Berkonomics

MAY 20, 2021

Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working. But first, identify what those critical resources are in your company.

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Resource Outsource Development Metrics Customer 156

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Specialized services, such as accounting, require skilled people, training, and tools, and do not scale well. This reduces the cost of customer acquisition, allows easy upgrades for service and new features, and improves customer loyalty in the face of new competitors in the market. Facilitate rapid growth through contracted resources.

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Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

socalTECH

JUNE 18, 2019

Los Angeles-based Elevate Services , a developer of enterprise, legal management software, has received $25M in an investment round, from private equity investor Kayne Partners, according to the two companies. According to Elevate, it has now deployed almost $60M in total for its efforts. READ MORE>>.

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socalTECH

JULY 14, 2015

Pasadena-based Green Dot , the provider of prepaid Mastercard and mobile banking services, said today that it has opened up a new office in Shanghai, China, which will provide engineering and software development resources to the company. According to Green Dot, it officially opened up Green Dot Shanghai Software Technology Co.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Thursday, November 19, 2009 -- 2009 Veterans Economic and Business Development Summit. This event is designed to encourage and support Veterans and Service Disable Veteran Owned Small Businesses interested in obtain federal contract, learn more about contracting opportunities, the procurement process and resources available.

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Outsource Development Develop Development Resource 100

socalTECH

MAY 8, 2012

Los Angeles-based expense management software and services developer ExpenseCloud , which was founded by Eric Sikola and Dan Fritcher, has been acquired by human resources provider Trinet , according to reports today. TriNet is a provider of outsource human resources services. READ MORE>>.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

When you are starting a new business, every resource is precious, including time, funding, and people. New businesses often burn excessive resources working on the wrong things, or doing things the wrong way. Excessive resources required in this area are rarely recognized. Outsourcing services that could be done in-house.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

Berkonomics

MARCH 5, 2020

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to. One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. First: Product risk. . Second: Market risk. .

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 156

SoCal Tech Calendar

NOVEMBER 12, 2008

Tuesday, November 18, 2008 -- "Partnering With Product Design Firms To Accelerate Your Product Development Cycle" PDMA. A panel of both service providers AND satisfied client companies will share their experiences using and providing contracted resources. See [link] (more).

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 21, 2013

I recently wrote a blog post in which I pointed out that many investors & advisors discourage enterprise startups from having a professional services (PS) business and I think this is a big mistake. I think it’s important for enterprise startups to layer in professional services into your revenue stream. rollout support.

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Software Review Software Services Company 321

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Work out of your home, and keep your own books.

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Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Outsource Development 162

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a new size smart phone. Maybe we haven’t seen the results yet, but there are thousands of startup opportunities to offer new alternatives and services, to replace those destroyed by the crisis.

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Ideas Outsource Development Outsource Course 118

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 14, 2023

Buffer your projected resource requirements. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. You will make mistakes.

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Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 103

Berkonomics

NOVEMBER 6, 2014

Enterprise time, as opposed to personal time management, is defined as the sum total of resources available to a company expressed in terms of time – time to develop, to debug, to produce, to deploy, to respond to issues, and to make changes in plans that are not working. Extending the Runway book available at www.berkus.com.

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Resource Outsource Development Metrics Customer 176

Berkonomics

MARCH 14, 2019

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer. Second: Market risk.

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 120

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. Investors don’t fund entrepreneurs offering services, since these don’t scale, don’t have large margins, and need just a customer contract to start.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

In my opinion, real pain points for most people do not include a new user interface for Facebook, a new programming platform for app development, or a new size smart phone. Maybe we haven’t seen the results yet, but there are thousands of startup opportunities to offer new alternatives and services, to replace those destroyed by the crisis.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2016

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. Investors don’t fund entrepreneurs offering services, since these don’t scale, don’t have large margins, and need just a customer contract to start.

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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. He gossips with the office manager who tells 3 software developers. I don’t like distributed development teams in early stage businesses. I’m fine with key developers being in a remote location.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

For example, many investors I know tell me they look for business plans that allocate the largest portion of a requested investment to marketing, but most often see the top “ use of funds ” to be further product or service development. Allocate resources to handle bumps along the way.

