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7 Keys To Strategic Partnerships That Profit Everyone

Startup Professionals Musings

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Always start with a formal proposal, limited in scope to a specific common objective or technology, for a limited amount of time, bounded by a two-way non-disclosure statement.

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Wave Technology Solutions Acquires Radianta

socalTECH

Irvine-based Wave Technology Solutions Group, a systems integrator, has acquired fellow solutions provider and software developer Radianta, the firm disclosed this morning. Radianta provides custom software development in the customer relationship management and related areas. Financial terms of the buy were not disclosed.

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Ciena Solutions Acquired By NetSol Technologies

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Los Angeles-based Ciena Solutions LLC, a provider of SAP integration management services, has been acquired by NetSol Technologies. NetSol, which provides business outsourcing and enterprise application development, did not disclose financial terms of the buy. NetSol Technologies is based in Emeryville, California.

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7 Ways Getting In Bed With The Enemy Can Be Win-Win

Startup Professionals Musings

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Always start with a formal proposal, limited in scope to a specific common objective or technology, for a limited amount of time, bounded by a two-way non-disclosure statement.

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10 Ways Owners Often Jeopardize Their Business Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

It’s always tempting to think that more product variations will satisfy more customers and lead to new sales. Yet I still see expense budgets based on traditional channels, with no strict metrics on cost of customer acquisition by channel, or lifetime customer value. Outsourcing services that could be done in-house.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Most of their new claims to innovation are acquired through mergers and acquisitions from the entrepreneurial pipeline. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit?

SoCal CTO

Hiring seems to be the preferred use of seed funds (by investors and founders), whereas I'd prefer a focus on customer acquisition. They most often really just need either a Part-Time CTO or Technology Advisor , and then some combination of hiring and/or outsourcing (on-shore or off-shore).

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