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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. This is the approach many startups take when they communicate their story to the market. This is the approach many startups take when they communicate their story to the market. The company started ‘getting ink.’ Sound crazy?

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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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SoCal Heads to SXSWi | 2012 Panel Picking Guide

Tech Zulu Event

Power Up Your Life thru Mobile Gamification (Velti). Design: Developing for a Consumerized Enterprise World (BetterWorks). Startups: Demystifying the PR Process for the Lean Startup (Symphony PR). Scaling thru Outsourcing. Merge Offline/Online Networks for Startup Success.

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: 5. Outsourcing

Frank Addante

About Frank Addante > (from the Silicon Valley Business Journal) Twitter Updates follow me on Twitter Blog Archive ► 2010 (2) ► June (1) Part II: Optimized for Profitability ► February (1) Get Out of the Office! Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Startup 3.0: Zondigo, Inc.

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Interview with Michele Ruiz and Dan Gould, BiasSync

socalTECH

How do you create a tool to help address unconscious bias in the workplaceand why would you create a new startup in that area? We caught up with Michele and Dan to better understand why they founded the company, and why this market was such an interest to them. That's what we do over the course of our two year contract.

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Real Startups Never, Ever Discount Their Prices

InfoChachkie

A version of this article previously appeared in the Wall Street Journal. Avoid a simple pricing mistake which could sink your startup. 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.

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