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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Marty Zwilling.

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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

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 sales rep that brings back news from the front line that is shared with the office adds to our collective knowledge about customer needs, product design flaws or partnership opportunities.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Marty Zwilling.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Leading edge technology software and manufacturing require constant course corrections and iterative restarts. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Marty Zwilling.

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Five ways we are surviving long term

Berkonomics

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. We know that the market changes every few years, and we’re always looking over the horizon at new technologies. Fourth is embracing change.

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Five Keys to Our Long Term Survival

Berkonomics

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. We know that the market changes every few years, and we’re always looking over the horizon at new technologies. Fourth is embracing change.

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