Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2023

While they are looking, you can benefit with new services or an expanded product line. Also, you must focus on business model innovations that cut costs for your customers, such as self-service, un-bundling your pricing, and selling directly to the customer. Outsource functions outside your core competency.

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socalTECH

JANUARY 2, 2019

During the holiday season, our tradition over the last few years has been to post reflections on the past year and some predictions from Southern California's technology industry. Are there any technology innovations, gadgets, devices, software, that you found most interesting in 2018? I remain VERY bullish on SoCal's tech community.

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Southern California Edison Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

Any interruption in service can have drastic effects on productivity, customer service, and on your bottom line. Government agencies such as police and fire departments, schools, and hospitals and medical facilities cannot risk a service outage of any duration. Enterprise clients have very specific telecommunications needs.

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Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 13, 2019

Unit costs are important, but don’t forget about the cash flow hit, extra storage costs, and the probability of obsolete inventory due to necessary updates or pivots. It’s no secret that some people are more productive than others, due to skills, training, or commitment. Outsourcing services that could be done in-house.

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Outsource Development Outsource Metrics Technical Review 122

TechCrunch LA

MARCH 31, 2021

The sweeping infrastructure package put forward today by President Joe Biden comes with a price tag of roughly $2 trillion (and hefty tax hikes) but gives startups and the broader tech industry about $1 trillion worth of reasons to support it. What excites me about this space is that there’s so much low-hanging fruit.

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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.

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Tech Zulu Event

JANUARY 1, 2013

If you caught the firestorm of protest from the tech sector against it, I am here to tell you, believe the hype — this show stinks. Perhaps some insider knowledge on problem-solving, hiring the right engineer, scaling, outsourcing or even footage of Silicon Valley. Where to begin? And that is just the first episode. Any takers?

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Startup Technical Review Software Review Outsource Development 90

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 22, 2021

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 124

Tech Zulu Event

JUNE 20, 2011

Taskrabbit aims to help “individuals and small businesses in a community outsource their tasks and deliveries.&#. TaskRabbit makes it easy for individuals to keep with their busy lives or businesses to save some money by outsourcing simple tasks. Let us know what you think about their service in the comments.

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Outsource Orange County Software Review Los Angeles 74

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. Many young startups are being advised not to have a professional services business and in my opinion this is a big mistake. Professional services = higher rate of successful rollouts.

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Tech Zulu Event

DECEMBER 13, 2013

Matt Lucido wanted to help with everyone’s daily life by creating a service app called Porter. Porter is a service app that provides daily services to your door, hassle-free. Services such as house cleaning, dry cleaning, wash & fold, and pet care. Your chores can be outsourced through Porter.

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Technical Review Mobile Startup Los Angeles 87

InfoChachkie

JUNE 4, 2012

Value is created through diligent hard work. Once you prove that a substantial number of people are willing to pay more for your solution than it costs you to provide it, you can then consider licensing your underlying technology. Commercializing an idea involves defining and validating an economically viable value proposition.

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Entrepreneur Outsource Ideas Technical Review 272

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 5, 2019

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Technical Review Case Study Software Review Startup 97

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. Due Diligence.

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Outsource Development Software Review Technical Review Outsource 105

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2016

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Startup Technical Review Case Study Software Review 107

socalTECH

MARCH 12, 2013

The company--which is in the business of operating a content delivery network (CDN) to accelerate the delivery of web graphics, multimedia, applications, and more to end users-- recently disclosed it more than doubled its revenues in 2012, and has grown to over 230 employees--all due to a huge amount of demand for CDN services by its customers.

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CTO Hire Content Networking Web 248

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 3, 2015

Equally important, is an area many startup founders don’t always prioritize: choosing the right service providers and understanding the value they can bring, especially to early-stage startups. Teaming with the right service providers can have a huge impact on a startup’s ability to succeed. And get to know your banker. HR Partner.

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Startup Outsource Development IP Outsource 40

InfoChachkie

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Customer Service – As newspaper boys were the face of their employers, savvy carriers learned to establish healthy customer relationships to facilitate timely collections and generous tips. Unfortunately, the paperboy has met the same fate as the iceman, milkman and diaper services. Boys To Men. Calling All Entrepreneurs.

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Web 2.0 Web Sales Outsource Development 222

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 1, 2013

Before going through the expensive process of sourcing, recruiting, and hiring an employee, look into outsourcing, especially for non-core functions such as HR, accounting, and legal. Undercharging for your product/service. For more information on pricing, see my previous post 6 Pricing Tips for Your product/Service.

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Startup Pricing Outsource Competition 93

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 7, 2013

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Startup Technical Review Case Study 105

InfoChachkie

MAY 16, 2011

Value is created through diligent hard work. Note: There are clearly tasks which can be effectively outsourced at a startup, when: (i) they do not require a significant time investment on the part of the entrepreneur to educate the outsourcer or, (ii) the knowledge gained by the outsourcer is not critical to the adVenture’s operations.

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Startup Outsource Development Outsource Sales 242

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 8, 2012

Many aspiring entrepreneurs are looking to the Internet as an opportunity to get rich quick, instead of a place where you can start a business you love, for very little capital and minimal technical expertise. Use free e-commerce software and services like PayPal before building an expensive customized solution.

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Technical Review Case Study Startup Software Review 99

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

For those who have never used Happy Returns, tell us how the service works? That seed funding was really to let us prove the concept and build the technology to enable returns in person at retailers, and let us figure out whether or not customers wanted to return this way, and get an idea of how to scale.

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Training Customer Custom Software Review 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 27, 2017

Customer service has traditionally been a support function to respond to customer initiated requests, meaning someone waits for the phone to ring or for a website support request form. Think “pull” marketing rather than “push” for all services. Use technology to personalize and expedite requests.

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Customer Custom Services Technical Review 95

SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I continue to collect great content that is the intersection of startups, products, online and technology. The United States is now a debtor nation to China and that the bill is about to come due. These are probably the two sites where I've posted the most reviews. One out of ten of Americans are out of work.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 11, 2023

For example, the development of reusable rocket technology by SpaceX and Amazon, who could not match NASA supplier budgets, has opened huge new opportunities in space travel and exploration. Many companies these days start with a single online-only purchase model, but later move to providing subscription services and freemium alternatives.

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Resource Competition Outsource Development Startup 111

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

Startup 126

Startup Artificial Inteligence Entrepreneur Offshore 126

InfoChachkie

DECEMBER 2, 2009

Direct Response Email and Newsletters – Although rightfully vilified due to the irresponsible actions of Spammers, targeted, opt-in email lists can be lucrative sources of customers. Such brand-focused, non-call to action advertising is appropriate for some products and services, but not those which qualify for the P&S business model.

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Customer Custom Advertising SEM 164

Both Sides of the Table

DECEMBER 13, 2010

I had joined AC in 1991 as a programmer when it was a relatively small practice focused on building corporate IT systems for Fortune 500 companies and there were a handful of companies that offered the same service. The size of magazines seems to be expanding, marketing seems to be up and the number of tech announcements per day is dizzying.

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Technical Review Marketing IP Outsource Development 302

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

Entrepreneur 87

Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review Outsource 87

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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Startup Entrepreneur Offshore Technical Review 102

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

Entrepreneur 105

Entrepreneur Offshore Startup Technical Review 105

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Internal corporate processes thwart innovation due to inherent inefficiencies of scale, high overhead, and the risk of impact on the corporate bottom line. Existing technologies have been “commoditized” globally. Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. New emerging manufacturing technologies (e.g.,

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Offshore Technical Review Entrepreneur Outsource 55

Frank Addante

MAY 15, 2006

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. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary!

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