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SCribe Newsletter October 2008

Technology Council

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.]

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TaskUs Takes $15M In Funding

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The startup outsources all kinds of of the back office tasks required by high tech companies like Savings.com, Expensify, Groupon, Uber, Tinder, and many others. Maddock starteed the company b ack in 2008 , after figuring out that he could tap a well educated, English fluent workforce in the Philippines for those tasks.

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How TaskUs Is Powering LA's Technology Startup Boom

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In 2008, we started to throw around ideas, and eventually settled on this one. With globalization, and the rise of technology, we believed that you were going to see more and more individuals looking to outsource tasks. angeles startup taskus outsourcing phillippines growth bryce maddock entrepreneur' READ MORE>>.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? A BIG THANK YOU.

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Interview with John Tomich, Onestop Internet

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The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. We started getting approached by venture capital and private equity, and we have eight figures in revenue. We've never raised outside capital, but decided to do a late stage round from a VC firm.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: Venture Capital - What's the rush?

Frank Addante

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? A BIG THANK YOU.

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Recycled Bride Wants You To Save On Your Big Day | Wed Without Tears

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Tracy was married in 2008, and found the wedding planning process frustrating and expensive. Funding was a major challenge for Tracy, since she had no experience in the space and needed to prove her model before finding investment capital. Business Model? What inspired you? Any funding yet? Funded by LaunchPad. Any challenges?

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