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10 Key Outsourcing Mistakes Made By Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. These approaches allow your startup to grow more rapidly, save costs, but costly mistakes can lead to business failure. Let’s cut costs by outsourcing all from this point forward.” Be flexible.

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7 Government Small Business Grants to Apply For in May 2024

Tech.Co

We also offer some advice for writing your application, to make sure your proposal is as competitive as possible. Department of Commerce Minority Business Development Agency (MBDA) 🔎 Want to browse the web privately? The contracts are designated for specific industries where female-owned businesses are underrepresented.

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Ten Rookie Startup Mistakes You Won’t Make

InfoChachkie

“Learn from the mistakes of others. During those same 25-years, I also made innumerable mistakes. I am differentiating here between outsourced services that execute rote, routine tasks and consultants hired to performed ad hoc, mission critical engagements. You can’t live long enough to make them all yourself.”.

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Lessons Big Companies Should Learn from Entrepreneurs

Jason Nazar

Agencies are Used as a Perpetual Crutch – Large companies spend an ungodly amount of money outsourcing everything. However, this is a huge mistake when overpriced and underperforming 3rd party agencies supplant core competencies and skills that need to be developed internally. Many times this is a great use of capital resources.

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Top 40 Startup Posts for August 2010

SoCal CTO

Why MOST smart people are better at solving other people’s problems… - Life Beyond Code , August 10, 2010 And, not their own problems. I've gotten to be a lot more productive as a programmer since I started casually 15+ years ago and seriously about 10 years ago. made all of these mistakes in my first companies. Dying at 70?

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Top 57 Online Startups Meets Technology Meets Product Posts for November 2010

SoCal CTO

Equity-Only CTO and Equity-Only Developers - SoCal CTO , November 1, 2010 I had a recent email dialog with the founder of a company looking for a CTO for their startup. Was it a Startup Founder Developer Gap ? Five Reasons You Haven’t Launched - Software By Rob , November 10, 2010 Photo by stevendepolo. call to arms. What truth?

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How to Save MySpace

Jason Nazar

They attract over 70 million people a month (just in the US), and by most accounts are still one of the 10 most popular sites in the world. Leverage a worldwide community to enable a perfect market for outsourcing activities like online research, writing, & content review. I wouldn’t bet against MySpace.