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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. It’s easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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

Both Sides of the Table

The best companies are built on common beliefs and culture – a common sense of purpose. And slowly, over the years, those crazy stories about Danny passed out in the company bathroom after the Summer party get replaced by weddings, births and family picnics. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. It’s easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Its easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup'

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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

My company, TechEmpower , recently added a few top notch developers, but it wasn’t easy to find just the right people. Do you have anyone you could recommend to me, or any resources? I’ll leave that for another discussion as the inquiry that I keep getting is more about local talent than offshore talent. Perfect timing.

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Why I Don’t Celebrate Income Inequality

Both Sides of the Table

Yes, income inequality exists and yes it’s a natural consequence of capitalism and other forms of government are decidedly worse than capitalism because they inefficiently create and allocate resources. Founders start companies. So in stead of celebrating income inequality perhaps we would be a bit more compassionate about it.

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6 Ways To Prevent Disastrous Outsourcing Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. It’s easy to find companies in certain countries that will quote cost reductions up to 75 percent. The same applies to manufacturing and almost any process these days.