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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. Your challenge is to factor in the right additional costs for these deals including contract negotiation, increased project management, and extensive travel. Marty Zwilling.

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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. Your challenge is to factor in the right additional costs for these deals including contract negotiation, increased project management, and extensive travel. Marty Zwilling.

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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. Your challenge is to factor in the right additional costs for these deals including contract negotiation, increased project management, and extensive travel. Marty Zwilling.

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Is a Venture Studio Right for You?

Steve Blank

I don’t have a killer idea, or a technical team, but I do know how to build, grow, and manage teams.”. The studio’s internal team builds the minimal viable product, then validates an idea by finding product/market fit and early customers. Today there are around 720+ venture studios across the world – half are in Europe.

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Paul Herdsman Of NICE Global: The Benefits Of Utilizing Nearshore Outsourcing For Your Business

YoungUpstarts

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. On the flip side, travel to neighboring countries is fast, easy, and much cheaper than distant international flights.

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Why You Need the Right Sustainability Reporting Software for Your Company

The Startup Magazine

From Europe to Asia-Pacific and the Americas, sustainability reporting is the new denominator for businesses and project operations. Leaders and business managers appear in agreement that the globe is on a dangerous path, and synergy is needed to counter the negative impacts threatening to tear it down.

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Simbe’s Inventory Robots Are So Good, They Just Raised $28 Million

ReadWriteStart

Several companies specializing in automated inventory management have received sizable funding in recent months. It’s a good candidate for automation because it requires collecting and managing large amounts of data. Retailers can save time and money by employing inventory robots to manage their stock.