Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Both Sides of the Table

NOVEMBER 25, 2010

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Fourth: Financial risk. Any new enterprise is at risk if there are not enough resources to get the company to breakeven, which is a proxy for stability. And fifth: Competitive risk.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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Both Sides of the Table

JUNE 28, 2011

Venture capital is in the process of its own creative destruction with new market entrants and new models of innovation at the precise moment that our industry itself is contracting. Platform cloud players like Salesforce.com provide compute resources so that third parties can build applications that integrate with its core product.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Most new business owners I know feel the challenges of not enough time, money, and resources, and see these as problems rather than a competitive advantage. I’m often asked for the secret to this attribute in developing a team culture. Outsourcing of manufacturing is another option.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Any new enterprise is at risk if there are not enough resources to get the company to breakeven, which is a proxy for stability. And fifth: Competitive risk. . This is sometimes labeled “execution risk” addressing whether management can create and run the company producing the product acceptable to the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2020

In fact, I think the evidence is clear that many entrepreneurs started their journey while still in college, and capitalized on all the resources there, before moving on: Extend your technology focus with business basics. Every school recognizes the power of “hands-on” work to help you develop your own ideas into a business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing.

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 27, 2011

To grow faster businesses need resources in today’s financial period to fund growth that may not come for 6 months to a year. Fast early growth in a market is often eroded when competition gets fierce and prices are forced down due to competition. million contract over two years. So which company is better run?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 17, 2020

First-to-market’ is not a sustainable competitive advantage for startups, since sleeping giants do wake up when they see traction, and they can smash newcomers quickly. Willing to start today and find resources later. Marketing should start before product development. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage. Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Manage human resources. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve.

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Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 15, 2009

I believe that it is part of the DNA of an entrepreneur – being so competitive that you’re practically sick when you lose. They’re competitive. I had been competing to win a contract at Thames Water, the largest water company in the UK. I was to tell noone until the contract was signed.

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Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Any new enterprise is at risk if there are not enough resources to get the company to breakeven, which is a proxy for stability. And fifth: Competitive risk. . This is sometimes labeled “execution risk” addressing whether management can create and run the company producing the product acceptable to the marketplace.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Manage human resources. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2010

Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Manage human resources. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2015

The bad news is that many are already doing it, with competition growing, so the longer you wait, the less chance you have of getting there first. In a new startup, there is tremendous competitive value in registering intellectual property early, but you don’t need to contract these tasks to expensive experts any longer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 31, 2013

Develop your business plan. Product development process. If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Manage human resources. But having no process does not make you more competitive. Write down the key elements of your business plan very early, and keep it current as things evolve.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, many investors I know tell me they look for business plans that allocate the largest portion of a requested investment to marketing, but most often see the top “ use of funds ” to be further product or service development. Allocate resources to handle bumps along the way. Solicit complementary partnerships and alliances.

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Lots of thoughts here. You’ll get suggestions for improvements.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 4, 2015

Santa Barbara-based Ice Energy (www.ice-energy.com) has quietly been working away at developing energy storage systems to help smooth out the demand for energy on the nation's power grid. We ended up being a part of a group of four companies who were awarded energy storage contracts. megawatts of energy.

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InfoChachkie

MAY 23, 2011

As noted in Contract Traps Entrepreneurs Should Avoid , exclusivity can kill a small company. Being the first partner may also allow the BDC to influence your technological development and conform it more closely matches its technology roadmap.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 12, 2023

First-to-market’ is not a sustainable competitive advantage for startups, since sleeping giants do wake up when they see traction, and they can smash newcomers quickly. Willing to start today and find resources later. Marketing should start before product development. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

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Startup Writing Entrepreneur Ideas 124

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

One of the readers asked my opinion around sharing your startup concept: My first question has always been - how do you protect your idea while shopping around for feedback, partners, developers, etc.? You’ll learn about competitive products that exist or are being built. Lots of thoughts here. You’ll get suggestions for improvements.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

A big trend in business these days is hiring freelancers or contract personnel for the duration of a project, rather than permanent staff. Here are some key strategies that I recommend to every worker today: Develop and highlight your competitive differentiation. Develop the courage to move on.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 12, 2015

Many of you will know that Twitter unexpectedly cancelled it’s contract to allow DataSift to resell Twitter data to 3rd parties. Twitter announced its acquisition of our competition Gnip almost a year ago. This misunderstands the situation so I want to clarify things a bit. Some evidence? You might ask yourself why?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

Way back in the early eighties, I was privileged to be part of the original IBM PC development team, led by Don Estridge. The culture of a large technology company is to rely on internal development or large, stable, and proven external vendors. Corporate entities operate under strict competitive and accounting rules.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 1, 2015

First-to-market’ is not a sustainable competitive advantage for startups, since sleeping giants do wake up when they see traction, and they can smash newcomers quickly. Willing to start today and find resources later. Marketing should start before product development. Easier-to-use’ and other fuzzy terms won’t get any attention.

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Startup Entrepreneur Writing Ideas 105

Frank Addante

JANUARY 23, 2007

► February (1) Building and Developing an A++ Team ► 2008 (14) ► December (1) Develop a Culture Roadmap ► November (2) Green Week - Save the Environment and Your Cash Creating a Culture of Innovation: Cultural Values. Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0:

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Earlier this month, Los Angeles-based Catalog (www.catalog.cc), a startup developing artificial intelligence software to help independent visual artists scale their content production efforts, announced it raised $1.5M That system allows us to arrange shoots and coordinate with contracted talent to produce that content.

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