Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 12, 2022

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Universities and other R&D groups have created a large number of new inventions and innovations, mostly lying dormant on the shelves of our researchers and labs, waiting to be commercialized by aspiring entrepreneurs, with minimal up-front costs for licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 24, 2013

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Universities and other R&D groups have created a large number of new inventions and innovations, mostly lying dormant on the shelves of our researchers and labs, waiting to be commercialized by aspiring entrepreneurs, with minimal up-front costs for licensing.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 4, 2010

On the other hand, if it is maintenance and testing on non-core software, use the lowest cost solution. Cost factors. Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%. The net may be less cost reduction than you thought. Outsourcing is a tool, not the problem or the solution.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 31, 2006

The buzz around offshoring has certainly died down over the last year. For a period of time, you could not pick up a magazine or read a newspaper without a lead article on the dangers of offshoring. All of the main architecture and design is still done in the US, but all of the development is done offshore. development manager.

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BeyondVC

JANUARY 31, 2006

The buzz around offshoring has certainly died down over the last year. For a period of time, you could not pick up a magazine or read a newspaper without a lead article on the dangers of offshoring. All of the main architecture and design is still done in the US, but all of the development is done offshore. development manager.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 9, 2019

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Universities and other R&D groups have created a large number of new inventions and innovations, mostly lying dormant on the shelves of our researchers and labs, waiting to be commercialized by aspiring entrepreneurs, with minimal up-front costs for licensing.

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David Teten

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

I have ranked this list in ascending order of cost (defined as combined time and money). - Educating the VC/angel community on the city/state resources available to them to build companies. A team in California is already creating a offshore seastead for non-US citizens who want to build companies in the US.

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Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 20, 2016

This alternative has been around for several decades, with the generally accepted advantage of reducing costs. Saving cost won’t help you if you can’t make the daily innovations required to stay competitive. Results on commodities, including mature software maintenance, adapt well to low-cost contracting.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

Continuous innovation requires the imagination and courage to challenge the initial hypotheses of your current business model (channel, cost, customers, products, supply chain, etc.) Today open source software has slashed the cost of software development from millions of dollars to thousands. The founders.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 29, 2019

How much will it cost and when is the earliest you can deliver? There are resources available on app cost in different countries, for example this resource on how much it costs to build an app in Australia , and an app developer should be upfront about what can be achieved within a specific budget.

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YoungUpstarts

FEBRUARY 18, 2016

For one thing, this type of service offers the most practical alternative for those companies settled in countries with a high labor cost. Companies with an ever-growing labor force usually have a hard time compensating for the high costs, tax-wise.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 29, 2018

But the availability of outsourcing, offshoring, and outstaffing has pulled many away from the use of local developers. Discuss costs upfront and be sure the talent fits within your budget while still providing you excellent quality. When you outsource your IT projects or hire an offshore development team, it comes with many benefits.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 6, 2015

Pros: Cost. Yes, outsourcing still comes at a cost, but in the long-run the costs can be considerably cheaper. As “offshore outsourcing” is a favourable choice, due to cheaper labour in developing countries. Fewer computers mean less maintenance and electricity costs too. Communication.

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murkygrey.com

OCTOBER 23, 2010

The big guys have been doing it for years and recently, smaller and smaller startups are incorporating offshore development into their plans. Here are some lethal mistakes to avoid: Downplaying the culture gap Communicating with your offshore developers may seem easy; in all likelihood they speak decent English. My advice: don’t!

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mashable.com

NOVEMBER 30, 2010

You can deal directly with full-time or freelance/contracted employees, or you can outsource using local or offshore development firms. Cost The most talented technical candidates do demand higher hourly rates, but as indicated already, their expertise reduces risk and the number of required project hours.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

There were a lot of questions about outsourcing/offshoring and startups. It seems many startups these days are under a lot of pressure to outsource their development organization to save costs. So we had to completely throw that code away, including all of its beatiful tests and specs. Talk about waste.

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Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 23, 2017

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Universities and other R&D groups have created a large number of new inventions and innovations, mostly lying dormant on the shelves of our researchers and labs, waiting to be commercialized by aspiring entrepreneurs, with minimal up-front costs for licensing.

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Hearpreneur

JANUARY 13, 2021

A few years ago outsourcing resources offshore was all the rage. We dabbled with it and found it more work for management and quality control than the actual potential cost saving. As a result the transition to remote was relatively painless but this meant managing every employee as if they are offshore.

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Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 22, 2015

Outsourcing and manufacturing “offshore” have become the norm. Universities and other R&D groups have created a large number of new inventions and innovations, mostly lying dormant on the shelves of our researchers and labs, waiting to be commercialized by aspiring entrepreneurs, with minimal up-front costs for licensing.

