socalTECH

AUGUST 9, 2018

Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

AUGUST 7, 2014

With globalization, and the rise of technology, we believed that you were going to see more and more individuals looking to outsource tasks. So, we wondered what we could do at a low price point, things like transcribing voicemail, things like social media sentiment analysis. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2011

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Marty Zwilling.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 25, 2015

But, more often, this is just the virtualization of what we used to call outsourcing. In short, the underlying value of that company is the old-fashioned underlying value of outsourcing (if there was one): the outsourcer not only does it for you, the outsourcer shows you how to do it right, and does it at lower cost. .

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Appreciate the media accolades and peer success feedback. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing. Re-live that moment of inspiration that resulted in an innovative design and implementation for your product, and is now providing you with a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2011

Taskrabbit aims to help “individuals and small businesses in a community outsource their tasks and deliveries.&#. TaskRabbit makes it easy for individuals to keep with their busy lives or businesses to save some money by outsourcing simple tasks. Taskrabbit recognized these problems and sought out to solve them. How does it work?

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Don’t forget to market yourself before, during, and after your initial idea, through social media, websites, and events. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Social media facilitates marketing and sales. For startups, social media and color printers have essentially replaced the need for external public relations and marketing services. Martin Zwilling.

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Jason Nazar

MAY 19, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Outsourcing Web Development & Businesses”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation revealing the best practices and methodologies for building your web-based company through outsourcing. These events are put on in conjunction with our friends at DealMaker Media.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

In this age of millennials and social media, individual workers are more driven by the greater good, work-life balance, and peer culture, than by organizational pressures. Outsourcing and working from home needs coordination. In the early days of outsourcing, I was led to believe that it would reduce the need for local managers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

Customers won’t pay to see your new employees learning on the job, and outsourcing the real work to a cheap labor source is a recipe for disaster. Be accessible on social media, write a blog or articles for industry publications, and participate in conference panels and speaking engagements.

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Alon Schwartz

MAY 20, 2009

This month’s “Startups Uncensored” will be on “Navigating the Challenges of Effective Outsourcing”. It will be an open and frank town-hall conversation discussing topics such as: Outsourcing best practices. Do’s and don’ts of outsourcing. Top mistakes people do when outsourcing. What can and should you outsource?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2013

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2015

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 7, 2010

When evaluating an activity that needs to be undertaken for your business (keeping the books, creating a website, social media marketing, IT, traditional marketing, administrative functions, etc.) If not, consider delegating it if you have staff or outsourcing if you do not. Are you a specialist in the area?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 13, 2014

Their expectations of relationship and personalization are taxing businesses today, and their power through social media will kill those who can’t or won’t comply. They are not hesitant to engage the crowd through social media and sites like Yelp to drive you from the marketplace.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 1, 2011

For those who may be living under a rock and have no idea what SXSWi is, its five days of presentations and panel discussions from some of the biggest thought leaders in Interactive digital media space. Scaling thru Outsourcing. Social Media: My Social Community is Bigger than Michael Jordan.

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SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. What keeps you up at night? Getting new projects is tough. I can see that. Most people think they can do product design.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Outsource services back to the customer. Pervasive access to the Internet and social media have allowed customers to take an active role in helping other customers, with customer support, requirements definition, and open source development.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2012

Self-service technologies, social media, and smart phones have created a new set of expectations for high-tech consumers today. Social media apps like Twitter and Pinterest are the latest sources for what’s catching people’s attention today, both positively and negatively. You probably won’t get a second chance.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 25, 2014

They are overloaded by the media with amazing advertising messages, and people now realize that you can’t believe anything you see in pictures, and even videos can be edited to deliver any message. In fact, we are all media companies now, with our cell phones, computers, and professional-looking publishing tools. Marty Zwilling.

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SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2023

Appreciate the media accolades and peer success feedback. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing. Re-live that moment of inspiration that resulted in an innovative design and implementation for your product, and is now providing you with a sustainable competitive advantage.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

I recommend using digital channels, including email and social media, personalized, if possible, with promotions. Outsource functions outside your core competency. I see a new resurgence of outsourcing alternatives from outside the country as well as inside, driven by freelancers caught in the squeeze.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2021

The trend toward more remote work, flexible work hours, and outsourcing can eliminate productive work relationships and communication between functions. Some business leaders don’t realize that managing remote work and outsourcing always increases their communication and project management workload, rather than reducing it.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 16, 2014

If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social-media marketing and ecommerce technologies. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

If you think about it, services make more sense in this social media age where relationships, personalization, and interaction are king. Process outsourcing services. In businesses, many have found improved efficiencies in outsourcing their payroll, programming, or manufacturing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2020

For example, I used to regularly hear pitches for the next great social media site, usually focused on a special interest or niche , such as photography, cooking, healthy living, or a thousand others. Initially, you may be able to do everything in your startup, including product development, marketing, and shipping orders.

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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 [.]

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 16, 2015

Appreciate the media accolades and peer success feedback. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing. Re-live that moment of inspiration that resulted in an innovative design and implementation for your product, and is now providing you with a sustainable competitive advantage.

Satisfaction 101

Satisfaction Entrepreneur Customer Custom 101

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 2, 2020

Don’t assume you can outsource the implementation decisions. These days, even with the pervasive Internet and social media, it still takes time and money for your marketing and customer communication efforts to have an impact. You need someone you can trust and learn from every day, with equal “skin in the game.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Scaling is done first by customer alliances through social media, and later by distributed joint ventures and coopetition. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

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