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

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

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

What we do, is we build them private, cloud infrastructure, and make it available in an easy to consume web portal. Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency. They want the benefits of cloud computing, but they''re afraid because of security or reliability concerns.

Cloud Computing 217

Cloud Computing Outsource Development Outsource Startup 217

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

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

Now you can do it for free, or a few hundred dollars, with one of the many web building tools available, like Shopify or Weebly Store. You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Maybe you should start with an online e-commerce site, based on your favorite hobby expertise.

Entrepreneur 104

Entrepreneur Startup Social Media Commerce 104

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

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

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

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Your chores can be outsourced through Porter. That’s the only thing that is outsourced. We launched with a web app, so we are only web-based. ML: Being an entrepreneur, especially with very little resources is like a rollercoaster. TechZulu: What is Porter? We have plans to launch in-home massage and carwash.

Technical Review 87

Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

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? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. At Starting Point (Startup 1.0) , an Internet search engine, I would put links up on the site to announce new ideas. 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? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. They keep 100% of the revenue from their own website and only a fraction when selling advertising on other sites. A BIG THANK YOU.

Google 40

Google Advertising Startup Venture Capital 40

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Web Development & Marketing Technology) Exit: evolved into L90 (next company) Lesson: What you dont know cant stop you. I am extremely passionate about what we accomplished at L90 in a short period of time with very little resources. A BIG THANK YOU.

Advertising 40

Advertising Startup Chief Technology Officer Technical Review 40

Both Sides of the Table

JULY 5, 2010

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. I think this splits up critical resources and builds separate cultures in two locations. What about outsourcing? Conventional wisdom is wrong.

Technical Advisors 335

Technical Advisors Outsource Development Offshore Startup 335