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Finding Developers is Tough Again

SoCal CTO

I wouldn’t say it’s 1999 or even 2007, but it certainly has turned around. I’ll leave that for another discussion as the inquiry that I keep getting is more about local talent than offshore talent. One recruiter tells me it’s “like 1999? And funny enough, I wrote this post this morning and had it scheduled to come out the next morning.

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Outsourcing For Startups

Altgate

One consideration that comes up often when outsourcing is whether to go with a local or offshore vendor. I’ve done both and in my experience picking the right offshore solution can be an advantage (freeing up time and money to deploy elsewhere).

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How To Bootstrap Your Startup

www.readwriteweb.com

And by doing the development yourself, you’re competing with an offshore company that has specialists in all the skill areas I mentioned above. Should I offshore? When you consider the question of whether to offshore your development, if you keep things local you’ll save on your travel budget. Cant wait for more ;).

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Social, Agile, and Transformation: Strategic Agile Thinking: Balancing Value, Innovation and Research

ctotodevelopers.blogspot.com

Top Five Itineraries for the CIO's Offshore Visit. Top 10 Reasons to Visit Your Offshore Teams. ► 2007. (25). Dear Spreadsheet Jockey, Welcome to Big Data. Top Five Tools of BigData Analytics. ► February. (2). BigData, Big CIO Opportunity? ► January. (1). CIO Advice: Listen, Answer The Question, Provide I.

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5 Successful Entrepreneurs Who Started Late In Life

Mike Michalowicz

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. Sylvia Lieberman became an entrepreneur in fall 2007 when she was 90. His secret to heath, wealth and happiness? “He He loved his work.”. Sylvia Lieberman, Age 91.

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Cracking The Code: Getting through the downturn: a few thoughts.

Cracking the Code

Move R&D offshore Operations Follow your customer growth, don’t grow data center and support capacity ahead That said, I would like to close this post will a couple of more cheerful comments. . ► 2007. (10). Best Venture and Technology Podcasts for 2007. ► 02/24 - 03/02. (1). Launch of the SaaS 13 Index!

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@altgate » Blog Archive » Microsoft Buys 37signals For $300 Million

Altgate

I was in a meeting a couple weeks ago with some senior guys from a large (read billion dollar) offshoring/BPO company where they were pitching me for some business. Adoption amongst startups is high, but it has crossed the chasm and large companies are now adopting it with gusto.

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