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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Saving cost won’t help you if you can’t make the daily innovations required to stay competitive. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head.

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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

Both Sides of the Table

Today’s higher education is responding by making more courses online and available to people outside of physical boundaries. I believe, though, that they need to be taught more in the context of helping people develop meaningful careers that position them to succeed financially in the changing world in which we live.

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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

Of course, a lot of people say the same thing. Sorry, I wish I could be more help. I’ll leave that for another discussion as the inquiry that I keep getting is more about local talent than offshore talent. Better yet, maybe help CJ specifically. Depends on complexity. What Other People Say About Sourcing Developers?

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Saving cost won’t help you if you can’t make the daily innovations required to stay competitive. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Saving cost wont help you if you cant make the daily innovations required to stay competitive. Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Dont expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head.

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3 Mistakes Software Developers Make That Can Cost You Your Business

Inverted Software

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Inverted Software. Website: [link].

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Why I Don’t Celebrate Income Inequality

Both Sides of the Table

Of course “carried interest” tax breaks are more at risk than founder tax breaks. Of course if an employee “exercises” his or her options AND holds the stock more than one year then they are eligible to earn long-term capital gains. Of course I don’t believe that VCs should be a protected class.

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