Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Running a new company cannot always be a consensus-driven process, especially when hard decisions need to be made that affect everybody’s lives. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Running a new company cannot always be a consensus-driven process, especially when hard decisions need to be made that affect everybody’s lives. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Running a new company cannot always be a consensus-driven process, especially when hard decisions need to be made that affect everybody’s lives. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

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Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 92

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

Product 93

Product Entrepreneur Outsource Development Competition 93

Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

At the same time, it’s a smart manufacturing decision, as American-made quality usually stands head and shoulders above outsourced competition. These range from technology mainstays like Motorola to companies known for pushing the envelope like Tesla. into yogurt, soft serve, and milk shakes.

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Technology Google Mobile Outsource Development 104

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Doubtful, unless I already know them really well, know the company really well, and have some spare cash. When I get funded,” the entrepreneur thinks, “I can build a prototype, hire a development team, go to market, scale more quickly, and beat my competition.” Some of those will be outside the company.

Outsource Development 93

Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

A business plan is an “outward facing” document for external investors, or for C-level executives within your own company. The product plan tells your developers what to build, and the marketing team what to market. For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build.

Product 48

Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? ► November (1) 2 Ears and 1 Mouth: There's a Reason ► October (2) Be Best at Something Tear Down Your Firewalls ► September (3) Elements of Sustainable Companies We're Not Saving Lives. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! Be scrappy.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Who better to answer than the company's engineering lead. It may be that all the doomsayers are right. But I don’t think so. This post is an accusation. call to arms.

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