Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2020

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. I continue to be amazed at the fact that the Secret Service still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Sounds too good to be true.

Tips 141

Tips Invest Offshore Startup 141

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. But customers are not looking for yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

Outsource Development 122

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 122

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

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. I continue to be amazed at the fact that the Secret Service still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Sounds too good to be true.

Invest 96

Invest Startup Offshore Tips 96

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

Software Review 114

Software Review Technical Review Outsource Development Outsource 114

socalTECH

AUGUST 30, 2017

We grew to about 50,000 musicians and bands using our music matching service, where we match people based on a proprietary formula for musical compatibility. I can't imagine starting a service, like Airbnb, Uber, and other now famous marketplaces, and starting with zero users on either the supply or demand side. How are you backed?

Startup 150

Startup Metrics Offshore Sites 150

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2023

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. I continue to be amazed at the fact that the Secret Service still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Sounds too good to be true.

Startup 92

Startup Funding Offshore Invest 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

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. I continue to be amazed at the fact that the Secret Service still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Sounds too good to be true.

Invest 92

Invest Startup Offshore Tips 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Patents 106

Patents Offshore Startup Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Patents Offshore Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

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. I continue to be amazed at the fact that the Secret Service still gets 100 calls per day from victims of the Nigerian unclaimed cash scam alone. Sounds too good to be true.

Offshore 70

Offshore Tips Satisfaction Invest 70

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Startup 102

Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

Conduct a routine credit and criminal check, using commercial services like HireRight. Be wary of individuals or funds sourced from offshore. Look for a background and experience in your industry, as well as quality and style.

Entrepreneur 96

Entrepreneur Offshore Invest Social Network 96

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 3, 2010

Conduct a routine credit and criminal check, using commercial services like HireRight. Be wary of individuals or funds sourced from offshore. Look for a background and experience in your industry, as well as quality and style.

Offshore 89

Offshore Entrepreneur Invest Social Network 89

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

Online ordering is obviously the core engine here, but we do lots of other applications and services around that, and provide a well rounded solution for running restaurants. We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing. We started our services in August of 2012.

Cornerstone OnDemand 100

Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola is CEO of ExpenseBay (www.expensebay.com), a Los Angeles-based, online, software-as-a-service startup which has created an online application which uses Web 2.0 technology to make submitting expense reports extremely easy. The firm has taken the ease-of-use, interconnectivity, and other features we take granted from modern Web 2.0

Web 2.0 100

Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Product or services. Outsourcing for services needs to be carefully managed.

Outsource Development 51

Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

socalTECH

MAY 21, 2019

Alorica says Hillier has more than 20 years of experience in the area of data services, adtech, and fintech. Hillier will lead the company's global marketing and communications efforts, according to the company. Hillier was most recently at Verizon Wireless. READ MORE>>.

Marketing 113

Marketing Outsource Customer Custom 113

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. Internal services, like marketing and accounting, are more manageable and have less customer visibility. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

with demands for new products and services. Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Marty Zwilling.

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Customers today demand products and services personalized or tailored to local needs with embedded quality of life services. Large corporations no longer create jobs in their home location. Entrepreneurs growing companies create more value and more jobs.

Offshore 55

Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Both Sides of the Table

JANUARY 2, 2016

So politicians work with wealthy people to create laws that make it easy to shield wealth and income from taxes by moving money offshore. When tech efficiency drives productivity and loss of clerical workers or service personnel we can easily be blind to that, too. There are gains, there are losses.

Startup 150

Startup Course Writing Capital 150

Xconomy

JANUARY 19, 2018

The national origins of tech devices and services wasn’t a front-burner question—at least for the general public—until the issue came up at a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing in May on Russia’s suspected hacking of the 2016 presidential election.

Technical Review 49

Technical Review Software Review Software Technology 49

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

And that rep doesn’t just send an email to his boss – he has coffee with the head of customer service. What about offshoring? First, many people confuse outsourcing and offshoring. I prefer that early stage companies not offshore development. He downs cold ones with the head of biz dev.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335