socalTECH

JANUARY 19, 2010

The UniSys unit provides design, development, implementation, and business process outsourcing to state governments for Medicaid management. The firm said the buy would complement its Medicaid health plan business.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Don’t outsource your core competency. Outsourcing for services needs to be carefully managed.

Outsource Development 51

Outsource Development Outsource Software Offshore 51

Technology Council

OCTOBER 3, 2008

Offshore Outsourcing is Dying…Long Live Hybrid Nearshore. 4 Rules For Email Design In [.] Here are quick links to the feature articles in this issue: Magnify360 Wins VentureNet Best Of Show 5 Mistakes To Avoid When Building Your Startup “Out Of The Box” PR Tactics.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 30, 2011

Quora is one of the better designed new products of the past few years in my opinion. I added a dev team in India to spearhead new initiatives and design our future UI. The former was outsourced, the latter was our own team. Twitter took a few years until people (or the company) really understood how to use it effectively.

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SoCal CTO

JUNE 26, 2012

In three of the cases, the founder was finding that the software teams (1 in-house, 2 outsourced) were delivering relatively well in the short-run. Actually, you are setting yourself up to be in the situation of the two founders that had outsourced. You are just setting yourself up for problems.

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Outsource Development Software Development Develop Development 254

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>>.

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Pasadena Outsource CalTech Technology 100

TechCrunch LA

APRIL 23, 2019

Former President of BMW manufacturing, Clemens Schmitz-Justen also joined the company as its head of manufacturing — overseeing the contract manufacturing strategy, which will see the company outsource production of vehicles in the U.S. and China, according to one person with knowledge of the company’s plans.

Outsource Development 191

Outsource Development Startup Outsource San Diego 191

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 26, 2010

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What do we build in-house or outsource? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? How can we phase development to balance cost, features, risk, etc?

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Fractional CTO CTO CTO Hire CTO Coach 225

socalTECH

OCTOBER 7, 2013

RampRate Sourcing Advisors is a leading IT sourcing advisor with a proprietary index and close network of partners designed to perform fast, efficient IT services transactions. We were recently named Top 10 IT Outsourcing Advisor and Top 5 Boutique Sourcing Advisory recently.

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SoCalTech Outsource SaaS Report 138

socalTECH

MARCH 22, 2021

Support.com, a publicly led outsourcing company led by Los Angeles resident Lance Rosenzweig, who serves as President and Chief Executive Officer, says it has merged with a bitcoin mining company, Bitcoin Miner Greenidge Generation Holdings Inc.

Technical Review 113

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socalTECH

OCTOBER 15, 2015

Los Angeles-baesd Onestop Internet , which provides outsourced fulfillment and technology for brands and their e-commerce efforts, said Wednesday that it has named Denise Wallen-Grant as its new Vice President of Planning, Merchandising, and Allocation. Onestop Internet is backed by Bessemer Ventures and Fund Capital USA. READ MORE>>.

Commerce 100

Commerce Outsource Los Angeles Design 100

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. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 14, 2021

Start the product design process by thinking about what a historian in the future would look back on as the one big thing that changed everything. Amazon uses this technique internally for all new product design efforts. Outsource services back to the customer. The future history assessment approach.

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Frank Addante

MAY 12, 2007

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Outsourcing By Frank Addante (Part 5 of a 5 part series: " So, you need to develop a product? ") Outsourcing has become a popular topic and practice these days. I have been outsourcing to India since before it became popular. A BIG THANK YOU.

Outsource Development 40

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Startup 40

SoCal CTO

JANUARY 5, 2011

Steve Blank , January 25, 2010 10 Tips for Adding Game Mechanics to a Non-Gaming Service - ReadWriteStart , September 21, 2010 Startups & VCs: Learn How to Design, Market, & Eat Your Own. - First Principles.

Startup 378

Startup Venture Capital Blogging CTO Coach 378

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. Ninety percent of small businesses today are family businesses, which can be very successful, satisfying, and small by design. It’s a strategic decision.

Startup 154

Startup Outsource Ideas Research 154

socalTECH

MARCH 15, 2013

We want to create something that serves a purpose, has a unique design, and is farily simple to use, and where people can understand what that app does. It was the guy we'd outsourced as CEO. I think, for Southern California, it provides much more freedom to design and build new things. So you're making multiple applications?

Mobile 233

Mobile Southern California Startup Outsource Development 233

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 17, 2020

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items. When the world gets smaller.

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Customer Custom Startup Outsource Development 167

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 16, 2020

Re-live that moment of inspiration that resulted in an innovative design and implementation for your product, and is now providing you with a sustainable competitive advantage. One approach, which is even more work, is to keep tasks in-house rather than outsourcing. Watch that patent provide a real barrier to competitive entry.

