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6 Ways To Prevent Disastrous Outsourcing Decisions

Startup Professionals Musings

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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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

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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PR Is A Passion Play That Cannot Be Outsourced

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Rather than directly explaining their value proposition with all the passion and heartfelt stridency that only an entrepreneur can deliver, they outsource this communication to a Public Relations (PR) firm. Sound crazy? Then something even more amazing happened.

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Real Startups Never, Ever Discount Their Prices

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. However, habitual discounting at a startup is self-defeating, as it reinforces your customers'' proclivity to delay their purchases, patiently waiting for you to reduce your prices. Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup.

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SoCal Heads to SXSWi | 2012 Panel Picking Guide

Tech Zulu Event

Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Scaling thru Outsourcing. Journalism: How to Talk to Your Audience Again. Strategy to Get Your First 100 Paying Customers (bigMETHOD, Mixergy, Appsumo, Zaarly). Digital Dailies: Reinventing Hollywood’s Workflow.

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Entrepreneur Hack: This Remote Team Of 12 Generated $100M

InfoChachkie

When I published This Remote Working Experiment Failed And Succeeded on the Wall Street Journal last year, I had no idea it would generate so much social media attention. Dan is now CEO of Mobile1st , makers of Mobilizer, the mobile customer experience optimization platform. A version of this article previously appeared Forbes.

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Interview with Gabe Grifoni, Rufus Labs

socalTECH

For our interview today, we have an interview with Gabe Grifoni , CEO and founder of Rufus Labs (www.getrufus.com), which has has developed an Android-based, wearable device which is aimed at use in the enterprise, warehouses, and factories. When we talk to customers, we hear about these pain points.