socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 9, 2015

Human resources outsourcing provider ADP is launching a new location in Pasadena, looking to tap into the wealth of technical talent with a new Innovation Center on Lake Avenue. ADP offers up payrolls services and other human resources outsourcing. READ MORE>>.

Pasadena

Tech Coast Venture Network

MAY 15, 2011

April 25, 2011, Irvine, Calif — Tech Coast Venture Network (www.tcvn.org) is hosting the OC Technology Influencer Mixer & Summit 2011, an historic two-day event with partners CompTIA, the world’s largest technology association, the Technology Leadership Political Action Committee and Ingram Micro. Media Contact: Jan Johnson.

TCVN

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 22, 2018

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

Outsource Development

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

I’ve been having discussions with several people recently about the role of the CTO (Chief Technology Officer) in very early stage companies. What technology research is required? What technologies will we use? What do we build in-house or outsource? What are the biggest areas of technical risk?

Fractional CTO

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2019

We are in the age of outsourcing, by any of many popular names, including subcontracting, freelancing, and virtual assistants. He is regarded by many as the number-one authority on virtual staffing and personal outsourcing, and is himself a successful entrepreneur based in the Philippines. Be flexible.

Outsource Development

socalTECH

MARCH 5, 2014

So, how do you help ease enterprise customers into the cloud--or at least, help them use cloud technology to help them with their business goals? It''s all custom, technology agnostic, and very flexible. Companies were saying--we want to outsource these kinds of things, because they''re not our core competency.

Cloud Computing

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 8, 2023

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

Software Review

Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 19, 2013

And of course the most successful technology companies: Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com [duh], Oracle, Microsoft all have loads of sales people. Why would you have your most important success factor (successful implementations) outsourced to a third-party where you don’t control quality and who is strictly mercenary (i.e.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

Outsource Development

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.

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

When globalization or technology shrinks distances (Internet), painful missing needs become evident, and opportunities abound. Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. Truly “disruptive” technologies. Existing infrastructure.

Customer

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 17, 2021

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Use the cloud and subscriptions for computing technology. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

If you have a software development background like mine, Im sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development

socalTECH

DECEMBER 12, 2014

We provide a turnkey, back end, managed service offering for brands and retailers on an outsourced basis. We do everything from picking, packing, and shipping to customer service, fulfillment, and providing the technology that powers the e-commerce site, online marketing, creative design, and digital imaging and photography.

Commerce

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 21, 2020

She describes a new generation of entrepreneurs that is highly collaborative, quick and alert when it comes to new technologies, and hell-bent on changing the world in general. Maybe it’s time to outsource that call center operation, or complex manufacturing setup. Focus on your core competency. Look for hidden sources of revenue.

Geni

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Santa Ana-based STEC , the developer of solid state disk drives and technology, said this week that it has opened up a new storage innovation center in Pune, India. According to STEC, the new design center will provide software development resources for its products.

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 19, 2020

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Scaling requires leveraging outside resources. They also don’t try to do everything in-house, since growing all the expertise you need is slow and expensive.

Startup

Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? the Rubicon Project (Internet Advertising Technology) Status: Pre-Launch Visit the Rubicon Project Website Startup 5.0: Wireless & Voice Application Software) Exit: technology acquired Lesson: Timing is critical. I am still a big fan of outsourcing.

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Most new business owners I know feel the challenges of not enough time, money, and resources, and see these as problems rather than a competitive advantage. Many are quick to call this innovation, but I believe it is often just the resourcefulness of a highly motivated owner and team, who never give up in the face of a survival challenge.

Resource

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Tragos is a veteran of technology industry here, having come from Spin Media (formerly, Buzznet) with his two other co-founders. 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. READ MORE>>.

Buzznet

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 3, 2020

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. This substantiates your expertise and value, builds peer relationships, gives you access to the people and technology to keep you current. Practice being a good communicator.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2023

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Scaling requires leveraging outside resources. They also don’t try to do everything in-house, since growing all the expertise you need is slow and expensive.

Tips

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

When globalization or technology shrinks distances (Internet), painful missing needs become evident, and opportunities abound. Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. Truly “disruptive” technologies. Existing infrastructure.

Ideas

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 1, 2020

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Always start with a formal proposal, limited in scope to a specific common objective or technology, for a limited amount of time, bounded by a two-way non-disclosure statement.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

Innovation is not all about break-through technologies and big financial investments. Outsource functions outside your core competency. I see a new resurgence of outsourcing alternatives from outside the country as well as inside, driven by freelancers caught in the squeeze. Selective outsourcing can save you real money.

Outsource

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 7, 2013

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Scaling requires leveraging outside resources. They also don’t try to do everything in-house, since growing all the expertise you need is slow and expensive.

Tips

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 2, 2020

For both software and hardware technology, multiple iterations are usually required to achieve production quality and performance. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Reduce the time to production and rollout. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage.

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 27, 2014

You can now skip the mandatory office space rental, with secretary and bookkeeping staff, or outsourcing. Use the cloud and subscriptions for computing technology. Today, productivity is way up, you can do most anything yourself, and you can outsource to contractors with more skill and less cost.

Entrepreneur

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 28, 2023

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Always start with a formal proposal, limited in scope to a specific common objective or technology, for a limited amount of time, bounded by a two-way non-disclosure statement.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 11, 2015

Outsource what is non-strategic to optimize leverage. Smart entrepreneurs never outsource their core competency, and never rely on intellectual property they don’t own. Scaling requires leveraging outside resources. They also don’t try to do everything in-house, since growing all the expertise you need is slow and expensive.

Startup

Steve Reich

MARCH 23, 2012

Appropriately enough, ­­­we gathered in the about-to-open Synergy Business and Technology Center, Santa Barbara’s latest incubator. Ben Kuo’s herculean attempt to list them all on SocalTech.com is a great resource, but many of the investments are on a deal by deal basis. The takeaway? Then drive for the best funding you can get.

Santa Barbara

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 29, 2022

For both software and hardware technology, multiple iterations are usually required to achieve production quality and performance. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Reduce the time to production and rollout. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage.

Outsource Development

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 23, 2015

For both software and hardware technology, multiple iterations are usually required to achieve production quality and performance. You should never outsource the management of your core technology. Reduce the time to production and rollout. Time is money, and may be your primary competitive advantage.

Ideas

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2014

If you are contracting or outsourcing, this is even more important. Manage human resources. Leverage information technology. Find an IT person you can trust, and plan how you will acquire, implement, and utilize computer technology to run your business. Product development process. Funding process.

Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 27, 2020

Use technology and tools, but don’t let them sink you. Don’t forget the wealth of “gig” experts for outsourcing at a low cost. Remember the concept of minimum viable product (MVP), which is designed to test viability and interest before you burn through too much of your energy and resources.

Product

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 14, 2014

Strategic partnerships in this context can take the form of joint ventures, intellectual property licensing, outsourcing agreements, or even cooperative research. Always start with a formal proposal, limited in scope to a specific common objective or technology, for a limited amount of time, bounded by a two-way non-disclosure statement.

Startup