Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2016

Technologists building cool new platforms, just because they can, won’t find investor interest. Typically some production and delivery is outsourced, requiring formal contracts and documentation. Show that you have a process to hire, fire, and train others as required. Managing to specific goals, priorities, and a plan.

Ideas 62

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Competition 62

socalTECH

OCTOBER 20, 2011

Back in 2003 and 2004, we were focused on the international market, and started outsourcing to India and the Philippines for call center services. They are two different mentalities -- lasso the moon, or working on what you got until you have a platform and base, and go from there. After buying the assets, it didn't take a dime.

Outsource Development 190

Outsource Development Startup Outsource Altadena 190

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 21, 2014

More specifically, we are a real time bidding platform which enables marketplaces to be set up, where an advertiser can bid on consumers who are in the process of buying a particular product. Starting with that vision, we acquired a company that had built the base platform, based in Guatemala. Why is LA key to that?

Media 162

Media Advertising Startup Platform 162

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

They were interested in the foot traffic that represented, and we provided the technology and training. We trained their store associates, and provide them with equipment, including an iPad and a Happy Returns app, which allows them to accept and process returns. They provide the physical space and the staff.

Training 100

Training Customer Custom Software Review 100

socalTECH

JUNE 9, 2014

And, even more, how to do you manage the jump on the viral video train again, and keep those viral hits coming? We''re taking that content, and publishing it on our licensing platform, which is much like a Getty Images for video. going to put it on their channel on Youtube, or maybe their website platform.

Media 235

Media Content Startup IP 235

Tech Zulu Event

APRIL 9, 2014

What if you could combine the flexibility of outsourcing with the quality level of highly skilled strategists? We discuss everything from outsourcing, MBA’s, and business, to the lessons learned in building their marketplace for connecting business professionals with the companies who need them. Training Materials.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

socalTECH

APRIL 21, 2017

Georg Richter: OceanX is a technology platform, and a company, solely focused on physical subscriptions. We're only a year and three months old, and we're already running more than $1 billion through the platform, and onboarded about seventeen new clients this year. So, we build that and started offering it to the market.

Startup 145

Startup Product Customer Custom 145

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

I had my operations team telling me it was too hard for them to run analytics unless we built in our new BI platform. They had to spend time training our new resources, reviewing code, refactoring where mistakes were made, attending meetings, etc. The former was outsourced, the latter was our own team. What did he know?

Development Team Review 374

Development Team Review Technical Review Startup Resource 374

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Joey Flores is co-founder and CEO of Earbits , an online radio platform that enables bands, labels and concert promoters to acquire fans, market new releases and promote live events. a perks platform for small and medium sized businesses. Joey Flores – Co-Founder and CEO of Earbits. sold to Zynga Game Networks, Inc.).

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78