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Looking Back On Tech, Startups, And VC In 2018

Haystack

And as more economies worldwide seek to shift their investment strategies offshore and seek out technology, hubs like Silicon Valley and Shanghai, among others, have reaped the benefits. Technology is, like water, flowing and seeping into nearly every sector and eventually into most of the global economy. 2/ The Scooter Phenomenon.

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New Normal: A conversation with Phil Fersht of HFS Research

deal architect

I have been doing video interviews with a number of CIOs, software executives and practitioners about acrobatics they have been seeing in various vertical sectors during the COVID-19 crisis and the "New normal" they can expect as the economy wakes.

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Born Global or Die Local – Building a Regional Startup Playbook

Steve Blank

Creating a vertically oriented regional ecosystem is a pretty amazing accomplishment for any country or industry. But other critical hypotheses such as activities, resources, partners, channels needed testing offshore. Further refinement of Product/Market fit could be done locally by using Value Proposition Design.

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Decade-end review: Not your Dad's outsourcing market

deal architect

Over the last month, as we get ready to welcome the 20s, I have been reviewing blog posts and books I have written and the notes from advisory work helping clients pick vendors, negotiate contracts, review vendor performance from the.

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HOW TO: Build an App for Your Small Business

mashable.com

If you feel like looking for offshore developer talent, you can try Softensity. Here, developers and dev shops are organized by vertical so you can find a shop that has expertise in the kind of app you want to build. How do you know who will be willing and able to work on your project?

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

Cracking the Code

Rethink vertical segmentation: Healthcare? 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. Is Government a good idea?

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Five ways we are surviving long term

Berkonomics

We’re successful because we specialize in “hard problems” but not in any one vertical market. Interestingly, we’ve won a number of deals by being the not–offshore alternative. Most people I know have had extremely bad experiences with offshore development.