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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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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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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

But the press (and I suspect many of the senior execs of these companies) don’t really explore the corrosive downside of these acquisition. I’m supposed to believe that my best innovation can only come from scores of startup founders who just made millions and have now become CVOs at my company? So I thought I would.

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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.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

In many ways I think general purpose writing & thinking skills are as valuable as math skills. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. New company in Boston with a model called “royalty capital.”

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Five Keys to Our Long Term Survival

Berkonomics

Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California. Bill has survived multiple cycles in the game industry, and writes here his thoughts about his longevity in a volatile niche. Guest Post by William Fisher. I support them in moving on.

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