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The Boundaryless Era: the Time for Distributed Teams

ReadWriteStart

The boundaryless era, the time for distributed teams. Companies are relying on the engineering talent provided by remote, distributed, or as we call them , boundaryless teams. Remote-Distributed (a.k.a. These are highly-skilled people that make up critical parts of your software development teams.

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6 Due Diligence Concerns Before Outside Contracting

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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The Power of “In Person” – Why Distributed Teams are Less Effective

Both Sides of the Table

In the era of Skype, web conferencing tools and collaboration software conventional wisdom says that distributed startup teams can be just as effective as those that are in person. Or more precisely the people espousing the benefits of distributed startups teams are often distributed and therefore self rationalizing it.

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6 Realities To Evaluate Your Outsourcing Alternatives

Startup Professionals Musings

If you have a software development background like mine, I’m sure you often get questions about when to outsource, versus building the solution in-house. Outsourcing is defined as contracting the work to another company, usually located in a developing country, like India, China, or Eastern Europe.

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6 Key Rules To Stay Competitive In The Digital World

Startup Professionals Musings

The old approaches of controlling distribution channels, saturating retail, and methodically scaling your brand awareness don’t protect you anymore. Manual tracking and occasional surveys won’t keep you competitive in today’s high volume and rapidly changing market. The real challenge is to win massive consumer preference repeatedly.

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Want To Scale Effectively? Start Thinking Like A Ten Person Team When You’re Still A Solopreneur

YoungUpstarts

Most business plans aiming for seed funding, or any sort of initial support, or even for recruitment needs, are distributing the efforts and planning the projections over the business over the course of several years. This includes market penetration, growth, entering new markets, monetization funnels and opportunities, and a lot more.

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A New Age Of Marketing: How To Mix Traditional And Digital

YoungUpstarts

Marketing a brand or product can be a daunting task for the uninitiated. The new age of advertising and marketing lies in a combination. Design, print and distribute. It’s now the name given to eye-catching and simple advertisements that can be distributed across social media, and not just in your city.