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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Keep intellectual property keys in-house. Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Keep intellectual property keys in-house. Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. New Rules for China. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

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Global Perspective: Current Opportunities for Low-Cost Manufacturing in China

The Startup Magazine

Businesses all over the world – including startups – have sourced their product manufacturing in China for over a decade now. But in the past few years, a number of news articles and blogs have speculated whether China remains a low-cost destination for manufacturers. Why China sourcing is still popular.

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China Startups – The Gold Rush and Fire Extinguishers (Part 5 of 5)

Steve Blank

I just spent a few weeks in Japan and China on a book tour for the Japanese and Chinese versions of the Startup Owners Manual. In these series of 5 posts, I thought I’d share what I learned in China. I was only in China for a week so this a cursory view. New Rules for China. All the usual caveats apply. business models.

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Are You Properly Managing Your Core Competency?

Startup Professionals Musings

Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe. Keep intellectual property keys in-house. Despite some recent advances, there are still some cultures which have less regard for patents and other intellectual property.

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Israel Generative AI predictions for 2024

VC Cafe

As Viola points out, there are 5 main barriers to adoption: Security, privacy, intellectual property, performance, and cost. For example, Jasper.com is a copyright tool serving marketers. GPT-4 can of course provide the copy, but the copy generation is only one of many steps in the job of a marketer.