Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Startup 125

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 125

socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

Bryce Maddock: TaskUs is the best provider in the world of customer care and back office services for emerging growth companies. Customer care, obviously, is emails, phone calls, and customer service back office services. It''s a highly educated, English speaking workforce, and they love working for American companies.

Startup 231

Startup Technology Outsource Santa Monica 231

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Fallacy: Startup ventures tend to evolve, especially after you begin speaking with pesky customers and demanding partners. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them. Rationale: My idea is so mind-blowingly fantastic that I must immediately spend some of my precious capital to protect it.

Entrepreneur 272

Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Technology High Tech Startup 104

socalTECH

DECEMBER 28, 2017

Our annual conferencefocused on educating our community on growing valuable tech enterprises-- set a record with over 500 attendees and our best attendee feedback to date. We are seeing SaaS companies more and more are competing against other SaaS companies and experiencing more churn, price resistance and customer demand for customization.

Capital 124

Capital Southern California SaaS SoCal 124

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.

Competition 174

Competition High Tech Startup Social Media 174

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 18, 2019

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Tips 100

Tips Startup Journal Outsource 100

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

This technology is not only spawning a new generation of entrepreneurs, but is also changing the educational landscape, all the way down to early grade school. Makerspaces and hackerspaces have sites and events, including education and training, where people with common interests can meet, socialize and collaborate.

Ideas 61

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Education 61

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 15, 2019

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 88

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 88

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Thus, you must first create the playbook by which an independent sales rep can readily sell your product, including: identifying objections and developing strategies to overcome them, creating reference accounts and establishing meaningful customer adoption. In addition to paying the consultant, you must invest time to educate them.

Startup 242

Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

The days are gone when a techie or a genius could build things in his garage and customers would find and buy the product, based purely on the “wow factor” of the technology. Thus customers and partners rely more and more on personal engagement with people. New technologies are everywhere today. Make it an enjoyable experience.

Entrepreneur 111

Entrepreneur Startup Content Media 111

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 22, 2014

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 107

Software Review Entrepreneur CTO Hire Outsource Development 107

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. Our early adopters were really about developing a minimum viable product, and we figured out, obviously, that there were a number of features customers were willing to pay for.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 6, 2013

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Startup 103

Startup Entrepreneur Journal Outsource 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2011

The days are gone when a techie or a genius could build things in his garage and customers would find and buy the product, based purely on the “wow factor” of the technology. Thus customers and partners rely more and more on personal engagement with people. New technologies are everywhere today. Make it an enjoyable experience.

Media 91

Media Startup Company Companies 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2017

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Startup 58

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 58

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.

Technology 87

Technology High Tech Startup Social Media 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2013

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 103

Software Review Equity CTO Hire Outsource Development 103

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2017

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 56

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development CTO Coach 56

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2012

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Startup 92

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 29, 2011

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 96

Software Review CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 5, 2011

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Startup 91

Startup Journal Outsource Tips 91

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

Let candidates educate you on attributes you need. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news. For non-core technical strength, look for outside partners.

High Tech 103

High Tech Entrepreneur Startup Social Media 103

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 15, 2016

No one is entitled to a better job position or entrepreneur funding, no matter how passionate, educated, or articulate. In a startup, you can’t afford to outsource too many functions. The best work hard to broaden their knowledge, and are not hesitant to challenge their own understanding of the market.

Entrepreneur 60

Entrepreneur News Outsource Activity 60

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2010

If one of your core values is exceeding your customer expectations for quality and service, and your potential partner ascribes to the low cost, high profit mantra, a successful partnership is highly unlikely over the long-term. Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references.

Software Review 92

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 92

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Let candidates educate you on attributes you need and they bring. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. Former employers will normally only give you candidate employment dates or good news.

High Tech 58

High Tech Startup Social Media Entrepreneur 58

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2010

You can’t outsource that one. If you see a customer service problem hurting the company, step up proactively with a proposal to fix it. Educate yourself one notch up. You attitude and the clothes you wear assert your authority to subordinates, peers, the media, and customers. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

Tips 49

Tips Startup Journal Outsource 49

Jason Nazar

JUNE 2, 2016

Nobody Else Will Figure it Out for You – Nobody else will get your customers, or figure out the toughest business challenges for you. In 2007 when we were about to launch Docstoc I attempted to outsource our PR and social marketing to no avail. Success comes to those who are able to stay in the game the longest. Then step aside.

Tips 40

Tips Coach Resource Startup 40

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Matthew Clough is a social entrepreneur and creative professional who has dedicated himself to helping children get the educations they deserve in Tanzania, Africa. He is the founder of Benson Backpacks , a company that sells backpacks and supports children’s educations in Tanzania with each purchase. Ryan Born – Founder of AudioMicro.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

SoCal CTO

SEPTEMBER 8, 2010

Teach Like You’re the Student - Steve Blank , August 10, 2010 “I never have let my schooling interfere with my education.”. Even so, it’s difficult (and perhaps impossible) to operate a small business or startup and not negotiate agreements with employees, vendors, customers, and others. Short-sighted, no? Mark Twain. We declined.

Startup 191

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Hire 191