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Marketing Customer Custom Outsource Development 133

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 24, 2020

Of course, entrepreneurs delivering services have existed for some time, including business consultant, independent contractor, and freelancer titles. Software Development Professional. Investors don’t fund entrepreneurs offering services, since these don’t scale, don’t have large margins, and need just a customer contract to start.

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Startup Social Media Course Entrepreneur 164

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 20, 2010

But recently I was asked about success factors for services startups, and I quickly realized that there is very little published to help the thousands of startups that fall in this category. The distinction between product companies and services companies is easy to see. Scaling services means cloning yourself.

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socalTECH

JUNE 15, 2010

Irvine-based OneMind Connect , which develops the ExpensAble expense report management software, has been acquired, according to human resources outsourcing firm Administaff. ExpensAble is an expense report management software delivered both as installable desktop software and as software-as-a-service.

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Outsource Development Outsource Report Resource 100

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

Tech companies have spent the past decade or more developing innovations that can be applied to old-world industries like agriculture, construction, energy, education, manufacturing and transportation and logistics. ” Climate resiliency . Given the steady drumbeat of climate disasters that hit the U.S.

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Startup Technical Review Invest Research 229

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 19, 2020

Buffer your projected resource requirements. Be a miser with contract services and facilities. Getting a sales contract before manufacturing inventory. For example, a software development startup raising $250,000 from angel investors better be able to operate on $25,000 per month. You will make mistakes.

Search Engine Optimization 124

Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development Social Media Equity 124

Berkonomics

MARCH 15, 2012

Is the product or service possible to produce at all, let alone economically enough to compete in the marketplace? One way to mitigate this is by using early money to create a prototype, to perform market research, to complete the first generation of the product, or to deliver the service to a satisfied customer.

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Outsource Development Ideas Resource Patents 200

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 8, 2013

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Building through internal development, or organic growth, makes the most sense when you have a core set of skilled internal resources. External scanning for resources.

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SoCal Tech Calendar

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

If your company is positioned in a science, technology, or education field, you may be well poised for a government grant to validate your idea, develop your product, and grow your business. The Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) Program provides grants and, in some cases, contracts to qualifying small businesses.

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socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

The HTML5 platform that we use is also available as a self service tool to customers. At Spin Media, we tried to do that ourselves, but that really sucked up product and development resources, who really should have been working on building the user experience, rather than ads. They wanted something custom, to close the deal.

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Buzznet Outsource Development Design HTML 100

InfoChachkie

NOVEMBER 15, 2011

I am not a government contracting expert. In the parlance of government contracting, this approach is termed a “prime and sub-prime relationship.” The Downside Of Government Contracting. Across Europe, historically solvent sovereign governments are suffering from an acute case of systemic deficits.

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Startup Outsource Development Software Review Sales 207

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Every entrepreneur tries to maximize his startup growth by building and selling more product and services for the widest geographic area that he can support. Building through internal development, or organic growth, makes the most sense when you have a core set of skilled internal resources. External scanning for resources.

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CTO Hire Startup Outsource Development Resource 91

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 10, 2021

Entrepreneurs often have formidable technical expertise, key to developing a new product or service, but a great naïveté in management skills. Every growth company needs to innovate continually, maybe spending 20 percent of your revenues on research and development. Inspire, Motivate, and Bring Out the Best in Your People.”

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Startup Organization Training Entrepreneur 171

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

socalTECH

DECEMBER 3, 2012

NEOGOV , which has quietly built an enterprise software company supplying human resources software to the government and public sector. Damir Davidovic: NEOGOV is a cloud-based, human resources suite. No one was really focusing their products and services for those customers in a good way. What is Neogov?

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Software Review SaaS Startup Technical Review 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

Don’t spend your whole development budget, before finding that you need another iteration. A three-dimensional prototype is always better than just a documented specification when negotiating contracts for manufacturing, support, and marketing. You should never outsource the management of your core technology.

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Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105