Competition Demand Outsource Technical Review 
Startup Professionals Musings
FEBRUARY 24, 2020
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.
TechCrunch LA
MARCH 31, 2021
The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. Fables of the reconstruction.
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Both Sides of the Table
MARCH 30, 2011
It’s not clear that there was big customer demand for some of these products yet entrepreneurs were egged on by VCs to “take the money&# and try and push the market. We technology leaders also make this mistake. I had my sales teams telling me we needed certain features to be competitive. This is total bullshit.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 4, 2012
Value is created through diligent hard work. Once you prove that a substantial number of people are willing to pay more for your solution than it costs you to provide it, you can then consider licensing your underlying technology. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists.
InfoChachkie
MAY 19, 2011
Although necessary, “stepping stone” approach of initially utilizing smaller VARs to enter new geographic markets can become problematic as your business grows, because large VARs often demand uncontested, broad, multi-country coverage. A detailed NRE budget will help you avoid becoming the BDC’s adjunct, outsourced engineering team.
InfoChachkie
MAY 16, 2011
Fallacy: AdVentures tend to evolve once you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. Value is created through diligent hard work. I am differentiating here between outsourced services that execute rote, routine tasks and consultants hired to performed ad hoc, mission critical engagements.
Startup Professionals Musings
JUNE 12, 2022
Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,
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