Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 23, 2023
Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 29, 2020
Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.
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Startup Professionals Musings
AUGUST 8, 2014
Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You cant isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Marty Zwilling.
Startup Professionals Musings
SEPTEMBER 22, 2013
Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 30, 2011
Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 20, 2016
Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Marty Zwilling.
Startup Professionals Musings
JANUARY 29, 2010
Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore”. Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals”. Sounds too good to be true.
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