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Startup OutsourcingJim Moran | @jdmoran

General Assembly: Thursday, June 22

WHY OUTSOURCE?

Why Outsource?

Outsourcing is about adding leverage to

Current FTEs

Pro vs Con

Pro 1: Talent

Pro vs Con

Pro 2: Speed

Pro vs Con

Pro 3: Culture

Pro 4: Deferral

Pro vs Con

Pro 4: Deferral

Pro vs Con

Con 1: Cost (per hour)

Pro vs Con

Con 2: Difficulty

Pro vs Con

WHAT TO OUTSOURCE

Org Chart of the Future

Senior Management

Prod/Eng Mktng BD HR Accounts Cust Serv Ops

Where Outsourcing Failed Me

ProductDesign

PRHR

Marketing

Good For Outsourcing

RepeatingVerifiable

Well DefinedNon-Core

Outsourcing Decision

Self

Consult Outsource

HireCore

Non-Core

One-Time Repeating

HOW TO OUTSOURCE

What to Use?

Elance/Odesk: Low Touch

Pro: CheapPro: Large worker baseCon: Low Skill

Elance/Odesk: Low Touch

Solvate: High Touch

Pro: High SkillPro: Customer ServiceCon: $$$

Solvate: High Touch

Mech. Turk: No Touch/Cloud

Pro: CheapPro: ScalableCon: Very Low SkillCon: Difficult to Train

Mech. Turk: No Touch/Cloud

Outsourcing Decision

High Training

Low Training

High Skill Low Skill

Specialist

Hiring Best Practices

TrialsRatings

References (Who)

Structuring Best Practices

Self-ImprovingRecursionMetrics

Transparent Redundancy

Legal Issues

W-9sIP Assignment

Consulting Agreements

IN THE WILD

Pranks

Blog FansFollowCloudRemarketingPhone Call

Good Place to Start

UsabilityFeedback

Data Entry/QACustomer ServicePhone Surveying

Good Examples

Great Resources

blog.crowdflower.com behind-the-enemy-lines.blogspot.com

We’re Hiring

@jdmoran | jim@yipit.com

***We Are Hiring***

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