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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.,

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Will Global Tech Giants Destroy Israel’s Startup Scene?

The Startup Magazine

Startups created within Israel would then use the talent nurtured by international firms to develop IPs and brands that were totally Israeli. This external hiring equates to an outpouring of money from the country since the companies need to pay their overseas staff and their family activities. But Intel is the exception to the rule.

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10 Rosh Hashanah Resolutions for Startup Founders

VC Cafe

It can mean addressing the UN’s SDGs (Sustainable Development Goals) and thinking about the impact of your startup on wider society and the planet as a whole. We should all care about the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Early hires are super important: check for skills, motivation and cultural fit. Guy Kawasaki, author.

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Freelancing is the new normal: oDesk and the future of the workforce marketplace

The Next Web

The company’s VP of Business Development & International Matt Cooper, with whom I spoke a few days before the IDCEE conference where he came to give a talk, is not really concerned with the rivals’ numbers though. The competition was intended for software developers from Russia and Ukraine.

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Consider Emerging Markets for Your Global Expansion

Transformify

Globalization is the most significant challenge facing multinational firms today, especially in the emerging markets of Russia, Brazil, China, and Mexico. A country that is in the process of moving from a developing to a developed stage is considered an emerging economy or market. Its domestic economy expanded by 0.6%

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Congratulations to Upwork

A Crowded Space

My first role was in sales and the buyers on the platform absolutely loved the access to global freelancers, the low hourly rates, and the full transparency and flexibility in the system. Early on, we would routinely get emails and chats from freelancers in Russia, Ukraine, India, Bangladesh, and the Philippines expressing tremendous thanks.

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Hacking for Diplomacy – The State Department Takes Notice

Steve Blank

If there was any doubt among the teams about the value of what they’re learning, Blinken put it to rest with a compelling overview of how so many of today’s complex global problems – from stopping Ebola to monitoring cease-fires and improving food security – demand innovative, tech-based solutions. Both are “global commons” problems.