Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 18, 2014

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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Xconomy

MAY 15, 2017

The company, which operates a network of online markets for outsourcing biomedical research services and supplies, has raised $24 million in a new round of venture funding. Founding CEO Kevin Lustig said Scientist.com will use the additional cash to expand its operations.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Let me start by saying that Clayton is one of the most influential people on my thoughts about markets that led to both the concept behind my first startup and my main theses in investing. We spoke about what succeeds early in technology market evolutions. As markets grow, the more open and modular systems win.

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socalTECH

APRIL 5, 2013

Irvine-based business process outsourcing firm Alorica said today that it is in a big expansion, and plans to hire 200 new team members in the next two months. Alorica offers up BPO services across a number of industries, and says it serves the Fortune 1000 market. alorica business process outsourcing hiring jobs employment'

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InfoChachkie

APRIL 20, 2015

This is the approach many startups take when they communicate their story to the market. Rather than directly explaining their value proposition with all the passion and heartfelt stridency that only an entrepreneur can deliver, they outsource this communication to a Public Relations (PR) firm. Sound crazy? Thought not.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 10, 2012

They need to be able to know the key Questions Developers May Have Forgot to Ask a Startup Founder , figure out where/when/how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , This is important whether you are outsourcing or building it in-house. Why Investors Should Demand This.

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Both Sides of the Table

FEBRUARY 6, 2013

My rationale is simple: everything goes wrong and only great teams can respond to competitors, markets, funding environments, staff departures, PR disasters and the like. I am fond of quoting that about 70% of my investment decision of an early-stage company is the team. Final startup grind from msuster. Don’t hire a homogenous team.

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Both Sides of the Table

OCTOBER 28, 2011

I never invest in: - business people who outsource tech dev to 3rd parties (“to speed up time to market”)” If you like that feel free to go vote it up on Quora - it fell back a bit in the rankings. Who do you hire after you have a product built & shipped and being used in the market?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Perform China Syndrome Market Analysis. In order to reasonably assess the size of your addressable market, you must perform a bottoms-up analysis which is based on a number of elemental assumptions. Puffery works in marketing, so I will deploy it when I promote my startup. Fallacy: Such abstract extrapolations are meaningless.

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Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

I know this will fall like a lead balloon to the many people who believe it is possible to have a [insert: startup incubator or technology accelerator or technology consultant or outsource firm] build your technology. you also need to update your marketing documents including your website. I don’t believe it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

He taught me, amongst other things, the benefit of “ top down thinking &# that changed the way I analyzed markets, companies and people. We worked together at Andersen Consulting between 1996-99 when the markets were booming. See, Mark, in a booming market you can never tell the winners from the losers.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

The part of the movement that resonates the most with me (in my words) is that entrepreneurs should keep their capital expenditures really low while they’re experimenting with their product and determining whether there is a large market for what they do. Nascent startup markets are like fine wine, they take time to develop.

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socalTECH

JULY 31, 2013

San Dimas-based WebMetro , a search marketing and digital marketing agency, has been acquired by TeleTech Holdings , the two said today. TeleTech is a large provier of customer service outsourcing to companies. webmetro teletech search marketing digital agency merger acquisition' READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 11, 2010

Santa Monica-based CaseStack , a provider of outsourced warehousing and logistics for the grocery store market, announced today that the firm has expanded its Retailer Consolidation Program into Chicago. Tags: casestack outsource dlogistics warehouse retail distribution. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

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TechEmpower

AUGUST 14, 2023

Specifically, they should know about, and help with: Asking and answering the 53 Questions Developers Should Ask Innovators Knowing when and how to bring on development talent ( Hiring Developers Before Product/Market Fit? , This is especially important with outsourced development teams. And six weeks later – 90% again!

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - . - 500 Hats , February 1, 2010 When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? First Principles.

