Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

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Services Startup Training Writing 72

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

This year’s South By South West conference in Austin, Texas, is days away. Los Angeles’s very own Espree Devora (aka The Girl That Gets It Done ), has put together quite the exciting event for this year’s SXSW conference. One mastermind focuses on how to outsource development and programming.

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Mixergy Outsource Development Outsource Conference 70

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Test them with problems outside their comfort zone.

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Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

Relationships are best built while working and learning together, rather than over drinks at a mixer or industry conference. Opportunities to meet investors and support organizations. There are already more than 2000 hackerspaces worldwide, as listed on the Hackerspace Wiki. Countless startup teams have already been spawned from these.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Education 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

This approach works best with business associates that know you, peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Spend time informally with candidate peers and former employers.

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High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

This approach works best with business associates that know you, or peers that you meet at industry conferences, or technical gurus that have no business connections to the candidate. A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Test them with problems outside their comfort zone.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 18, 2011

Being in business since I was 18 years old has led to a lot of conferences, meetings, mixers, classes, tradeshows and after parties. It was at the South by Southwest Interactive conference in the media room when I overheard the founders being interviewed. Now study the event organizer. I meet A LOT of people.

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Customer Custom Marketing SEO 85

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 1, 2023

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. In fact, many of the same venues, such as industry conferences, entrepreneur forums and local business organizations are useful for both.

Startup 99

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 99

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. In fact, many of the same venues, such as industry conferences, entrepreneur forums and local business organizations are useful for both.

Startup 126

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 126

Frank Addante

AUGUST 2, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Last week I attended the ad:Tech conference in my hometown, Chicago. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. Virtual Location, Location, Location ► January (2) 2. Hire Entrepreneurs!

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SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Paul Graham on trends for the future - Business of Software Blog , August 25, 2010 Paul Graham spoke at last year's Business of Software conference. Making Money From Social Games - ArcticStartup , August 23, 2010 Games Developer Conference Europe 2010 (GDCE) took place last week in Cologne, Germany. Say you want some code that does X.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. In fact, many of the same venues, such as industry conferences, entrepreneur forums and local business organizations are useful for both.

Startup 105

Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 105

Frank Addante

JUNE 10, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? We turned one into a conference room and another one into a "lounge" with sofas, ottomans and comfortable, funky chairs and a flat-screen TV. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. We were like a machine.

Startup 40

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 16, 2010 I started my career in enterprise software in the 1980s and after some years working in other areas (outsourcing and online media) I am back in the enterprise software game. This doesn’t make sense. It looks like a fascinating line-up of tasty Pecha’s.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In a world where 90% of communications is non-verbal imagine what is lost on conference calls. What about outsourcing? For me outsourcing in a pure startup is the kiss of death. I believe that startup tech companies need to develop a technical DNA and this doesn’t happen when you outsource. What about offshoring?

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