Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests.

Software Review 66

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 66

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2015

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Look at internal services versus external services. Marty Zwilling.

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Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2013

New entrepreneurs tend to focus only on getting the product right, and assume that the right culture and ethics will come later simply by hiring good people. These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests.

Software Review 100

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 100

Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

And they might give a premium if the team has been around a longer period of time, has built some hard-to-build proprietary technology or has some customer traction. Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely.

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Press Startup Yahoo Venture Capital 357

Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

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. How would that effect your bottom line?

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Software Review Software Development Outsource Development Development Team Review 51

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 10, 2014

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

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Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 103

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

In fact, the considerations are not unique to software development – they apply almost as well to any product or service you have: Control of core competency. Product or services. Once product software is written, it doesn’t take much effort to deliver it to customers. Don’t outsource your core competency. Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development 51

Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2016

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

Technical Review 63

Technical Review Innocal Offshore Entrepreneur 63

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Patents 106

Patents Offshore Startup Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

” Recently visited one Fortune 500 company, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. That’s a big win.

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Offshore Examples Software Email 120

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

” Just visited Disney this week, for example, because our producer on a previous product was very happy with us and wanted her bosses to consider using our team. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not-offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development.

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Offshore Examples Southern California Email 189

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

For instance, a VP of Operations might be bonused on 3 measurements: COGS, product shippments and customer satisfaction results. For instance, the VP of Engineering may have her bonus for Q2 based 50% on the delivery of a certain product and 50% on hiring objectives. That is too many.

Design 49

Design Offshore Tool Activity 49

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Patents Offshore Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

They have become a by-product of innovation rather than the cause of it: Conglomerates grew from industrialization, not innovation. Many countries have learned to make products cheaper and better. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Recognizing this is as much about culture as about language, ensures an understanding of regional motivators, cultural taboos and local customs – so that your solutions are ideally designed and marketed to deliver value that has genuine local relevance. with demands for new products and services. Find global sources now.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore. So, do take time to get to know your partner and their country and its customs. Manufacturing offshore could impact intellectual property. Products must be adapted to local conditions and regulations.

Startup 91

Startup Offshore Patents Outsource Development 91

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

You attend five customer meetings together over a two-week period and after each meeting you replay the results in the office about what it meant. The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. What about offshoring?

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335