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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Marty Zwilling.

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6 Benefits of Outsourcing and Freelancing In Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

A solution I often recommend, as least in early growth, is the use of outsourcing for critical tasks. While this approach appears to cost more on the surface, it often actually costs you less, when you consider the hidden costs of rework, poor customer satisfaction, employee management, and training required. with experience.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Marty Zwilling.

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Support.com In Merger With Bitcoin Mining Company

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Support.com, a publicly led outsourcing company led by Los Angeles resident Lance Rosenzweig, who serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, says it has merged with a bitcoin mining company, Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc. Support.com trades on the Nasdaq as SPRT.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

You may feel good when that first burst of customers arrives, but don’t assume that “ word of mouth ” and those early adopters will grow your business to match your dreams of success. In these days of global competition via multiple channels, you need continuous marketing to find more customers. They won’t find you.

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6 Ways To Prevent Disastrous Outsourcing Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

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. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup 360-Performance Review Result – Improved Time Management - Finding Founder Time

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Part I of this series describes the 360-review that I conducted at a growing, dynamic SaaS business which has recently graduated from the startup stage and entered the early-growth phase. One of the most compelling conclusions I drew from the reviews is that both Founders need delegate more of their day-to-day tasks.