}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.zdnet.com/article/appirio-officially-unifies-cloudspokes-and-topcoder/|title=Appirio officially unifies CloudSpokes and topcoder|last=Clancy|first=Heather|date=January 21, 2014|work=ZD Net|access-date=April 4, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.itnews.com/article/2115211/development/topcoder-merges-appirio-cloudspokes.html|title=Topcoder lets developers compete to build the best app for your business|last=Weinberger|first=Matt|date=January 15, 2014|work=IT News|access-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://finance.yahoo.com/news/appirio-relaunches-topcoder-140000263.html|title=Appirio Relaunches Topcoder|last=|first=|date=January 15, 2014|work=Marketwire|access-date=April 8, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://tbkconsult.com/appirio-acquires-topcoder-creating-the-worlds-largest-professional-development-and-design-community/|title=Appirio Acquires Topcoder, Creating The World's Largest Professional Development And Design Community|last=Vanbecelaere|first=Luc|date=October 11, 2013|work=TBKconsult|access-date=April 10, 2018|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=}}</ref>
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