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Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2

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Prosperati HOME BLOG ABOUT CONTACT Blog Can A Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 2 Posted 07.15.2009 in Blog In my previous article ( Can a Startup Do OffShore Development? Part 1 ), I talked about alignment of interest and trust as being the two most critical aspect when starting a new offshore development team.

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Opinion: It’s a startup world

NZ Entrepreneur

experiments to build a product, find customers, test business models and hire amazing people. It is not uncommon for startup directors to be more deeply involved in the operations of the business when the company is entering a new market, hiring critical team members or raising capital. scale – this may include the need to go offshore.

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Signs your Chief Customer Officer isn’t scaling

OnlyOnce

The first one When to hire your first CCO is here and What does Great Look Like in a CCO is here). Although we think of scaling issues as primarily startup issues, any company can face scaleup issues for example, through a merger or acquisition that changes your landscape immediately. This is the third post in the series.

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What Happens When Leaders Forget The Culture That Made Their Company Great?

YoungUpstarts

Many business leaders view their corporate culture as so important that they make it a point to hire people who are a good fit for that culture – and jettison any employees who aren’t. Mergers and acquisitions are always fraught with danger both financially and culturally. At Boeing, engineers were king.

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The Corrosive Downside of Acquihires

Both Sides of the Table

But the press (and I suspect many of the senior execs of these companies) don’t really explore the corrosive downside of these acquisition. If I don’t commit to millions of dollars of acquisitions I will … die? The Aqui-hire Business. So I thought I would. Chief Vesting Officers)? Go do a startup.

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30 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Business

Hearpreneur

So I hired an incredible team and together, we created a solution to solve my very own problem so that we could have a home that is true to our family’s values, pocketbook, and one that respects our planet and is mindful of our future. It required research and resources that simply didn’t exist. However, as the company evolved so had my job.

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Expenses You Don't Think of When Starting a Business

Software By Rob

at 6:16 am Other costs I immediately thought of: if you have someone doing payroll for you, if you use quickbooks, and if you need to hire a bookkeeper. I mean, as a freelancer you will not have a problem to get that kind of rate, and if you deliver decent work, being hired for 6 months a year is also not going to be a major nightmare.