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One major theory that has influenced the way I think about processes comes from Lean Manufacturing , where they use these same techniques to build cars. There were a lot of questions about outsourcing/offshoring and startups. The Lean Startup Intensive is tomorrow at Web 2.0. Talk about waste. Expo SF (May.
And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers. I’m glad to have been part of the team inventing the Lean Startup methodology. China has simply become the factory. And it’s that Information is everywhere.
One consideration that comes up often when outsourcing is whether to go with a local or offshore vendor. I’ve done both and in my experience picking the right offshore solution can be an advantage (freeing up time and money to deploy elsewhere). link] fnazeeri I’ve seen it work (and not).
But while universities are developing online content they are not fundamentally disrupting leaning because the method of delivery is not a new business model. He believes that one of the financial metrics taught at business schools and reinforced by Wall Street has accelerated offshoring of industries.
Some folks cut corners by ordering equipment made offshore. Even if you’re not seeking funding, it’s still a really good idea to create a Lean Business Plan that you can use to help navigate your business as challenges and opportunities arise. Many brewers avoid that due to perceived qualitative differences,” says Patrick.
What kind of content does it lean towards? That's been something people have been talking about for 10 years offshore, they used to call it, I don't think they call it that so much anymore, but the idea of there are actually places you can get remote workers for much less than say a US wage would be for various reasons.
It also means you may have saved enough money to bootstrap a lean startup. Holy jeebies: The Guardian is reporting that secret financial records of offshore funds were uncovered. Everyone''s Business Beer entrepreneurship Forbes NBA Offshore account The Guardian' He’s kind of big deal.
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We’re going to test this hypothesis by teaching a Lean LaunchPad class for Life Sciences and Healthcare (therapeutics, diagnostics, devices and digital health) this October at UCSF with a team of veteran venture capitalists and angels. has gone offshore primarily due to the toughened regulatory environment.
The other half have a mix of data sources, which inevitably include an offshore SQL database (or ten) managed by an external vendor whom no one can track down. Leaning on natural language processing and predictive analytics, the program analyzed conversations, forecasted trends, and trained more than 13,000 volunteers. The results?
After releasing the MVP, we work on a lean scrum to iterate based on early data/feedback until we start to see signs of product-market fit. In exchange for equity, we discount the project cost, which is already low because we offshore most of our development, by 10-15%. If we believe in them and agree on an MVP, we start building.
And that the Lean Innovation tools we’ve built to deal with disruption and create continuous innovation for large commercial organizations were equally relevant here. For example, we can cruise offshore of potential adversaries (Iraq and Syria) who can’t get to our carriers.
These tours are scheduled when the carriers are offshore training, not when they are deployed on missions. And that the Lean Innovation tools we’ve built to deal with disruption and create continuous innovation for large commercial organizations were equally relevant here. The Carrier.
sites from scratch - Experienced with the majority of the social api’s (Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Meebo, PayPal, Flickr) - Experience managing offshore dev teams - Most recently a Director of Product Development at an early stage funded startup [link] Skip Bronkie Just an all around great post.
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