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You Have to Have an Overseas Dev Team to Scale? Baloney!

You Have to Have an Overseas Dev Team to Scale? Baloney!

By Bob Warfield on September 9, 2013

ba·lo·ney 2 also bo·lo·ney (b -l n ) Slang. n. Nonsense. interj. Used to express disagreement or exasperation. Recently, I was doing something on LinkedIn, and it asked me to endorse various people’s skills like it often does.  One face in particular popped out at me:  Anders Hejlsberg.  I’ve known Anders for many years, so […]

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged Borland, engineering, J&Bshow, linkedin, offshore, Software development, strategy | 3 Responses

SaaStr in Wall Street Journal, And Why You’re Probably Going to Add/Have an Overseas Dev Team to Help You Scale

SaaStr in Wall Street Journal, And Why You’re Probably Going to Add/Have an Overseas Dev Team to Help You Scale

By Jason M. Lemkin on September 9, 2013

The Wall Street Journal asked me to write about a topic which I think is critical to all scaling SaaS companies:  talent, and talent outside the U.S. The reality is almost every SaaS company I’ve worked with, including my own, just can’t get enough engineering talent in the SF Bay Area, or NYC, or even […]

Posted in Business | Tagged Entrepreneurship, offshore, SaaS, SaaStr, startups, Wall Street Journal | 1 Response

Why Chuck needs to get the chop

Why Chuck needs to get the chop

By Phil Fersht on August 17, 2010

Senator Charles E. Schumer, not content with ludicrous attempts to tax the US consumer for taking an offshore call, has continued his personal tirade against the use of offshore services, by pushing through legislation to add a further $2,000 tax for an H-1B visa application, and $2,250 more for an L-1 visa application.

Posted in Business, Featured Posts | Tagged BPO, Current Affairs, Employment, H-1B visa, Horses For Sources, Information technology, Infosys, IT Outsourcing / IT Services, offshore, Outsourcing, Outsourcing and Politics, Outsourcing Vendors, Schumer, The Future of Outsourcing, United States

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