Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 29, 2020

Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.

Tips 141

Tips Invest Offshore Startup 141

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 8, 2014

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You cant isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development 95

Outsource Development Outsource Offshore Software Review 95

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.

Invest 96

Invest Startup Offshore Tips 96

Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 23, 2023

Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.

Startup 92

Startup Funding Offshore Invest 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 30, 2011

Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore.” Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals.” Sounds too good to be true.

Invest 92

Invest Startup Offshore Tips 92

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 29, 2010

Ask for references, and call or visit previous “successes” of the company to verify experience and satisfaction. Any mention of “offshore”. Watch out if someone has a complex plan involving offshore bank financing or gemstones or oil leases in Iran to make you rich. Avoid “insider deals”. Sounds too good to be true.

Offshore 70

Offshore Tips Satisfaction Invest 70

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

Look at internal services versus external services. Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and empowerment issues, per reduced customer satisfaction highlighted a while back by the Wall Street Journal. Marty Zwilling.

Outsource Development 53

Outsource Development Outsource Software Review Technical Review 53