Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.]

Newsletter 100

Newsletter VentureNet Offshore Outsource 100

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

I first learned the ropes around SEO (search engine optimization) and how for years this has been a cat-and-mouse game where people game the system (Google) through link exchanges, offshore SEO “agencies,&# widgets, algorithmically optimized content and the like that degrades the quality of search results.

News 284

News Blogging Search Engine Optimization SEO 284

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Apparently, the little known provision in the national defense bill was inserted on behest of American electric bus manufacturers, who claim that BYD's buses would make it easier for China to spy on offshore Chinese nationals. BYD employs around 700 people in Lancaster. READ MORE>>.

Lancaster 113

Lancaster Offshore Los Angeles Training 113

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Binary Pulse Technology Marketing (www.binarypulse.com). Middle Market Investment Banking. Alvand Solutions - Alvand Solutions (www.alvandsolutions.com) provides world-class technology solutions, professional services and technical training with a focus on Offshore Software Development Management and Enterprise Data Protection.

Southern California 133

Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

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. To take us out of beta to full market readiness will take a few thousand dollars of development money. Thanks, and good luck! READ MORE>>.

UCLA 204

UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

I sometimes feel that the Silicon Valley culture and we as technologists more broadly can breed monoculture in our approach to entrepreneurship, problem solving, market analysis and technology solutions. That india isn’t just a headline about call centers, computing programming and offshoring. But then the world changes.

Class 334

Class Writing Web 2.0 Offshore 334

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

We’re successful because we specialize in “hard problems” but not in any one vertical market. 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. Fourth is embracing change.

Offshore 120

Offshore Examples Software Email 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Dont expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. core competency entrepreneur near shoring offshoring outsource startup' Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore. All this sounds very enticing and many budding entrepreneurs can’t wait to fly to Paris or Shanghai to tap into the international markets. Manufacturing offshore could impact intellectual property.

Startup 91

Startup Offshore Patents Outsource Development 91

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Patents 106

Patents Offshore Startup Demand 106

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

What markets are you in right now? We're pretty much in every major market, particularly in music strong communities, like Los Angeles, New york, Nashville, and Toronto. I think we've got an advantage, to kickstart this, and move faster than they were in the early days. The bulk of our users are in the U.S. and Canada. READ MORE>>.

Startup 150

Startup Metrics Offshore Sites 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

This approach, popularly known as glocalization , means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

We're not yet marketing or selling direct to advertisers, because we're really focused on growing and honing our platform. We had some great offshore coders as part of the engineering team. Clark Benson: There is the initial business model, and then there is also what we grow into as we scale.

Startup 195

Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Patents Offshore Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

This approach, popularly known as “glocalization,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

This approach, popularly known as “ glocalization ,” means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car).

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Single-node factories may be home-based with a global market. With the global market, the growth opportunity is huge, starting local and scaling at any pace. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. New goldmine of innovations and technology.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

That means you have to design and deliver global solutions that have total relevance to every local market in which you operate. Remember when the Chevy Nova required a rename, once Chevrolet realized that Nova meant "no go" in the Spanish market (not a great name for a car). Reinforce your brand in international markets.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones.

Software Review 114

Software Review Technical Review Outsource Development Outsource 114

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Single-node factories may be home-based with a global market. With the global market, the growth opportunity is huge, starting local and scaling at any pace. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. New goldmine of innovations and technology.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Single-node factories may be home-based with a global market. With the global market, the growth opportunity is huge, starting local and scaling at any pace. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. New goldmine of innovations and technology.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. My cofounder and I came up with this concept, and had been talking for awhole about how fragmented the overall market is for online ordering. We did not anticipate that in terms of what we needed to adapt our product to the market.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

There was nothing out there in the market which would be the personal assistant, or the personal finance tool to do expense reports. When you look at the whole market, they are using all these different tools - but there is nothing stopping the manual entry and painstaking effort employees have to go through. How big is the firm now?

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Single-node factories may be home-based with a global market. With the global market, the growth opportunity is huge, starting local and scaling at any pace. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. New goldmine of innovations and technology.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2010

We have heard that there are tax advantages in doing business offshore. All this sounds very enticing and many budding entrepreneurs can’t wait to fly to Paris or Shanghai to tap into the international markets. The classic mistake is to place an office in London and think that you have entered the EU (European Common Market).

Offshore 48

Offshore Startup Patents Outsource Development 48

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

Luckily many, not all, tech employees in Silicon Valley earn good wages as a result of educations from top schools that allowed them access to this talent market. As a free-market capitalist this is as it should be and of course this in its own right creates a degree of income inequality that is tolerable.

Startup 150

Startup Course Writing Capital 150

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Single-node factories may be home-based with a global market. With the global market, the growth opportunity is huge, starting local and scaling at any pace. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. New goldmine of innovations and technology.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. Don’t expect a contract company, either offshore, onshore, or near-shore, to implement a vision that is still in your head. Focus on operational processes, rather than innovative new ones.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

The CEO weighs in with his perspectives, the head of product management disputes his conclusions and the marketing VP has a different take. Because the formation of a business is so dependent on “product / market fit&# these are the critical roles for me. What about offshoring? If they’re not I won’t fund.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335