Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 9, 2020

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. The sales professional. The operations superstar.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 17, 2021

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. There’s a reason that Silicon Valley and Boston are hubs for high-tech startups.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 14, 2018

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 13, 2015

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. The sales professional. The operations superstar.

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Technical Advisors Outsource Development Startup High Tech 105

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 18, 2018

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. The sales professional. The operations superstar.

Technical Advisors 57

Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 57

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 11, 2014

Outsourcing your core competency does not work. Young high-tech startups are at constant risk of forgetting that they actually need to sell the wonderful technology they invented. Outsourcing any of these critical roles is very expensive, and usually not very effective. The sales professional. The operations superstar.

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Technical Advisors Startup Outsource Development High Tech 98

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2016

Should they go after high-tech nerds for partners, or professional technologists? Outsourcing to expert freelancers or business partners is often a better solution for startups than managing everyone into the inside team. The right answer for a good business partner today is neither of the above.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 6, 2012

Self-service technologies, social media, and smart phones have created a new set of expectations for high-tech consumers today. I found a good summary of these new expectations in a book just published by Micah Solomon, “ High-tech, High-touch Customer Service.” Ugly upsells through self-service are a brand killer.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 6, 2015

Of course, they can outsource part of the work or hire employees, but that approach means more time and money to manage the work, which they don’t have. Finding a high-tech co-founder in the middle of Kansas may be a long search. There’s a reason that Silicon Valley and Boston are hubs for high-tech startups.

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Startup High Tech Entrepreneur Writing 105

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2013

Self-service technologies, social media, and smart phones have created a new set of expectations for high-tech consumers today. I found a good summary of these new expectations in a book recently published by Micah Solomon, “ High-tech, High-touch Customer Service.”

Customer 89

Customer Custom Services High Tech 89

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2012

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 29, 2011

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology.

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Tech Zulu Event

SEPTEMBER 27, 2013

At the same time, it’s a smart manufacturing decision, as American-made quality usually stands head and shoulders above outsourced competition. Google Glass by Google: Major technology companies are jumping aboard the domestic manufacturing bandwagon, and Google’s high-tech glasses are part of this wave.

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Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 8, 2011

These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products. Dealing with the bureaucrats for permits and licenses was once again outsourced to expeditors specialized in these areas. However, in reality the U.S.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 10, 2010

These efforts proved to be a major distraction from our main objective, namely sales and service of our high tech products. Dealing with the bureaucrats for permits and licenses was once again outsourced to expeditors specialized in these areas. Generally the cost for each such transaction was nominal, i.e. less than $ 200.

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High Tech Outsource Press Coach 71

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 11, 2010

Moral: Before you decide that it’s absolutely necessary to take outside investment, explore all the possible ways you can partner, outsource, affiliate, collaborate, or…heaven forbid, get customers. She is a true angel investor, and has helped package and secure funding for many high-tech startup companies in the area.

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Outsource Development High Tech Outsource Startup 93

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 9, 2010

For software, websites, and high-tech products, this is the “meat” of what you intend to build. Enough detail is required so that someone else can build it without you (outsourcing). Because it addresses an internal audience, it can use technical jargon and assume the reader understands the technology.

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Product Outsource Development Competition High Tech 48

Frank Addante

DECEMBER 22, 2006

Outsourcing ► April (1) GoogleClick - Who owns your cash register? Just Say What it Is By Frank Addante In todays high-tech, highly competitive world, more and more companies are describing their products or services using too many fancy, jargon words. FounderBlog’s 1 Year Anniversary! A BIG THANK YOU.

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SoCal CTO

DECEMBER 1, 2010

10 Tips for Enterprise Software Startups - ReadWriteStart , November 16, 2010 I started my career in enterprise software in the 1980s and after some years working in other areas (outsourcing and online media) I am back in the enterprise software game. This doesn’t make sense. Vision Needs Traction. there is no going back.

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Technical Review Startup Product Technology 175

socalTECH

APRIL 30, 2018

That was in the support space, where we were doing outsourced technical services. I was was evaluating things up there, but I have a core belief that the high tech world in Santa Barbara can really be a vital one. As you know, over time, we've had both spurts of high tech growth and some lulls.

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