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Overcoming the Cybersecurity Skills Gap

Xconomy

The statistics are well-vetted, and they tell a clear story: — There are many unfilled security jobs: The industry is facing 1.5 Third-party resources provide help in two ways: training and outsourcing. An outsourcing engagement can cover a variety of responsibilities. million unfilled IT security jobs globally by 2020.

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Scaling a Business by Cloning Yourself is Tough

Startup Professionals Musings

Customers don’t like to see you learning on the job or outsourcing. In addition, the statistics show that over half of new startups, perhaps as high as 75%, provide services only (no product). Thus it’s up to you to communicate effectively what you are about, to customers as well as your own team.

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Products vs Services – Critical Success Factors

Startup Professionals Musings

Customers don’t like to see you learning on the job or outsourcing. In addition, the statistics show that over half of new startups, perhaps as high as 75%, provide services only (no product). Thus it’s up to you to communicate effectively what you are about, to customers as well as your own team.

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Are MBAs Necessary for Start-ups or VC?

Both Sides of the Table

I don’t believe you can hire great business people who outsource the development to a hot incubator who builds you code to match your ambitions. Okay, so maybe you never took statistics, microeconomics or macroeconomics. And I feel that this skill is invaluable in both building a start-up company and in being a VC.

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Twiistup 007: Final Showoff's Additional Speakers and TZ Discount

Tech Zulu Event

where her clients included global leaders in the outsourcing and telecom sectors and a number of prominent non-profits. In 2002 he described a simple statistical spam filter that inspired a new generation of filters. Essayist, programmer, and programming language designer. ycombinator.com. .

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Frank Addantes FounderBlog: We're Not Saving Lives.

Frank Addante

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? After all of the tests, the analysis, the research, the statistics, the potentially fatal risk, the emotion. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU. ► March (2) 4. Build a SWAT team 3. If the answer is yes, they proceed.

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