socalTECH

SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Cerritos-based Direct Drive Systems , a developer of high speed motors for the oil and gas industry, has been acquired by Houston-based FMC Technologies, FMC said earlier this week.

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Cerritos Offshore Acquisition Platform 140

socalTECH

NOVEMBER 19, 2014

Bolt is a supplier of marine seismic energy sources and replacement parts for offshore energy exploration, and also makes underwater cables and connectors, along with developing underwater remotely operated vehicles (Mini ROVs). The deal was worth approximately $171M, or $22.00 per share in cash. READ MORE>>.

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Acquisition Thousand Oaks Technology Offshore 138

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 26, 2013

Dave’s Note: William Fisher is CEO of Quicksilver Software, a software and Internet game development company in Southern California. I develop people, and they know/appreciate that. I once tried to focus on a single type of business, on the advice of a business development guy. Guest Post by William Fisher. Huge mistake.

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Offshore Examples Southern California Email 189

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 3, 2009

Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances. Thursday, April 9, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop LA. Please bring your questions.

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TCVN Offshore Guide Software Development 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

MARCH 30, 2009

Join us for a workshop on managing offshoring successfully, your guide to reducing software development costs and increasing quality. Our software development and offshoring guru Jack Bicer will also provide guidance for your specific circumstances. Thursday, April 2, 2009 -- TCVN Workshop Orange County.

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Orange County TCVN Offshore Guide 100

SoCal Tech Calendar

APRIL 15, 2010

With every new project comes the big question: Should you develop a solution from scratch or buy something off the shelf? With offshoring, custom solutions became much more cost effective, but at the expense of increased management or sometimes increased project failure risk. Wednesday, April 21, 2010 -- Build vs Buy.

Outsource Development 100

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Examples 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 1, 2008

a provider of mobile testing and application development services for the wireless industry, has been acquired by a Chinese firm. VanceInfo is an IT services provider providing offshore software development in China. San Diego-based Wireless Info Tech Ltd.,

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Offshore San Diego Software Development Mobile 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Your Software Development Partner. and international patent and trademark procurement - IP Litigation - IP Licenses and Agreements: distribution, development, joint venture - Intellectual property aspects of mergers and acquisitions. An on-line community for entrepreneurs. Dedicated to our Clients. Murano Software (www.muranosoft.com).

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Southern California IP Orange County Glendale 133

socalTECH

AUGUST 10, 2009

Gardena-based EntComm , a developer of software-as-a-service products, has sold its product division to a Indian software firm, TAKE Solutions. TAKE is also buying EntComm's offshore operations, which will merge with Take Solutions' center in Chennai. Financial terms of the sale were not disclosed.

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Gardena Offshore SaaS Software 100

socalTECH

DECEMBER 22, 2008

Thousand Oaks-based Teledyne Technologies said today that it has acquired Odom Hydrographic Systems, a Louisiana-based firm developing hydrographic survey instrumentation. Teledyne said that Baton Rouge-based Odom has designs and manufactures equipment for port survey, dredging, offshore energy and other applications.

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Thousand Oaks Offshore Acquisition Design 100

socalTECH

OCTOBER 5, 2011

One of Southern California's biggest assets are the number of world class, local universities researching and developing technology and knowledge across a large number of disciplines. What our company is doing, is it is developing an online tool for people to find addiction treatment to meet their needs. Adi Jaffe: It is tough.

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UCLA Research Tech Coast Angels Offshore 204

Berkonomics

DECEMBER 8, 2016

I develop people, and they know/appreciate that. I once tried to focus on a single type of business, on the advice of a business development guy. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development.

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Offshore Examples Software Email 120

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.

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Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Both Sides of the Table

AUGUST 25, 2011

The patriarch of the family works his arse off developing expertise in making gloves for other people. That india isn’t just a headline about call centers, computing programming and offshoring. The story gets framed from perspective of immigrant families with no money and no means of acquiring wealth. But then the world changes.

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Class Writing Web 2.0 Offshore 334

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 13, 2020

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 Software Review Technical Review 122

socalTECH

JUNE 1, 2011

We had some great offshore coders as part of the engineering team. We're definitely looking for business development and marketing people, and we really could use a strong Java developer who is interested in linked data and the semantic web, and who is a good coder overall. Most of that funding is going towards staffing up.

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Startup Platform Sites Java 195

Inverted Software

JUNE 15, 2018

At Inverted Software we often help our clients manage offshore and onshore development teams. Our proprietary processes and unique experience helps us evaluate and correct software development practices that have proven inefficient and instill practices that insure productivity and success. Developers love to experiment.

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Software Review Software Development Outsource Development Development Team Review 51

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 114

Software Review Technical Review Outsource Development Outsource 114

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 23, 2022

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

Entrepreneur 116

Entrepreneur Software Review Summary Examples 116

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 18, 2022

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Patents 106

Patents Offshore Startup Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Patents 106

Patents Startup Offshore Demand 106

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Marketing 104

Marketing Startup Patents Offshore 104

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Entrepreneur 103

Entrepreneur Patents Offshore Startup 103

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 28, 2013

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

Software Review 100

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 100

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 28, 2015

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

Startup 99

Startup Software Review Summary Examples 99

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Entrepreneur 97

Entrepreneur Patents Startup Offshore 97

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2019

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Marketing 94

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 94

Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Startup 89

Startup Patents Offshore Demand 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 28, 2019

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

Software Review 77

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 77

socalTECH

JUNE 8, 2009

Eric Sikola: We've got seven people full time, and all our development is offshore, our CTO is onshore, and we have people doing graphical design locally plus others helping part time. I just really felt market demanded this and it's a productivity tool that could be used by an entire organization or individual.

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Web 2.0 Startup SaaS Report 100

socalTECH

APRIL 27, 2015

For our startup interview this morning, we caught up with Satish Varma , co-founder of Torrance-based Clorder (www.clorder.com), which is developing restaurant ordering software. We were a little early in that market, doing outsourcing, offshore, and managed crowdsourcing.

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Cornerstone OnDemand Startup Social Media Outsource Development 100

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2017

In fact, they need an early focus on developing their moral compass, as well as setting the right ethical tone. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Building an ethical business is more than just compliance and meeting legal requirements, and it has big paybacks.

Software Review 66

Software Review Summary Examples Offshore 66

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 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53

Tech Zulu Event

FEBRUARY 3, 2012

Yes, it is a floating crusade to be located 12 miles offshore of San Francisco free from immigration regulation. The ship will be a place “where entrepreneurs can be ‘bold and creative’ right next to Silicon Valley without actually setting foot on U.S. soil,” as reported on by Wired Magazine’s Caleb Garling.

Technical Review 77

Technical Review Startup Offshore Entrepreneur 77

Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

Software can be developed “offshore” for a low cost, manufacturing volumes are quickly available from China, and European designs have increased opportunities in every country. Find global sources now. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

Marketing 54

Marketing Patents Offshore Startup 54

The Quigley Report

FEBRUARY 23, 2008

The next quarter, all of her bonus might be based on opening an offshore development center by a certain date. For instance, the VP of Engineering may have her bonus for Q2 based 50% on the delivery of a certain product and 50% on hiring objectives.

Design 49

Design Offshore Tool Activity 49

Startup Professionals Musings

MARCH 27, 2011

We have heard that there are significant tax advantages in doing business offshore. Manufacturing offshore could impact intellectual property. Frequently ‘international scouts’ will seek you out and promise to develop certain market places in exchange for exclusive business relationships.

Startup 91

Startup Offshore Patents Outsource Development 91