Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. 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.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Patents Offshore Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

Technical Review 103

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. 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.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. 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.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. 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.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Of course you need to discount any investor competitive positioning, but local investment group leaders will quickly tell you the strengths and terms of active investors in your area. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

So before you decide to move your manufacturing, software development, or call center out of town, make sure you understand the following considerations: Don’t give someone else control of your competitive advantage. Saving cost won’t help you if you can’t make the daily innovations required to stay competitive.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. However, to gain a true competitive edge, you still need to implement effective solutions first at the local level. Find global sources now. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Competitive advantages are rapidly vaporizing on these. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. 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.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. Get yourself in a big demo day competition. And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. Go do a startup.

Press 357

Press Startup Yahoo Venture Capital 357

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The conversations bleed into the sales messages the next time, they wend their way into software designs and form the plan of attach against competition. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development. I have another exception.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335