Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 10, 2020
Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.
Startup Professionals Musings
NOVEMBER 5, 2022
Here are a few of their key points, with my own insights added: Workers today are more educated and aware of options. In today’s knowledge-based and highly competitive environment, strategic leadership and company direction can still most quickly be decided and executed in a hierarchical organization.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2022
The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.
InfoChachkie
JUNE 4, 2012
In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Thus, you have negotiating leverage as long as a legitimate, competitive threat exists. Fallacy: An entrepreneur’s two most precious assets are time and money. Unfortunately, consultants typically cost you both. Grant Exclusivity.
Frank Addante
MAY 12, 2007
Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing By Frank Addante (Part 5 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Outsourcing has become a popular topic and practice these days. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. A BIG THANK YOU.
InfoChachkie
MAY 16, 2011
In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. I am differentiating here between outsourced services that execute rote, routine tasks and consultants hired to performed ad hoc, mission critical engagements. Even benevolent BDCs lose interest in your solution once this competitive risk is eliminated.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 15, 2019
The passion has to be in the business context – meaning results oriented, customer oriented, and sensitive to competition. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Look at the big picture first of development, finance, and marketing/sales.
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