Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive. It’s a myth in the startup world that not having processes makes you more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 24, 2019

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. If you want to be feared.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2018

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2015

Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive. It’s a myth in the startup world that not having processes makes you more competitive.

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Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 99

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2016

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. The information exchange from day-to-day interactions of engineers and marketers will drive you enhance your own processes to be more competitive.

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Startup Outsource Competition Entrepreneur 55

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 16, 2014

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. If you want to be feared.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Formalize the use of tools and information technology. No mention usually means no plan and not competitive. It’s a myth in the startup world that not having processes makes you more competitive.

Ideas 62

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2013

The opportunity for change is huge, with everyone taking a new look at the world after the recession, but the competition is also huge, since the cost of entry is at an all-time low. Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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Startup Competition News Framework 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 23, 2017

Every startup needs a sustainable competitive advantage. With no competitive advantage, startups with new ideas gaining traction are never feared, and are usually eaten for lunch as sleeping giants wake up. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely. If you want to be feared.

Startup 57

Startup News Framework Entrepreneur 57

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

Using these standards ensures that you have reliable accounting information on which you can base important financial decisions (also necessary for potential investors and creditors). For more information on pricing, see my previous post 6 Pricing Tips for Your product/Service. Do your due diligence to perform competitive analysis.

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Startup Pricing Outsource Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Leverage information technology. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 11, 2013

Her focus is on crafting a customer experience that caters to people not like you, including social media aficionados, to bring in new customers and create a competitive advantage. That means forget using interns or outsourcing this function. Give you a significant competitive edge, by better serving broader customer groups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Leverage information technology. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

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Outsource Development Training Outsource Metrics 92

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Leverage information technology. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

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Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Leverage information technology. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Product development process. Even if you are doing the work yourself, you need to document requirements, features, metrics, and milestones. Funding process.

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Startup Outsource Development Writing Training 95

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

If you think about it today, everyone is selling through Amazon, but Amazon keeps all of that customer information. The other thing I see, is trying to outsource all of this stuff your self. Strangely enough, there's no competition there. How did you get into this? Finally, what's next for you?

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socalTECH

JANUARY 7, 2010

They expect that there will be 50 million smart meters rolled out over the next or four years, and all of those meters will be transmitting real time energy information into the home. Google has its own home energy monitoring project, PowerMeter - is this competitive or different? Kevin Strong: This is really different.

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Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? They are afraid of their competition finding out about the idea, a bigger company trying to steal it or some other entrepreneur doing it first. Yes, I did say competition. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4.

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Frank Addante

SEPTEMBER 20, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? People have different ways of consuming information. Starting a company involves a lot of risk assessment and risk management, so I tried to apply these generic principles to this very serious life and death information that I was receiving.

Startup 40

Startup Blogging Venture Capital Outsource Development 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? What if there was another competitive cash register on the market? Sure, theres a wave of new technology solutions that have come into the market that are competitive with DoubleClick, but, they are unproven. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

How do we need to structure the systems to get ahead and stay ahead of the competition? What do we build in-house or outsource? Finding an informal mentor or two would be a great way to be able to continue to focus on this and make sure you are caught unaware. What are the biggest areas of technical risk?

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

The right way to position against competition - A Smart Bear: Startups and Marketing for Geeks , August 23, 2010 This is Part 4 of the series: 5 lessons from 150 startup pitches.?? There is no competition. Alltop is a great source of information for both Paper.li Example: Netflix). How to Make Paper.li and Flipboard.

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Frank Addante

JUNE 13, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Our “keep it simple&# strategy enabled us to move faster than our competition, and more importantly, enabled our customers to move faster than their competition. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4.

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Startup Outsource Development Product Advertising 40

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Want to know, for example, why Foursquare uses MongoDB to store check-in information? 10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 16, 2010 I started my career in enterprise software in the 1980s and after some years working in other areas (outsourcing and online media) I am back in the enterprise software game.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2015

Upgrade to modern information technology tools. Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. Adopt new core principles to stay competitive and assure survival. It’s time to rethink every process from the outside-in, to be consistent with customer expectations.

Customer 97

Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 97

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2014

Upgrade to modern information technology tools. Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. Adopt new core principles to stay competitive and assure survival. It’s time to rethink every process from the outside-in, to be consistent with customer expectations.

Customer 96

Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2021

Upgrade to modern information technology tools. Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. Adopt new core principles to stay competitive and assure survival. It’s time to rethink every process from the outside-in, to be consistent with customer expectations.

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Customer Custom Social Media Outsource Development 173

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

We spend hours of seemingly “wasted&# time just in these informal chats simply shooting the shit. 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. What about outsourcing? I’m against it in almost all situations.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

Upgrade to modern information technology tools. Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. Adopt new core principles to stay competitive and assure survival. It’s time to rethink every process from the outside-in, to be consistent with customer expectations.

Demand 71

Demand Customer Custom Tips 71

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 24, 2018

Upgrade to modern information technology tools. Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. Adopt new core principles to stay competitive and assure survival. It’s time to rethink every process from the outside-in, to be consistent with customer expectations.

Demand 56

Demand Customer Custom Tips 56