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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. This alternative has been around for several decades, with the generally accepted advantage of reducing costs. Keep intellectual property keys in-house. Marty Zwilling.

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Six Criteria for Outsourcing the Right Processes

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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Six Key Factors in the Right Outsourcing Decision

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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To Outsource or Not to Outsource Software

Startup Professionals Musings

Since my background includes software development, I often get the question about when to build a solution in-house, versus outsourcing it to a local company, near-shore service, or off-shore organization in China, India, or Eastern Europe. Intellectual property content. Protect your intellectual property.

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15 Entrepreneurs Explain Why They Started Their Businesses

Hearpreneur

The emotional value of a custom flavor personalized for someone special surpasses these expensive costs involved with shipping ice cream pints across the country. Having flexibility and the opportunity for infinite success as an entrepreneur is priceless. As I said on Shark Tank, You can’t look at this as 16oz of cream and sugar.

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Expanding your startup into Asia? Here’s how to build out your operations in the region

The Next Web

The inspiration for my second post came from the many CEOs and entrepreneurs who come to me knowing they want to go after Asia and are aware of their target markets, but unsure of the best approach to start building out their operations on the ground. Hire the right people – local and entrepreneurial. Keep it simple.

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7 Reasons To Think Globally While Still New And Local

Startup Professionals Musings

New entrepreneurs who want to survive, and optimize the growth of their startups, need to think globally, and act locally, from day one. Just the middle class in India is equal in size to the entire population of the United States. Selectively protect your intellectual property worldwide.

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