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. Don’t outsource your core competency. It’s like giving up control of your company.

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InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Note: There are clearly routine tasks which can be effectively outsourced at a startup, including those which: (i) do not require a significant time investment on the part of the entrepreneur to educate the outsourcer or, (ii) no institutional knowledge is gained by the outsourcer which could be critical to the venture’s success.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Despite the excitement and lure of startups to those in the tech industry, not everyone wants to join a startup after college--according to Mike Gammarino , who is helping to organize a new effort here to recruit students to startups. Yet you say you have issues finding technology majors?

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SoCal Tech Calendar

OCTOBER 22, 2008

Outsourcing can be one of the most strategic endeavors an organization can set about. Enterprises can take steps to ensure that their relationship with an outsourcing partner is successful and yields the maximum benefits. Thursday, October 23, 2008 -- SoCalBio Networking Forum. See https://www.123signup.com/register?id=zgszb.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Topics discussed will include: Deciding if and when outsourcing makes sense; Adroitly selecting outsourced product development organizations; Spurring product innovation through product development collaborations. See [link] (more).

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 21, 2017

San Diego-based Scientist.com , which operates a marketplace for outsourced scientific services, said this morning that it has launched a new feature to ensure ethical sourcing of human biosamples.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2022

We have all heard about the successes of flattened management organizations in the last decade at Facebook, Valve, Zappos, and others. In today’s knowledge-based and highly competitive environment, strategic leadership and company direction can still most quickly be decided and executed in a hierarchical organization.

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InfoChachkie

AUGUST 26, 2013

Stealth mode” occurs when an organization intentionally flies under the radar, obscuring its true purpose and shunning public exposure. Moderate persistent can be purchased, but passion can never be outsourced. Creating marketing awareness requires passion and persistence, two attributes that are in short supply at most PR firms.

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Berkonomics

JUNE 11, 2011

Look inward, forming a “tiger team” from within your organization to define the steps presently taken to reach the goal, and make improvements in increments that can be put into effect and tested quickly. All of these efforts will help you to better know the process to a degree you never expected to achieve.

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socalTECH

MARCH 23, 2018

San Diego-based Scientist.com , which operates an outsourced research marketplace, says it has received a data security certification this week. Service Organization Control (SOC) over data handling within the cloud. The company said the audit was performed on the company by RSM. The certification follows rules set by the.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2021

Traditional waterfall development and outsourcing won’t keep up with change. Rethink how you organize, train, and reward employees. The first step is to break the legacy silos and underground channels in the current organization, which usually means realigning executive leadership and roles.

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socalTECH

MAY 14, 2013

It''s up 30 to 40 percent, and we had 2 million visits in May, all organic. Evan Britton: There are two things we''ve done with FamousBirthdays that has fueld our organic growth. Although the web offers amazing chances for organic growth, you have to do something amazing. Six months ago we only had 650,000 visitors.

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing By Frank Addante (Part 5 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Outsourcing has become a popular topic and practice these days. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. A BIG THANK YOU.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 25, 2023

Transforming your organization for the new global economy requires perseverance and long-term thinking. Outsourcing the entirety of building a new system. I recommend outsourcing for flexibility in existing operations, but you need to take the leadership role in preparing your company for the future.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 21, 2010

Start on your own, and outsource later. While outsourcing labor may prove a much easier time for you as a small business owner, it will also add additional costs that you may not yet have the money to pay for. Benefits outsourcing through professional employer organizations, however, is another matter. Brandon Carl.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Show that you have and can continue to hire the right people to run the scaled business without you being everywhere and making every decision.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

JUNE 5, 2011

Crowdsourcing, as a method of leveraging the massive pool of online users as resources, has become a viable set of techniques, tools, and marketplaces for organizations and entrepreneurs to drive innovation and generate value. How is it different from outsourcing? Caltech/MIT Enterprise Forum. Is it truly cost-efficient?

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Innovation is the key to long-term business success, both in startups as well as established organizations. He provides dozens of ideas and examples to illustrate how this discipline can work, and the power it brings to any organization. Outsource services back to the customer.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

The caliber of the organizations and individuals participating with TCVN in this inaugural summit speaks volumes as to what I believe we will achieve,” commented TCVN Chairman Ciaran Foley. Historically, industry organizations such as the AeA formed to champion the interests of their early-stage members. About TCVN.

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SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Of course, I have an advantage because I organize the LA CTO Forum. What do we build in-house or outsource? Technologies you use, how much will it cost, future capabilities, scalability, in-house vs. outsourced all intersect. That same post said that finding part-time, consulting CTOs is fairly hard. When will key hires come on?

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Show that you have and can continue to hire the right people to run the scaled business without you being everywhere and making every decision.

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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. They tell these entrepreneurs to sell themselves, execute well, and grow organically. Recruit only the best people, with the right base skills.

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InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

When the entrepreneur is obsessed with the product and the company has organized all of its activities around that, it’s very powerful.”. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Trada – Guerilla Marketing In Action.

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Berkonomics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

Get organized. And strengthen that at the expense of other areas of your enterprise which may easily be outsourced or reduced in scope. Finding your strategic partner, investor or business buyer is not something you do haphazardly. There are many steps to take, each closer to assuring a success. Start with the “matrix method.”.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Trade shows and conferences can produce hundreds of new qualified leads for your business, as well as build relationships with industry leaders, outsourcing vendors, and potential partners. Effective scaling and growth often requires more investment than is available from early organic returns.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

You can’t outsource that one. When the organization changes, be the first to help the new organization work, even when it costs extra hours and sweat. The truly indispensable person in a startup is a problem solver, because every startup has plenty of problems. Be a builder … and a rebuilder.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 10, 2020

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically. If you’re lucky, your guru also brings some commercial contacts to the table.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. Or you can always bootstrap the idea yourself, get some traction, and build your first startup organically. If you’re lucky, your guru also brings some commercial contacts to the table.

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socalTECH

MARCH 1, 2018

Since the beginning, we've invested in a relationship management function within our organization, and we've always invested first in quality support. Lots of startups talk about trying to outsource all their customer support. That tells you something, that our first hire was on the support side of the organization.

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socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

That''s relevant, because of our third piece, where we have been hired by traditional media companies, to basically provide them a turnkey, outsources content acquisition team. My role has been around the product, and team building, and organization. We can bring in a clip, cleared in about eight hours. more) READ MORE>>.

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Xconomy

APRIL 3, 2019

Contract research organization Charles River Labs is shutting down its San Diego-area operations, moving the work done there to one of its two Northern California sites. Charles River says it was involved with about 85 percent of the drugs. Read more » Reprints | Share: UNDERWRITERS AND PARTNERS.

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Tech Coast Venture Network

JANUARY 14, 2011

Everyone’s favorite federal organization, the IRS , recently released guidelines to help business owners distinguish employees from independent contractors. Global Human Resources Outsourcing. The IRS is following up these guidelines with random audits of employee classification. Brandon Carl. 2465 Campus Drive. f) 949.797.2078.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Show that you have and can continue to hire the right people to run the scaled business without you being everywhere and making every decision.

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Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Sales is the lifeblood of every organization. And I feel that this skill is invaluable in both building a start-up company and in being a VC. It’s how we move products.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Concurrently, I am seeing an upswing in the number of entrepreneurs and startups, with the cost of entry at an all-time low, and the new focus on entrepreneurship in every university and every community development organization. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co Marty Zwilling.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

The authors outlined the multitude of services that every company should consider offering, whether they be startups or more mature organizations. Process outsourcing services. In businesses, many have found improved efficiencies in outsourcing their payroll, programming, or manufacturing.

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