SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- "Partnering With Product Design Firms To Accelerate Your Product Development Cycle" PDMA. Topics discussed will include: Deciding if and when outsourcing makes sense; Adroitly selecting outsourced product development organizations; Spurring product innovation through product development collaborations.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Design Product Outsource 100

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. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Startup 154

Startup Outsource Ideas Research 154

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 10, 2023

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. Solution development and delivery. Marty Zwilling

Outsource Development 115

Outsource Development Startup Competition Ideas 115

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. If you’re lucky, your guru also brings some commercial contacts to the table.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 123

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 19, 2022

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co Marty Zwilling.

Funding 141

Funding Startup Outsource Development Satisfaction 141

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 13, 2022

Influencers are recognized experts and pseudo celebrities who can pick favorite products or start new trends. 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.

Technical Review 142

Technical Review Social Media Conference Customer 142

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

While I have some sympathy with not investing too heavily in sales people until the product has properly been tested and commercialized in the enterprise environment, in the end it’s a fact that it takes sales people to move product through large organizations. These are the lifeblood of your sales organization.

Startup 403

Startup Sales Software Review Technical Review 403

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 12, 2021

Of course, it helps to pick a business model that minimizes these costs, such as e-commerce to minimize initial staff and facilities, or professional services, where you are the initial product. Don’t underestimate the advantages of providing your products and services in exchange for access to facilities and equipment you need to grow.

Startup 161

Startup Resource Customer Custom 161

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Under Process, Over Deliver So, you need to develop a product? ► 2006 (20) ► December (2) Just Say What it Is 12 Proven Guidelines for Rapid Product Development. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 7, 2020

I’m not suggesting that you model your startup after the complex corporate organizations you hated in your last job, but there are at least eight key functions and activities that every investor expects to find in a startup proposal with any real potential to change the world. Solution development and delivery. Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 131

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Startup Competition 131

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. listen to them to iterate our product, and that's how we get buy-in from our customers. Lots of startups talk about trying to outsource all their customer support.

Customer 113

Customer Custom Services Conference 113

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 11, 2020

While some organizations may have the resources to manage their own network, an in-house team without the right technical prowess may still struggle to handle their networks in the most cost-effective and productive way. By partnering with an MNSP, organizations can receive four main benefits: Cost Savings. Better Security.

Networking 54

Networking Services Organization Technical Support 54

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. If you’re lucky, your guru also brings some commercial contacts to the table.

Technical Advisors 123

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 123

Both Sides of the Table

APRIL 20, 2010

A few people have asked me to try and define the perfect startup organization chart. Whenever I meet a team that had a consulting firm (even a great one) build their product it’s an immediate “pass&# from me. However, it is one of the more critical roles as you scale your organization. I don’t believe it.

CTO Hire 400

CTO Hire Fractional VPE Startup Outsource Development 400

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 5, 2023

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.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Technology High Tech Startup 104

InfoChachkie

AUGUST 26, 2013

It also facilitates determining your proper product and market fit before your startup is under a white-hot media spotlight. 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.

Marketing 247

Marketing Entrepreneur Journal Media 247

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2020

Product pre-order model. With this model, a startup pre-sells their product early, at a cheaper price, in exchange for a pledge. The crowd gets the satisfaction of helping, with minimal risk, and no expectation of any high return. Other popular sites for startups, including StartupNation and Startups.co Marty Zwilling.

Entrepreneur 129

Entrepreneur Outsource Development Satisfaction Equity 129

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.

Competition 174

Competition High Tech Startup Social Media 174

Tech Coast Venture Network

APRIL 21, 2010

They began small; a small business owner understanding a need, filling that need, and slowly adding products, services and people. If you are confident in your product or service, you need to take a chance on yourself with your own money. Start on your own, and outsource later. Global Human Resources Outsourcing.

Outsource 100

Outsource Tips Venture Capital Resource 100

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? Is it truly cost-efficient? What motivates individual contributions?

Entrepreneur 100

Entrepreneur Enterprise Forum Netflix CalTech 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Startup 103

Startup Outsource Invest Ideas 103

Jason Nazar

JULY 1, 2016

It’s hard to fully appreciate the complexity of keeping an organization with thousands of employees moving forward. I’ve been advising and consulting large organizations for many years now, and here is the advice I share with them, from the perspective of a serial entrepreneur. At scale, product differentiation is taken for granted.

Entrepreneur 55

Entrepreneur Company Companies Outsource Development 55

Southern California Edison Blog

JUNE 11, 2021

With more employees and network-intensive activities, businesses must stay ahead of their bandwidth needs or risk bottlenecking their employees and reducing staff productivity. . Businesses that don’t outsource network maintenance tasks put the onus on their internal teams, which can quickly max out their bandwidth. Dark Fiber.

Networking 88

Networking Services Design Demand 88

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

People are all now using their mobile devices to find products and services. I then came to Futuredontics, when I came up through product, then business development, and operations. If you are an entrepreneur inside and organization, you have to understand that organization, and what makes it tick, and how it operates.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Tips 111

Tips Startup Outsource Ideas 111

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

The business model, is people use this to do better marketing and sales targeting when they sell their own products. For example, if I'm a competitor to the Citrix Virtual Desktop software, from Vmware, I might want to know all of the companies who are using Citrix, so I can talk to them about how my products are better, and meet their needs.

Santa Barbara 113

Santa Barbara High Tech Outsource Development Startup 113

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 14, 2016

Ready to scale is when you have a proven product and a proven business model, about to expand to new geographies and markets. A software product is a classic example of a scalable solution, since it costs real money to build the first copy, but unlimited additional copies can be quickly cloned for almost no incremental cost.

Funding 67

Funding Startup Outsource Ideas 67

InfoChachkie

JULY 23, 2012

companies should… focus on building amazing products. If you have amazing products, the marketing of those products is trivial. If you have $hitty products, the marketing is impossible. Instead of focusing on marketing as an activity… integrate it into (your) products.”. Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group.

Marketing 233

Marketing Blogging Startup Venture Capital 233

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2013

The advantages of the cloud are apparent whether you’re a multinational enterprise organization or an SMB. Businesses of all sizes are realizing cost savings, efficiencies and productivity gains they never thought possible. “Of course, IT jobs within solution providers and at consultancies will remain.

Cloud Computing 85

Cloud Computing Marketing CIO Organization 85

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

The critical success factors for a product business are well known, starting with selling every unit with a gross margin of 50 percent or more, building a patent and other intellectual property, and continuous product improvement. Low cost and low margin products can be winners, if the volume is high enough.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

You need to have a technical genius on the team to get your startup product off the ground. Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. If you’re lucky, your guru also brings some commercial contacts to the table.

Technical Advisors 105

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

At Silicon Beach Fest Hollywood 2012 Kevin Winston organized a panel called “How to Find and Hire a Developer”. One method to negotiate a lower rate or no cost to have a developerwork with you > Pre sell your product. This will prove your product is worth building to you and to the developer.

CTO Hire 81

CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Any interruption in service can have drastic effects on productivity, customer service, and on your bottom line. For specific organizations that are part of the critical infrastructure for our community, the costs can be even higher.

Services 64

Services Southern California Alhambra Technical Review 64

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 25, 2017

In today’s fast moving market, the basic product development cost and time are critical to survival. With the new rapid prototyping tools, products can be physically built for analysis, rather than just conceptualized. Opportunities to meet investors and support organizations. These ideas can grow quickly into real products.

Ideas 61

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Education 61