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Interview with Clark Benson, Ranker

socalTECH

One of the biggest forces that has emerged in the Internet in recent years has been crowdsourcing, the way the web has empowered users to drive the creation of content and information online. But, there are not many funded players in the space. We had some great offshore coders as part of the engineering team.

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Interview with Adi Jaffe, All About Addiction

socalTECH

I asked him if he wouldn't mind sitting down with me, and he helped me develop the business model, and suggested that I work with some offshore developers on automating the system. Adi Jaffe: Our next step is really trying to get some angel level funding. Finally, what's the next step for your company? Thanks, and good luck!

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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. Often, I can get clients to fund efforts to learn new tech because nobody else knows it, either, and we all need to learn it.

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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. Often, I can get clients to fund efforts to learn new tech because nobody else knows it, either, and we all need to learn it.

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

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. If they’re not I won’t fund. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring.