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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. He outlines well the following benefits of outsourcing and freelancing, and I agree: Serving your business well is a competitive priority. Direct customer-facing non-technical roles should be the last ones outsourced.

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Technical Advisors: Every Startup Needs One

TechEmpower

This is especially important with outsourced development teams. This happens when a founder raises money in an initial round, spends most of it on in-house or outsourced development, and ends up with a product that is 90% done. Specifically, they pay attention to: Is our code scalable and extensible?

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A Virtual Team is Not Another Name for Outsourcing

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is just another extension of the virtual team concept to people you don’t even know. Almost every startup is a virtual team these days, since most don’t start out with dedicated office space, and some or all members of the team work part-time or out of their own home.

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6 Key Leaders Every Technical Startup Needs To Thrive

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus I was happily surprised when I found the classic book, “ The Tech Entrepreneur’s Survival Guide ,” by Bernd Schoner, PhD, and cofounder of ThingMagic, which leans heavily on the people side of the equation. Outsourcing your core competency does not work. If you’re lucky, your guru also brings some commercial contacts to the table.

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SoCal Heads to SXSWi | 2012 Panel Picking Guide

Tech Zulu Event

Scaling thru Outsourcing. The New Hollywood: Building Celebrity Brands Online EQAL, Cambio, Digital LA. Funding: The New Indie: BONA FIDE film. Startups: Demystifying the PR Process for the Lean Startup (Symphony PR). Moral Psychology and Big Data Singularity. Consumerism of business freemium software (BetterWorks).

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Technical Advisors: Every Web/Mobile Startup Must Have One

SoCal CTO

This is important whether you are outsourcing or building it in-house. If you are outsourcing, then this person will also be protecting you from issues like being able to access the source code and making sure can bring it in-house at a later time. Just make sure its clear what the expectations are going into any engagement.

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6 Reasons To Build A Working Model Of Your Solution

Startup Professionals Musings

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. At worst, maybe you can find a trusted friend to guide you, or a nearby university with expert professors and the proper tools.