Startup Professionals Musings

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Six Criteria for Outsourcing the Right Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%. If you expect your solution to incorporate the absolute latest in software technologies, scalable to millions of users, with multi-system failover and recovery, don’t count on out-sourcing. Cost factors.

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Six Key Factors in the Right Outsourcing Decision

Startup Professionals Musings

Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%. If you expect your solution to incorporate the absolute latest in software technologies, scalable to millions of users, with multi-system failover and recovery, don’t count on out-sourcing. Cost factors.

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Find an Angel Investor, Without Going Through Hell

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The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 80 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 120,000 members worldwide. Angel Capital Association (ACA).

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To Outsource or Not to Outsource Software

Startup Professionals Musings

Companies in Asia and Eastern Europe can still provide direct cost reductions of up to 75%. If you expect your solution to incorporate the absolute latest in software technologies, scalable to millions of users, with multi-system failover and recovery, don’t count on out-sourcing. Cost factors.

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5 Forces That Kill Momentum For Business First-Movers

Startup Professionals Musings

In the same year, Lego's profits soared 63% as they expanded their initiatives and operations in Asia and Europe. They grew sales by 28% in 2009, while most companies were hunkered down and losing share. In my experience, every business transformation will take longer to implement than you expect.

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Flocks of Angels, and All You Need is One

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The reach is very broad, however, with 30 branches worldwide covering over 50 countries in Europe, North America, South America, Africa, Asia and Australasia, and over 60,000 members worldwide. But remember that numbers and locations are not the whole story. The challenge is to find the right angel for your, and for your situation.

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Right Entrepreneurs In The Right Place Get Funded

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If you are from outside the US, especially Asia, experts tell me that the focus is even more on relationships. At minimum, you need to get an introduction from a local player, or better yet, set up a local office and network there. Investing is all about people-to-people relationships.