Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 4, 2010
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. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.
Startup Professionals Musings
JULY 11, 2012
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. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.
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Startup Professionals Musings
APRIL 17, 2011
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. If your software is your solution and “secret sauce,” don’t entrust it to outsiders of any kind.
K9 Ventures
APRIL 16, 2023
The demand for software engineers continues to exceed the supply by several orders of magnitude. Software Engineers also tend to command a much higher salary. Here is the pattern that we’ve observed: We post a job description for a software engineering role on LinkedIn and or AngelList (now WellFound).
Both Sides of the Table
APRIL 5, 2010
He came to the United States in 2001 to study Software Engineering at Auburn University. We then moved our Chief Software Architect over. I wanted several of the software engineers to join me at our next startup but their employment was tied to BuildOnline. At the time he granted me permission to write about his story.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 19, 2016
The Vietnam War was raging, but going to college gave you a draft deferment.). Silicon Valley is an innovation cluster that makes hardware, software, biotech and semiconductors. So I enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam War to learn how to repair electronics. Service in the military is a life and death lottery.
Steve Blank
AUGUST 19, 2016
The Vietnam War was raging, but going to college gave you a draft deferment.). Silicon Valley is an innovation cluster that makes hardware, software, biotech and semiconductors. So I enlisted in the Air Force during the Vietnam War to learn how to repair electronics. Service in the military is a life and death lottery.
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