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Welcome To The New Wave Of Opportunities And Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create.

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Innovative Services Are A Huge Boon For Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Even many well-known corporate giants, including IBM and GE, have transformed, redefined, and re-invigorated their businesses into services businesses, and are downplaying their traditional product focus. Process outsourcing services. You don’t have to be an engineer, or make a huge investment in hardware, to come up with a winner.

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New Entrepreneurs Are Rebuilding Our Business Engine

Startup Professionals Musings

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create.

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4 Benefits of Using a Managed Network Services Provider

Southern California Edison Blog

It can be a significant time and financial investment to run and maintain a network. Companies receiving managed network services tend to experience higher levels of network availability and bandwidth compared to those who do not outsource. Improved Network Quality. The average data breach costs $3.92

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Large Corporations Fail To Innovate Like Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create.

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Interview with Elizabeth Cholawsky, HG Data

socalTECH

That was in the support space, where we were doing outsourced technical services. That took quite a bit of investment in organic growth and acquisitions. We sell directly to big enterprises, like IBM and Cisco. I was most recently at a public company, at Support.com, where I was the CEO.

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Entrepreneurs Can Revitalize The Image Of Business

Startup Professionals Musings

My friends who “grew up” with lifetime careers in General Motors, Exxon Mobil, or even IBM, are now often too embarrassed to even mention it. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. They have proven themselves unable to innovate, and they have lost more jobs than they create.