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10 Remote Staffing Blunders That Will Cost You Dearly

Startup Professionals Musings

Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Do your research with peers, and check the alternatives on every project. I’ll outsource software development, since I don’t understand it.” “Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.” Be flexible.

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Brain Corp., Maker of Robotics Tech, to Open European HQ in Amsterdam

Xconomy

The Amsterdam office will serve as the company’s regional hub for operations, software development, and research and development, Brain said in a news release. Brain Corp., Brain brought on a new executive, Michel Spruijt, as general manager to oversee operations in the region. “We

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10 Outside Staffing Quotes True Entrepreneurs Avoid

Startup Professionals Musings

Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Do your research with peers, and check the alternatives on every project. I’ll outsource software development, since I don’t understand it.” “Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.” Be flexible.

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10 Outsourcing Myths Jeopardize Too Many New Ventures

Startup Professionals Musings

Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Do your research with peers, and check the alternatives on every project. I’ll outsource software development, since I don’t understand it.” “Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.” Be flexible.

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10 Reasons For Startups To Be Wary Of Outsourcing

Startup Professionals Musings

Getting a fixed price bid works for well-defined short-term projects, like blogging or programming. Do your research with peers, and check the alternatives on every project. I’ll outsource software development, since I don’t understand it.” “Fixed price bidding is the only effective outsourcing model.” Be flexible.

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Entrepreneurship: Nature vs. Nurture? A Religious Debate

Both Sides of the Table

Fred Wilson said as much on his blog also. That is true of all my blog posts. It is what I love the most about debates and one of the things I love most about blogging. I suspect Mr. Wadhwa used hyperbole in his TechCrunch blog post to get more readers to look at his work. So it is with entrepreneurship.

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The End of the Web? Don’t Bet on It. Here’s Why

Both Sides of the Table

Fred Wilson recently posted a great video on his blog with the CEO of Forrester Research, George Colony. This blog post lays out my case. In the end, Seth Godin’s comments on Fred’s blog post said it best: “His black swan is showing. But for software developers like my company the web was a blessing.

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