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6 Reasons IT Outsourcing Software Development To Eastern Europe is on the Rise in the US: Key Benefits and Trends

The Startup Magazine

The primary reason for this shift is the talent pool in countries like Ukraine and Poland, where there are many highly skilled IT professionals. This alignment is beneficial for agile development and quick project turnarounds. The region offers a highly skilled workforce, often at a fraction of the cost of hiring locally.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

So in terms of hiring, get people that can help you build the product faster… anything that minimizes the time between observing a need or a problem, and the execution or the fix for it.” Use agility to your advantage and make speed a team priority. Early hires are super important: check for skills, motivation and cultural fit.

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Why Large Organizations Struggle With Disruption, and What to Do About It

Steve Blank

They depend on guidance from their staff and trusted advisors – most of whom have been hired and promoted for their expertise in delivering incremental improvements in existing systems. This group is most comfortable sticking with existing process and procedures and hires and promotes people who execute the status quo.

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How Today’s Startups Can Adapt to a Globally Distributed Model

ReadWriteStart

A flexible model is especially helpful for startups that can’t always predict what talent they will need when, and have low budgets that force them to hire for project work instead of filling in-house positions. A globally distributed business model allows you to hire the best talent wherever in the world it is. Create a cohesive team.

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International tour about to begin

Startup Lessons Learned

Any chance seeing you in Kiev, Ukraine? Kent Beck keynote, "To Agility, and Beyond" Six streaming locations Interviews ► March (7) New conference website, speakers, agenda Two new scholarship programs for lean startups Speed up or slow down? I think there are more enterpreneurs per capita here than anywhere else!

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How To Create a Web App

www.readwriteweb.com

Posted by: Neil | October 4, 2007 2:24 AM I am not sure if I am misreading this - but are you suggesting that a top down, water fall process works better then an agile /iterative development approach? Its often too complicated to expect much of an agile dev model with people thousands of miles away.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

This is a topic that comes up often in Los Angeles because many CEOs are tempted to hire their tech teams in the Bay Area. I prefer the first sales hires to be in the home office. As your company develops you’ll obviously need to hire sales talent in multiple locations. I understand the need to have geographic coverage.