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Satisfaction Customer Custom Outsource 174

Both Sides of the Table

SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

I took an advanced computer course in high school where I learned to build databases in Ashton Tate’s dBase III+ and to compile my designs using a product called Clipper. I took a job in corporate finance as an intern my junior year at First Interstate Bank and I did system design on the side, as my main job was corporate planning.

Startup 337

Startup Venture Capital Study Course 337

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. Ninety percent of small businesses today are family businesses, which can be very successful, satisfying, and small by design. It’s a strategic decision.

Tips 135

Tips Invest Startup Outsource 135

SoCal CTO

JULY 23, 2012

Given likely market changes, how will we design and build so that the systems can respond to marketplace changes? What do we build in-house or outsource? What other kinds of capabilities such as graphic design, user interaction, product manager, QA will we need? How can we phase development to balance cost, features, risk, etc?

CTO Coach 231

CTO Coach CTO Hire Outsource Development Develop 231

socalTECH

MAY 7, 2012

In addition, we outsource the actual production of prints to companies around the U.S. automation, which is designing automated machinery to assembly cars, food, beverages, packaging, pharmaceutical packaging, and so on. designed, PDF sales sheet they can print out and bring to art fairs and trade shows and hand out.

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Santa Monica Pricing Sites Sales 258

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

According to STEC, the new design center will provide software development resources for its products. 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.

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Outsource Development Develop Development Software Development 150

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 203

Commerce Venture Capital Internet Brands Startup 203

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Services entrepreneurs can more easily capitalize on the trend to treat each customer personally, whether entrepreneurs be interior designers working from home, marketing consultants, or offering Angie’s List to find the best local handyman. Process outsourcing services. Everybody wins. Advisory services.

Services 101

Services Startup Outsource Technical Support 101

SoCal CTO

OCTOBER 15, 2009

It’s very difficult to communicate the value of my services and it’s even harder to find people/companies looking to outsource their product development to a business guy like myself. Most people think they can do product design. Getting new projects is tough. I can see that.

Los Angeles 179

Los Angeles Product Angel Startup 179

Tech Zulu Event

MARCH 2, 2012

With this fast pace industry the elegant design we see if websites, is sometimes lost in translation. He and his company, Rocksauce, make sure to add high quality design back into each of the apps they create. After directing a film in 2009, I wanted to get back into the design industry. It simply makes more sense.

Design 94

Design Mobile Web Design Outsource Development 94

socalTECH

MAY 5, 2009

The company was incorporated in January of 2004, and we provide outsource e-commerce services to organizations, such as brands and retailers. One, is we build and design websites. Lots of them are in the apparel space. The business model works for other industries as well. We have six key categories of what we do.

Venture Capital 113

Venture Capital SEM Commerce SEO 113

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 17, 2022

If both of you are experts at software development, even though one loves design and the other loves coding, that still won’t get the marketing done. Beyond the core team of two or three startup partners, every startup should seek to “outsource” the rest of their strategic requirements to external business partners.

Software Review 154

Software Review CTO Hire Outsource Development Startup 154

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. Ninety percent of small businesses today are family businesses, which can be very successful, satisfying, and small by design. It’s a strategic decision.

Tips 111

Tips Startup Outsource Ideas 111

SoCal CTO

MARCH 4, 2010

see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication? see When to Use Facebook Connect – Twitter Oauth – Google Friend Connect for Authentication?

Technical Review 170

Technical Review Technical Advisors CTO Coach Startup 170

socalTECH

MARCH 26, 2014

Most of the solutions in our market are for lots of doctors, and are on-premise solutions, and are really designed for bigger physician groups and hospitals. We were hired by a company that did outsourced medical billing and consulting for physicial medicine and rehab doctors. We''re laser focused on small medical practices.

Startup 160

Startup El Segundo CTO Hire Outsource Development 160

Tech Zulu Event

MAY 12, 2014

New and innovative designers are popping up everywhere, thanks to new technology like 3D printing. SYNCFAB , (Synchronized Fabrication) is a platform to bring hybrid 3D printing and connect inventors and designers with manufacturers and material specialists to bring back local manufacturing.

Design 84

Design Platform Patents Outsource Development 84

socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

We also have a managed serviecs business, where we have campaign managers and designers working on RFPs and mocks, and when a campaign is sold, will design the ad units all the way through to ad approval. At Jetpack, we don't outsource production, and we manage all of the software development within Jetpack.

Buzznet 100

Buzznet Outsource Development Design HTML 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 8, 2023

The hurricanes in the Gulf, the wildfires in California, and the monsoon floods around the world, all suggest that real opportunities for change are needed in climate control, forest management, and building design. Usually, people pay to relieve pain before buying luxury items. When the world gets smaller.

Ideas 118

Ideas Outsource Development Outsource Course 118

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 29, 2023

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. Even artisan-based services, like graphic design and writing good ad copy, have innovative processes and principles. Capture your “secret sauce.”

Startup 111

Startup Training Services Writing 111