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TaskUs Takes $250M From Blackstone

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Santa Monica-based business outsourcing service provider TaskUs , founded by Bryce Maddock and Jaspar Weir, said this morning that it has raised $250M in an investment round. According to TaskUs, the funding round values the company at $500M. The investment came from private equity investor Blackstone Group. READ MORE>>.

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6 Cost-Cutting Recommendations For New Entrepreneurs

Startup Professionals Musings

It wasn’t so many years ago that starting a new e-commerce business on the Internet was a complex custom development project, usually costing a million dollars or more. Almost anyone can start a company today on a shoestring budget, following these cost-cutting recommendations: Establish a solid legal structure for your business.

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7 Modern Day Business Strategies For Long-Term Growth

Startup Professionals Musings

I continue to be amazed that more than a quarter of new businesses don’t even have a website , and many more don’t pay attention to social media, or monitor feedback on sites like Yelp. At minimum, that requires a modern website, and visibility on relevant social media sites, likely including Facebook, YouTube, and Twitter.

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5 Sources Of Ideas That Turn Into The Next Big Thing

Startup Professionals Musings

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

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8 Tactics For Every Entrepreneur To Manage Technology

Startup Professionals Musings

A business startup is not an academic environment, or a big company research organization. If your kids can use computers by age six, every entrepreneur ought to be able to stay current with the latest social media marketing and e-commerce technologies. They are attracted to people who agree, but may not be able to help.

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White-label it: Make it ‘YOU’ inside.

Berkonomics

Companies can strike it rich by finding an element of business operations which many companies need, but few have the capability or expertise to execute with excellence – and then aim to supply that element. But, more often, this is just the virtualization of what we used to call outsourcing. Really, that’s a business?

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5 Generators Of Customer Pain Conducive To Startups

Startup Professionals Musings

Other countries can provide e-commerce with different business models, outsource manufacturing at low cost, and a huge market for new products. I hear this term every day, wrongly applied to new social media site, or a new productivity tool. The impact of global instability. Truly “disruptive” technologies.

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