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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

In between, I got an email from CJ Cenizal asking about this exact issue: I'm growing a social gaming startup, Elevated Games ( elevatedgames.com ) as Founder and CEO. Freelance Sites – considered, not used, concerned about quality Craigslist - considered, not used, concerned about quality Local networking – decent luck.

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Interview with Satish Varma, Clorder

socalTECH

We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. For managed services, we offer marketing services, including email marketing, social media, Google Adwords, and Facebook ads, which is a monthly recurring charge. We found out that sites like Eat24 and Grubhub are portals.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.