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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.”. Today there are around 720+ venture studios across the world – half are in Europe. Carlos stirred his coffee. Accelerators don’t sound like a fit for where I am at in my career,” he offered. “I The Alternative: Venture Studios.

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

YoungUpstarts

While traditional offshoring to Asia or Eastern Europe has always been lauded for its cheap labor, for companies that practice agile, or require better collaboration, communication, and a higher level of engagement, the advantages of nearshore software development are clear. Ease of Communication.

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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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How to Build an All-Star Remote Technology Team

The Startup Magazine

Remote teams work from the same office and include a wide range of specialists – UX designers, solid software engineers and project managers. This kind of companies, for example, can augment the teams behind successful startups in the Bay area while operating in Asia, Eastern Europe or South America.