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In 15 Years From Now Half of US Universities May Be in Bankruptcy. My Surprise Discussion with @ClayChristensen

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Back to Mr. Christensen, “We subsidize their education in fields for which there are no jobs” he said in referring to the fact that many courses at universities are still taught with skills that aren’t relevant to the 21st century needs of the US workforce. We had a brief chat on his views of “Freemium.”

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Don’t Cede Control: Why You Need to Cut out Middle Men in Negotiations

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They outsource the critical negotiations and “trust their advisors to handle the details.&# Often recruiters want to handle the final negotiations on package and/or do the reference calls. You can’t outsource this to a recruiter. I’m also reluctant to hand over reference calling. You name it.

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How TaskUs Is Powering LA's Technology Startup Boom

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With globalization, and the rise of technology, we believed that you were going to see more and more individuals looking to outsource tasks. We discovered that the model didn''t really scale, because the frame of reference of an individual is so unique, and also because business professionals don''t have all that much money to spend.

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Outbound VC Dialing Programs – Total Disrespect for Entrepreneurs

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The actual investment professionals (partners) are too busy to call companies that they’re interested in so they basically outsource it. But how can you really outsource judgment to young, smart people who have often never worked in businesses? What disrespect they show founders / CEOs with these programs.

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7 Success Factors When Your People Are The Solution

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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. Make sure that every interaction with every customer is positive, the service delivered is exemplary, and always follow-up for reference and repeat business.

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What Should You Do with Your Crappy Little Services Business?

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Services for services sake - The type of business that is generally shunned in Silicon Valley is the “pure services&# business like consulting, system integration, value-added resellers (VARs), customer support businesses, outsourcing companies, etc.

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10 Attributes Of The Perfect Partner For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Thus you should do the same or more due diligence on educational background, previous work, and references. Beyond the core team of two or three startup partners, every startup should seek to “outsource” the rest of their strategic requirements to external business partners.