Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Factor in all the cost elements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

I believe that the resourcefulness to turn constraints into competitive differentiators and new opportunities is a trait that separates the great entrepreneurs from the “wannabes.” They look for creative solutions to problems that are inhibiting progress, rather than the conventional solution of outsourcing or hiring people.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Recruit only the best people, with the right base skills.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Facebook, Google) to a large market opportunity then you had better have enough resources to compete. We made mistakes ourselves that proved to us that you can’t make markets move faster than they inherently want to just by throwing more resources at them. The former was outsourced, the latter was our own team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Recruit only the best people, with the right base skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

With services, scaling the business often implies cloning yourself, since you are the intellectual property and the competitive advantage. For example, both need to provide exemplary customer service, build customer loyalty, and provide real value for a competitive price. Recruit only the best people, with the right base skills.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Most new business owners I know feel the challenges of not enough time, money, and resources, and see these as problems rather than a competitive advantage. You won’t be doing anyone any favors by keeping resource challenges and reductions to yourself. Outsourcing of manufacturing is another option.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2010

You need to be plugged in to be career competitive with hyper-networked peers, and keep ahead of competitors. Consider these examples: Employee works at home with company computer equipment. Contractor, temp, or outsource worker off site. Campus student environment with resources provided by University.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Fallacy: The very fact that your company is smaller and has fewer resources is the reason you should draft all of your significant agreements. I am differentiating here between outsourced services that execute rote, routine tasks and consultants hired to performed ad hoc, mission critical engagements. 8 ) Grant Exclusivity.

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Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? By Frank Addante Development resources are in high demand. Further, your core group of really good engineers will set the tone and example for everyone else and will likely always represent 80% of the value delivered by your development team. Outsourcing 1.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 6, 2016

For example, at any given moment in your business, you may be limited by development, marketing, or sales. Evaluate outsourcing as a quick solution to break the constraint. An example of a good strategic alliance was Barnes & Noble bringing Starbucks into their book stores. Investigate strategic alliance alternatives.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 19, 2011

In order to optimally manage your limited resources, clearly specify the work to be performed, who will perform it and when each significant task must be completed. The Statement of Work should include a Non-Recurring Engineering (NRE) budget that estimates the resources required to complete each major milestone.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. I think this splits up critical resources and builds separate cultures in two locations. What about outsourcing? For me outsourcing in a pure startup is the kiss of death.

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