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Pros and Cons of the Offshore Company for Software Development

The Startup Magazine

Almost all businesses today, regardless of size or industry, are using offshore development to build and enhance their own software. The most significant advantages of offshore development, such as lower costs, access to a larger pool of qualified development companies, resource management, flexibility, etc., will be discussed next.

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

YoungUpstarts

Everything from customer service, technical support, to back office operations are able to be outsourced as a way to reduce costs, keep up with the evolving consumer expectations, and drive a faster return on investment. What is the difference between offshoring and nearshoring?

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and culture issues, per reduced customer engagement highlighted a while back by the The Globe and Mail. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

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5 Steps To Finding The Best Investor For Your Startup

Startup Professionals Musings

Investor due diligence on a startup is not a mysterious black art, but is nothing more than a final integrity check on all aspects of your business model, team, product, customers, and plan. Personal funds imply the most commitment, and offshore funding is most suspect.

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7 Ethical Fictions Lead Many New Entrepreneurs Astray

Startup Professionals Musings

These can be as simple as how to handle customer over-payments, or more complex in how to handle the choices every employee may face between conflicting customer and company interests. This is usually an excuse for not developing ethical policies and practices. Business ethics are best left to philosophers and academics.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

Customer-facing services, like call centers, should rarely be outsourced. You can’t isolate your customers from language idiosyncrasies and culture issues, per reduced customer engagement highlighted a while back by the The Globe and Mail. But customers are not looking yet another homogeneous product or service, so be careful.

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Profitability Of Offshore Outsourcing Of Android Development

YoungUpstarts

At the current time, an application will make it easier for your customers to access critical business information and purchase your products and services. This not only minimizes the number of customer service staff that you need to have devoted to this task, but it also enables clients to set at time to meet with you.

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