YoungUpstarts
JUNE 27, 2020
Put simply, offshore outsourcing means hiring a company to perform a service from a different part of the world. Usually, these offshore suppliers are in Asia, (India, Afghanistan, Malaysia, China, Vietnam and the Philippines), Eastern Europe (Russia, Romania, Bulgaria, Armenia), or Africa (Morocco, Kenya and South Africa).
Both Sides of the Table
AUGUST 5, 2018
The board of CBS has hired an outside investigator. I have personally been involved with board cases where I had to hire investigators and defend employees wrongfully accused of sexual misconduct. My guess is that they will but as somebody who’s dealt with thorny board situations it’s not always easy and straightforward.
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YoungUpstarts
MAY 29, 2012
The big companies are especially eager to recruit veterans of the Iraq and Afghanistan conflicts who have returned home to extremely tough competition for jobs. The nation’s best truck driving schools are working with veterans who can use their GI benefits to pay for advanced driver’s training.
Austin Startup
DECEMBER 20, 2020
He launched his first startup to bring the first cell phone technology onto the battlefield in Afghanistan. He’s one of the first people many execs in town call when they are looking for a key technical hire. I met him when he co-founded RideScout with Joseph Kopser (also on this list) and moved to Austin.
Steve Blank
MARCH 28, 2017
When Colonel Peter Newell headed up the Army’s Rapid Equipping Force (REF) he used lean methods on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan to provide immediate technology solutions to urgent problems. Industry needed to attract and hire qualified employees.
Steve Blank
OCTOBER 17, 2017
In the 21st century you need a scorecard to keep track of the threats: Russia, China, North Korea, Iran, ISIS in Yemen/Libya/Philippines, Taliban, Al-Qaeda, hackers for hire, etc. Army’s Rapid Equipping Force on the battlefields of Iraq and Afghanistan finding and deploying technology solutions against agile insurgents.
Startup Lessons Learned
MAY 15, 2020
It's never selfish to hire. I said, "Hire people. Hire them to do whatever you can find them to do." So anything you can do to keep them hired, you just improved their sanity. It's never selfish to hire. In his view, "It's never selfish to keep your company in business. They asked me, "What else can we do?"
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