Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 30, 2020

Offering one more social media site (over 200 already exist on Wikipedia) probably won’t work. Facilitate rapid growth through contracted resources. Every new business has unexpected pivots and adjustments, and outsourcing is easier to manage. Minimize permanent hiring and customized operational facilities.

Outsource Development 154

Outsource Development Social Media Software Review Customer 154

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Outsource Development 110

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 110

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. 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. Marty Zwilling.

Startup 174

Startup Training Services Writing 174

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Outsource Development 124

Outsource Development Ideas Tool Outsource 124

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

I think this splits up critical resources and builds separate cultures in two locations. What about outsourcing? For me outsourcing in a pure startup is the kiss of death. I believe that startup tech companies need to develop a technical DNA and this doesn’t happen when you outsource. What about offshoring?

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

If you''re a brand or retailer, needing to get online, there are a lot of things to deal with to run your e-commerce business smoothly--everything from your e-commerce site itself, to taking photos of your products, packing and shipping, to digital marketing. Everyone is now pretty much selling direct on apparel sites now.

Commerce 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency. However, when they went to build out a second, disaster recovery site, they figure out that they had been there and done that, and didn''t want to build another one--they decided to outsource it.

Cloud Computing 217

Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

In the corporate world, these services are needed for human resources, process improvements, and transportation routing. These range from extended warranties, to home delivery and setup, to on-site technical support. Process outsourcing services. The power of relationships and interaction are key. Value-added services.

Services 101

Services Startup Outsource Technical Support 101

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

Tech Zulu Event

NOVEMBER 26, 2012

If all their sites look the same, or without even hearing your full project requirements they say things like, “Your website has to be created in Ruby on Rails (or any language) or it won’t be viable”, then they not be that flexible in how they address your needs.

CTO Hire 81

CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop Development 81

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2018

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. 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. Marty Zwilling.

Services 72

Services Startup Training Writing 72

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 650,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Ideas 107

Ideas Outsource Development Startup Tool 107

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 16, 2014

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 650,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Outsource Development 105

Outsource Development Startup Ideas Tool 105

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 27, 2014

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. 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.

Services 105

Services Startup Training Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 10, 2018

You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Of course, there are many commercial resources available on the Internet, including the Thomas Registry , which is an online database of 500,000 specialty manufacturers, distributors, and prototype developers, across every state and country.

Ideas 53

Ideas Outsource Development Tool Outsource 53

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2010

Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) – technique used to spread networking worms. They also point to the fact that, for some roles and professions, like real-time monitoring of news and consumer issues, these sites can be leveraged as effective business tools, now about one in five companies actually requires their use for work-related purposes.

Social Network 87

Social Network Networking Tool Sites 87

socalTECH

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

As someone in a large company, how do you get resources to do what you want to do? At the end of the 90's, I had the opportunity to launch Bugleboy.com, an e-commerce enabled site, which we launched a week fore Gap.com. We do have some people dedicated to this now, and it's been a great challenge, and rewarding.

Startup 113

Startup CitySearch Outsource Development Organization 113

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2016

If your forte is a service, like consulting or web site design, it’s harder to find guidance on what will get you funded, and how you can scale your business. 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. Marty Zwilling.

Services 61

Services Startup Training Writing 61

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 12, 2015

Both groups have different challenges to face and resources to use. It is not uncommon to outsource some of these responsibilities to companies that specialize in doing these things. They are required to make applications and web sites that are interactive and invigorate users. There are key differences between them.

Web 40

Web Cloud Computing Search Engine Optimization Outsource Development 40

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

Whether you choose to outsource just your bookkeeping and tax support, hire a part-time contractor to work on-site, or get by with a simple system and bring in professionals for project-based work, at a minimum, you’ll need basic financial help. But you do need financial guidance.

Startup 40

Startup Outsource Development IP Outsource 40

Tech Zulu Event

JULY 19, 2015

Almost the instant the concept of the sharing economy was introduced, it has skyrocketed into hundreds of successful and established brands by offering everyone a chance to be their own boss, and others the ability to outsource needs saving time by providing convenience. Before she knew it, her income from the site surpassed her parents.

Resource 40

Resource Outsource Development Guide Research 40

Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. ML: Being an entrepreneur, especially with very little resources is like a rollercoaster. For the people that sign up to our site, we are converting 35% of those people into customers. TechZulu: What is Porter?

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Thus, avoid link farms, mindless keyword content and similar techniques designed to make your site more Google friendly. As long as you have a well architected site that allows Google to properly spider your content, spend the rest of your time and money focusing on maximizing the remaining marketing tools listed below.

Customer 164

Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

He posted on several social networking sites the following message: If you know of a startup company that could benefit from the knowledge, experience, professional network and reputation of a globally recognized technology and innovation leader. see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

SoCal Delicious

MAY 6, 2012

Charlie Capen is co-founder of HowToBeADad.com , an entertainment site and dad blog for “parents, soon-to-be parents and people who have no desire to procreate, whatsoever.” The site features running commentary and visual diagrams on the idiosyncrasies of fatherhood, parenting missteps and his own adjustment to having children.

Los Angeles 78

Los Angeles Entrepreneur Angel Fractional CTO 78

Frank Addante

OCTOBER 19, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? At Starting Point (Startup 1.0) , an Internet search engine, I would put links up on the site to announce new ideas. While they were wasting time building unpopular features, I was able to develop and grow faster with far less resources. A BIG THANK YOU.

Startup 40

Startup Ideas Venture Capital Competition 40

Frank Addante

APRIL 16, 2007

Outsourcing ▼ April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? DoubleClick, like other competitors, had already underwent a successful IPO and their market cap was in the billions and their resources were virtually unlimited. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? I am extremely passionate about what we accomplished at L90 in a short period of time with very little resources. They had products that were already in the market, piles of cash, tons of customers and revenue, seemingly endless resources and lots of employees.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40