Up and Running

APRIL 5, 2013

So … There’s this guy by the name of Richard Branson who owns a little business called Virgin Group. Holy jeebies: The Guardian is reporting that secret financial records of offshore funds were uncovered. Everyone''s Business Beer entrepreneurship Forbes NBA Offshore account The Guardian'

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NZ Entrepreneur

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

scale – this may include the need to go offshore. As a startup board member your duties are: to ensure the venture never runs out of cash. to ensure that the business has the right people in the right roles, and mentoring them to succeed; and. most importantly to generate value – fast. pivot the business. change the CEO.

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Andrew Payne

MARCH 27, 2014

In this case, users bought into a vision that turned out to be much harder to realize than expected (namely, enabling a vibrant, non-proprietary, micro-console game development ecosystem). It’s certainly possible that Kickstarter is the strategy fad of the decade, much like India offshore development was 10+ years ago.

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YoungUpstarts

JUNE 25, 2019

Looking to expand your reach in offshore markets? To name a few: Increased revenue. It’s tempting to take the word of referrals but when you’re searching for partners that will help your business grow in offshore markets, it’s better to do your research (even if you still intend to interview your referrals). Business expansion.

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YoungUpstarts

DECEMBER 1, 2020

Before you move to the UAE and set up your business, you might want to attend certain events to learn more about the offshore company formation in Dubai. All you have to do is submit copies of your passport and provide the authority the name of your business setup. Profit-oriented Destination. Complete Support.

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Duct Tape Marketing

DECEMBER 8, 2022

And you didn't have a name anymore. I mean, the, the, the most kind of amusing part is my number one enemy at McKinsey and Company, in many respects was very senior guy by the name of Lou Gerstner. And the point was that all the staff jobs are being offshore, whether it's training, whether it's this, or whether it's that.

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Steve Blank

JANUARY 14, 2013

but became much less so in the last decade when the bottom-line drove industries offshore. Its director, Vannever Bush became in all but name the first presidential science advisor. This approach was successful when U.S. industry was aligned with manufacturing in the U.S., In lieu of the U.S. OSRD was essentially a wartime U.S.

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Duct Tape Marketing

SEPTEMBER 8, 2014

John Jantsch and Duct Tape Marketing are two of the most trusted names (if not THE most trusted names) in small business marketing. Years of hard-sell cold-calling and deceptive marketing practices by thousands of domestic and offshore service providers promising SEO gold have tarnished our industry. See what I mean?

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The Startup Magazine

MAY 23, 2019

You would need to rationalize your rates since offshore VAs are cheaper. This means choosing a business name, registering your business, and paying the right taxes. Here are some issues you might consider: Finding your first client is hard. It will take you many rejections before someone is willing to work with you.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 13, 2024

That's been something people have been talking about for 10 years offshore, they used to call it, I don't think they call it that so much anymore, but the idea of there are actually places you can get remote workers for much less than say a US wage would be for various reasons. John (18:23): Awesome. Again, I appreciate you stopping by.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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Steve Blank

MAY 9, 2017

I lived through the time when working in my first job in Ann Arbor Michigan we had to get out a map to find out that San Jose was not only in Puerto Rico but there was a city with that same name in California. And for consumer hardware, no startup has to build their own factory as the costs are absorbed by offshore manufacturers.

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Startup Professionals Musings

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 13, 2012

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 19, 2023

12:51] Sometimes when people talk about offshore or hiring people from other countries, there’s an idea of exploitation. You know, lot, sometimes when people talk about offshore or you know, hiring people from other countries, there's an element of exploitation even to it. 12:51): So I want to just throw this out there.

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Haystack

JULY 20, 2018

I cannot name the company, but heard from a friend that a very large SF-based startup that’s looking to build a new location outside the Bay Area offered relocation packages for folks to move and it filled up to 100 requests in a day. On the ground, I am seeing more hybrid solutions.

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Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 20, 2011

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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Startup Lessons Learned

SEPTEMBER 7, 2008

There were a lot of questions about outsourcing/offshoring and startups. I dont see any reason why having the team offshore is any more of a liability in this area than, say, having to do this work while selling through a channel (and hence, not having direct access to customers). Talk about waste.

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Startup Professionals Musings

APRIL 18, 2015

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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YoungUpstarts

APRIL 17, 2017

Besides such hacking attacks, a data breach can also arise from employee mischief or neglect, an inadvertent leak, lack of or failure in security measures, just to name a few. Here are a few tips for organisations to ensure that they comply with the legal regulations where they operate in.

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Altgate

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

When outsourcing, remember that lawyers are like VCs…it matters less who’s name is on the front door than who you work with. One consideration that comes up often when outsourcing is whether to go with a local or offshore vendor. Again…another nobrainer unless you’re LegalZoom.

