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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

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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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. Ethics can’t be managed.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

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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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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7 Delusions About Business Ethics Limit Future Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks. Ethics can’t be managed.

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Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction

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One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. Adi Jaffe: I'm a UCLA addiction trained psychologist, specializing in addiction. First, what is All About Addiction about? Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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