This is an age-old question facing software and hardware companies. In this article we’ll examine the pros and cons, as well as the specific conditions that should drive your decision process. Two basic options confront a tech company considering a foray outside of their home market: Set up your own subsidiary, hiring your own employees […]
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How Soon Should Your Software or Hardware Company Go International?
This is a question that frankly doesn’t come up often enough at early stage tech companies. There is usually an assumption that you first conquer your home market and then sometime WAY down the road when you are already flush and successful, it will be time to expand internationally. US-based tech companies are most guilty […]
International Distribution of Software Products
Have your ever heard (or thought) the following? “We’re a startup software company. We’ll attack our home market first, then think about international software distribution later.” Wrong answer! (In a lot cases, anyway). I work with a lot of startups and I hear the above all too often, especially when the founder or CEO comes […]
4 Common Types of Legal Issues Facing Software and Hardware Tech Startups
In most startups the founders are excited by a novel technology. Or maybe a new marketing approach or distribution strategy. Rarely is a group of founders enthused to be thinking about potential legal issues for startups that might trip them up. Unless there’s a lawyer among the founders, of course:-) But for almost every tech […]
Venture Capital for Software Companies: Does It Fit Your Startup?
Getting funded by a Venture Capital firm is one of the most discussed topics for startup CEOs in SaaS, mobile software and hardware companies. Venture Capital for software companies is the “Holy Grail” of the early stage set. To many, it implicitly means to people that you’ve “got something”. It’s considered an endorsement of future […]