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Duct Tape Marketing

JANUARY 9, 2014

Low cost, high volume offshore link building is not only dead, it’s super risky. If you are using an offshore link building strategy, you may soon find your website flagged with a Manual Action or an Unnatural Link Warning message in your Webmaster Tools account. The Fall of Boiler Room Link Building – Hip, Hip, Hooray!

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ReadWriteStart

FEBRUARY 22, 2022

For example, the Candian companies can apply for a 43,5% refund for research and development costs if the R&D process landed in Australia. For example, Fayrix is an offshore software development company with multi-domain expertise in innovation development and experience setting up research and development centers. Final Thoughts.

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YoungUpstarts

OCTOBER 18, 2019

How well you communicate is tied to your organization’s culture, which raises the question: What is your current culture costing you? which he and two partners started in 1987 to design and build offshore oil platforms. All problems are communication problems. He recently launched the Culture Code Champions podcast.

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Lightspeed Venture Partners

OCTOBER 29, 2012

The SBU retails for $1,800 and costs $250 to make in an offshore factory. After drawing comparisons to the unsuccessful Segway, and discussion of the risks of quality control when manufacturing offshore, three of the sharks dropped out. The first 100 units had been sold, sight-unseen, off of the website.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

In some strange way, a big part of his competitive advantage is that he is able to outsource everything and maintain such a low cost structure. where you can leverage some internal “low cost&# time. One consideration that comes up often when outsourcing is whether to go with a local or offshore vendor. So it can be done.

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Haystack

DECEMBER 29, 2018

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. During this time, there’s financial leverage used in the transaction to help buffer the firm’s cost of capital (e.g.

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Scalable Startup

JANUARY 15, 2015

This discussion began last week and has fostered some great comments and resources… Offshore resources/Europe company for U.S. I’ve used some local and some offshore resources and avoided larger outsourcing companies. They start by demoing their skills on my project at no cost for 1-2 days. web development projects.

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Both Sides of the Table

MARCH 3, 2013

Obviously that barrier has been brought down with low-cost ability to capture, stream and distribute content over the Internet. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries. He spoke about ROCE (return on capital employed).

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

Will the Bay Area’s cost structure compress the precious runway these newco’s have? And, so, I began to ask myself, in the face of intense local inflation for rents, for talent, for simply getting around — are the fundamental of the Bay Area’s local conditions simply inhospitable to fledgling startups that I am trying to invest in?

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OnlyOnce

JANUARY 2, 2011

Inflation may seem like a neutral thing for a business – your costs may be going up, but your revenue should be going up as well, right? And yes, it’s a lot more fun to travel to Europe when a latte costs you $4, not $8. Of course, if you’re losing money as many startups are, business tax credits and the like aren’t so relevant.

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www.readwriteweb.com

OCTOBER 7, 2007

Request for Quotation - Write and run an RFQ process to determine approach, costs, timescales and conditions under which each vendor would deliver, select a preferred vendor and a spare in case of any problems during contract negotiations. How much will this cost? But producing a professional and slick product costs money.

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 23, 2019

Here’s a few of them: Low Cost Startup. You would need to rationalize your rates since offshore VAs are cheaper. Benefits of a VA Business. When it comes to different virtual assistant services, there are many good things. You can find many benefits if you want to start one yourself. There’s a limit to how much you can do a day.

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ReadWriteStart

MAY 21, 2013

Outsourcing – or relocating – the work can be a great to overcome those obstacles while controlling costs, increasing efficiency and even making workers happier. At this stage of the business we needed top talent, no low cost workers, so I ended the contract with the Indian team to focus on the local team.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 10, 2014

In 2013 there were 2,637,239 jobs outsourced offshore from the US alone, according to Sourcing Line Computer Economics. Outsourcing is not just a cost reduction tactic; it can also enable your business to access specialized services. Offshore – Communication and Time-zone Differences.

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BeyondVC

MAY 11, 2004

In our weekly partner’s meeting yesterday, we ended up in a discussion about the progression of offshore development in a variety of portfolio companies. In the end, the companies that were doing the best job with development were the ones that had their own operations offshore. 6 months later only 2 are left.

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The Startup Magazine

OCTOBER 19, 2018

Global diversification is a great move for your investment portfolio, but you might want to start with a savings account in your home country before venturing offshore for greater investment or lending. However, entrepreneurs should consider establishing an offshore savings account instead. Better Interes t Rates.

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Up and Running

MAY 15, 2019

Some folks cut corners by ordering equipment made offshore. Cash must be available to cover costs and offset delays. Estimate brewery startup costs. Start with estimating your startup costs. A new and growing brewery’s biggest costs tend to be the brewing system (e.g., Costs vary by scope, location, and market.

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Hearpreneur

SEPTEMBER 25, 2022

In five years our company would have normalized remote, offshore and outsourced staffing. Within the span of the next 5 years, I would like to see my business grow into a zero-inventory business that incurs no holding costs and work entirely as an independent retailer. Our company works as a marketplace for everything outsourcing.

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