Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

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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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. Of course, since you know those questions, you can just collect up the answers and provide them to your developers. What do we build in-house or outsource? Of course, it’s never complete. Gap closed, right? Probably not. When will key hires come on?

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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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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

It's not for everybody, of course. There's been some fall off lately in students selecting computer science and computer engineering majors, much of this due to worries about outsourcing. I would say there are inherent issues with outsourcing, which lots of people--particularly in a startup environment, and a small company--see.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 26, 2013

This approach allows your venture to "fail in the small" and make course corrections before spending significant marketing resources. Moderate persistent can be purchased, but passion can never be outsourced. As the launch proceeds, the degree of influence of the parties exposed to your solution should commensurately grow.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. Of course, there are caveats to every opportunity. Of course, you can choose to play it safe with more incremental, modest innovations, There’s nothing wrong with modesty.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

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. Marty Zwilling.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost. Required legal fees now average $5K or less, compared with $20K or more as a minimum.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. Why would you have your most important success factor (successful implementations) outsourced to a third-party where you don’t control quality and who is strictly mercenary (i.e.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The former was outsourced, the latter was our own team. In the end, of course, our productivity actually suffered. So I added a third-party developer in Bulgaria to increase output on one of our products. I added a dev team in India to spearhead new initiatives and design our future UI. It is he who first taught me this lesson.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

Of course, I immediately gave him the whole spiel on Visible Networking and Steve was totally game to make our networking visible. It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. I can see that.

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socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

Instead, they outsource to an expert like Edegcast. Of course, since we're venture backed, we do have to consider our investors, as they're looking at some point for an exit. The other thing that helps diffentiate us, is we help our customers with costs, save them money, and allow them to get to market faster, with scale.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

Brad proudly described how the company successfully used thought leadership marketing to seed a marketplace in which companies can outsource their SEO campaigns to a legion of independent, third-party “optimizers.” Within Boulder, they took part of their office and turned it into code space.

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Both Sides of the Table

JULY 19, 2011

They outsource the critical negotiations and “trust their advisors to handle the details.&# You can’t outsource this to a recruiter. I want to decide what the right “angle&# on the story it (with their input, of course). You name it. And yes, VC’s, too. We need them all. I want to control my outcomes.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. Of course, there are caveats to every opportunity. Of course, you can choose to play it safe with more incremental, modest innovations, There’s nothing wrong with modesty.

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 10, 2018

It’s like the entire industry wants to outsource its brain to the smartest person they know and then follow that person. But if there is nothing wrong with you then please don’t let early rejections alter your course.” Wait, make that $1 million. And please reserve another $1 million for me?—?I

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Tech Zulu Event

AUGUST 13, 2013

Generally speaking, cost accounting describes a wide variety of systems and processes for collecting financial data which is then analyzed, summarized, and used to create alternative courses of action. In other words, it’s a decision-making tool that gives you the financial information you need to take control of your business operations.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The trend toward more remote work, flexible work hours, and outsourcing can eliminate productive work relationships and communication between functions. Some business leaders don’t realize that managing remote work and outsourcing always increases their communication and project management workload, rather than reducing it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Donation good-cause model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost. Required legal fees now average $5K or less, compared with $20K or more as a minimum.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Of course, we all love disruptive new products, like the Pebble Smart Watch and Google Glass, but recent innovative services startups, including Uber for transportation and Airbnb for lodging, have grown much bigger and faster. Process outsourcing services. I’m sure there are many more just waiting to be found.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Of course, it’s important to start with a bounded agreement which clearly lays out expectations and areas that are off-limits. Willing to learn from each other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. Donation good-cause model. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co

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Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 1, 2011

Now, he ‘outsources’ his investments through John Frankel of Frankel Asset Management. Of course, monetization of search became one of the best business models in the history of business. He is also an active angel investor in companies like Klout and Meetup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

Of course, none of these are a substitute for doing your homework on the opportunity, and maintaining the energy to drive it: Break the journey into small sprints with milestones. We all need to see progress toward a goal to keep us motived and focused. Focus on communication and responsibility assignment.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

< These days, it’s easy to find comprehensive videos and online courses on the Internet to get you up to speed, but I find many entrepreneurs who are too independent and proud to look or ask for help. Don’t forget the wealth of “gig” experts for outsourcing at a low cost. Commit to business excellence, but reject perfectionism.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 1, 2010

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. Of course, there are caveats to every opportunity. Of course, you can choose to play it safe with more incremental, modest innovations, There’s nothing wrong with modesty.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 24, 2022

In the beginning, the entrepreneur has to cover all talents, which is made more possible these days by the wealth of information available on the Internet, as well as books and online courses. Talent can also be outsourced, but surviving in the business jungle without talent is unlikely.

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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. A common challenge faced by every entrepreneur is that they don’t have the bandwidth, interest or skills to do everything that is required to build their startup.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Of course, it’s important to start with a bounded agreement which clearly lays out expectations and areas that are off-limits. Willing to learn from each other.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 18, 2011

Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Once the decision is made, automate, and outsource functions that are not core to the business. The rebound may be here, but business will never be the same. Quick to fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Outsource Development 110

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 21, 2015

Of course, there are thousands of other companies that don’t achieve their minimum goal, requiring all contributions to be returned. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. A much-touted success was the Pebble Watch on Kickstarter , with orders exceeding $10 million.

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Venture Capital Angel Satisfaction Equity 108

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 19, 2012

Look for new volatility, caused by inflation or deflation, new government regulations, and of course new technology and even more determined competitors. Once the decision is made, automate, and outsource functions that are not core to the business. The rebound may be here, but business will never be the same. Quick to fail.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 650,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

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Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107