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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, people often do not automatically know that they are facing an ethical choice. These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests. Ethical decisions are seldom simple.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Marty Zwilling.

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Five ways we are surviving long term

Berkonomics

” Recently visited one Fortune 500 company, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. That’s a big win.

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Outsourcing: Build vs Buy

SoCal Tech Calendar

With offshoring, custom solutions became much more cost effective, but at the expense of increased management or sometimes increased project failure risk. There is no impetus to get everything done in-house and not everything is sent offshore for cost savings either. General Counsels, CFOs, HR Management are prime examples.

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Five Keys to Our Long Term Survival

Berkonomics

” Just visited Disney this week, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not-offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Financial institutions, for example, count on pure capital plays without innovation that can disappear quickly. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

For example, it is no secret that software pirating is still very common in China, Vietnam, and other cultures. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Marty Zwilling.