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2014

The company said Williams was most recently serving as an outsourced CFO to several technology startups, and also had been CFO for a Native American Tribe in the gaming area. Unitas Global offers up private cloud services to the enterprise market. Williams also had founded software-as-a-service company Wigot. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2013

The company--which makes software to digitize, scan, and manage all kinds of paperwork--says it now has more than 20,000 customers in banking, insurance, government, healthcare, business process outsourcing and other markets. READ MORE>>. kofax mortgage document processing mobile capture'

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socalTECH

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

Calabasas-based testing and engineering services provider National Technical Systems said it signed an agreement with Meggitt PLC , a UK-based engineering group focused on the aerospace, defense, and energy markets. Financial details of the five year agreement were not announced.

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2015

Irvine-based business process outsourcing provider Alorica said Wednesday that it has completed its $275M acquisition of West Corporation. Alorica said the acquisition makes it the largest business process outsourcing provider in the U.S., alorica merger acquisition west corporation outsourcing' with a net worth of $1.2

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socalTECH

MARCH 4, 2015

Irvine-based business process outsourcing provider Alorica said Wednesday that it has completed its $275M acquisition of the agent services business unit of West Corporation. Alorica said the acquisition makes it the largest business process outsourcing provider in the U.S., outsourcing corporation west acquisition merger alorica'

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socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

We caught up with founder and CEO Grant Kirkwood --a serial entrepreneur and veteran of providing infrastructure to the enterprise markets--on the vision behind the company. Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency. There are lots of folks thinking about this market.

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TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Now, Canoo is rounding out its executive team and pushing forward with plans to bring prototype vehicles to market by the end of the year. Initially, Canoo will target customers in Los Angeles and the Bay Area, with additional plans to expand to San Diego and Seattle when the company brings its commercial vehicles to market in 2021.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

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. Factor in all the cost elements.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

The effort--which Mike started along with Darren Rush (Koders.com), Jordan Mendler (CornerstoneOnDemand.com), and John Shiple (ultralivetv)--is hoping to market local startups to the many technical graduates coming out of local universities starting this fall. Mike tells us about the group: Mike, thanks for the time today.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

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. Factor in all the cost elements.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 12, 2010

The actual investment professionals (partners) are too busy to call companies that they’re interested in so they basically outsource it. But how can you really outsource judgment to young, smart people who have often never worked in businesses? What disrespect they show founders / CEOs with these programs.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 30, 2008

Los Angeles-based PeopleSupport, a provider of business process outsourcing services, has gained clearance under the Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust act for the firm's merger with Mumbai, India-based Essar Group and its Aegis BPO unit. The clearance is a milestone along the firm's way to acquisition by Aegis BPO, a unit of Essar Group.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2015

But, more often, this is just the virtualization of what we used to call outsourcing. Yep: revenues of over $100 million per year with a market cap around $800 million. You’re used to outsourcing payroll, bookkeeping, and logistics. Really, that’s a business? Can someone do it better than you, and at lower cost?

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 15, 2020

San Diego-based outsourced healthcare R&D marketplace Scientist.com said this morning that it will acquire HealthEcnomics.com , which operates an online community of scientists and suppliers of heatlh economics and outcomes research. Financial details of the acquisition were not announced. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

MAY 5, 2017

Los Angeles-based TaskUs , which provides business process outsourcing, said this week that it has named Jarrod Johnson as Senior Vice President of Sales. Johnson was most recently SVP of Sales, Marketing, and Client Development at FacilitySource, and also had served at IBM and Xerox. Johnson will be based in Dallas.

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socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. Who are your ideal customers and market?

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. Most consulting services, like marketing, are not scalable, since they must be delivered by experts, and cloning experts is slow and expensive. Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage.

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SoCal CTO

MAY 31, 2008

- beyond the obvious 'more great engineers' who do I invite to the party and when - when do I need legal, when do I bring in complementary skill sets, how do I decide between employees vs contractors, which roles need to be core and what can be outsourced. What is 'good enough'? when should I open the doors and let people in?

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