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YoungUpstarts

JANUARY 31, 2014

The sunny city of San Jose boasts the highest number of available full time jobs and houses the headquarters for some of the highest paying companies in the world, including Adobe, Cisco, and EBay just to name a few. The new and improved “Capital of the Silicon Valley” is definitely living up to its name.

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Hunter Walker

FEBRUARY 7, 2019

Most offshore jurisdictions have had to shift their businesses away from helping. I started to list them but then realized I’d inevitably hurt someone’s feelings by not including their name. But the U.S. I don’t want to jump up and down and say: problem solved!

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Startup Professionals Musings

JULY 5, 2010

But it does mean that you think about the global implications at every step of the process: Pick your company and product names carefully. Don’t pick a name for your company or product that has a negative or totally different meaning in another language. Anticipate greater growth outside of North America. Find global sources now.

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YoungUpstarts

JULY 1, 2019

You can even consider offshore forex brokers when you start your journey. Everybody has a line of credit open in their names. According to Medium.com , there are three fail-proof methods you can use to raise capital for your business. You can even start Forex trading without any sort of investment capital. The Good Ol’ Line of Credit.

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Pascal's View

MARCH 24, 2010

offshore companies with lower labor costs, fixed currencies and weaker environmental standards). In general, changes that weaken the patent system hurt inventors and innovators, while benefiting large companies with established market positions (e.g., monopolists) and low cost producers (e.g.,

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ConversionXL

OCTOBER 4, 2018

The other half have a mix of data sources, which inevitably include an offshore SQL database (or ten) managed by an external vendor whom no one can track down. More often than not, they know only one name: Julliard. We pull in the data, build the model, and are off and running.”.

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Transformify

APRIL 12, 2020

Mr ‘’A’’ gets paid $15 000 for the service and uses the remaining $760 000 to pay for product development advisory services to company ‘’Happy Life’’ jointly owned by the grandmothers of the founders (who have different family names).

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Mike Michalowicz

FEBRUARY 12, 2013

In 1946, he formed Rockmount, a western high fashion clothing retailer that continues to manufacturer it’s shirts in the US after many competitors moved offshore. Achieving historical fame, various accounts state Mr. Weil either invented the modern bolo tie or named it. His secret to heath, wealth and happiness? “He

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Both Sides of the Table

MAY 13, 2013

Usually the location of the engineers matters great so having offshore engineering makes acquihires unlikely. I know the buyers try the best to believe that [insert well known founder name here. Let’s assume an early-stage company around for 2 years with limited traction. Most founders stay the least amount of time they can.

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David Teten

OCTOBER 1, 2015

In exchange for equity, we discount the project cost, which is already low because we offshore most of our development, by 10-15%. Lastly, I asked for input from Gary Millin, CEO, World Accelerator , a domain name-based accelerator. Outsourced development used to be a dirty word for startups, but we think that’s changing.

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nikcub.appspot.com

MARCH 8, 2012

See my recent post here about naming a product or company. Spending some money and making a financial commitment in the form of a domain name, a logo and a brand also demonstrates that you are committed to the startup idea. Branding - You do not need to be a genius designer to come up with a brand.

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VC Cafe

OCTOBER 20, 2010

Today you can invest in fine wines through offshore funds based on the principle is that fine wines come in limited supply and increase in price in short bursts based on scoring or trends, rather than linearly over time. H ave you heard of “Wine Funds&# ? As the quantity of these wines is quickly reduced, price increases.

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Duct Tape Marketing

MARCH 3, 2022

But what about all the companies now that you know, are hiring freelancers that have, you know, offshore workers that have people that they're not really invested in the outcome of the company they're invested in doing what they agreed to do. Enter your name and email address below and I'll send you periodic updates about the podcast.

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Up and Running

JUNE 13, 2013

Outsourcing work has its benefits; namely, it can take some of the pressure off your in-house team, but there are obvious concerns about letting an external person, regardless of how qualified or experienced they are, contribute to the running and output of your business.

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Start Up Blog

APRIL 28, 2011

To give us just a little bit of belief the ‘fantastical statement’ above this about : Only a decade or so ago a printer was a guy name Tony in who had a little factory Ringwood. It’s the one thing that can’t be outsourced, offshored or automated. The final ingredient of the future is passion.

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Duct Tape Marketing

APRIL 24, 2019

Along the way, we’ve come across some products that definitely have become household names like FitBit, and Soda Stream, Otterbox, S’well water bottles. John Jantsch: With a name like Duct Tape Marketing, I get asked this question all the time, is there a name story? Jules Pieri: Sure, so every day at 10 a.m

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