Never before seen a 3 part video workshop series Ideal guide for many businesses. Whether small, large and start-ups looking to gain some insights on Offshoring. Mike showcased real offshoring case studies of successful businesses that have made offshoring part of their strategy. This is Part 1 of the video workshop series, These […]
I made 3 webinars to let you see the Offshoring Opportunities for your business. The first uses 12 actual businesses and describe how they use low wage, highly educated Filipinos. The second I touch on real wages, skillsets and culture differences. The third I expose several different ways you can engage people or services with […]
When employing an offshore team, it is important that they understand your business, culture, as well as your customers and clients. It is important that they understand Australia, and the it’s culture. A great deal of this can be done through the creation of “lifestyle” videos. Create some specific vision that is relevant to your business […]
“I have been putting Mike’s tour off for some time and I am so glad I went. I was overwhelmed with the possibilities of what can be outsourced. Mike is a wealth of information, which was all very up to date with much experience behind him. It is amazing how well he shared all the […]
Necessity is the mother of invention, but the birth of an entrepreneur requires more than necessity. It requires a great dream, unwavering determination to survive, and an unquenchable thirst for improvement. From an almost empty pocket and a dream of being my own boss, I have managed to learn a lot of things about entrepreneurship […]
ODesk.com provides a platform for engaging Virtual workers – they have 9.3 million workers for 3.6M businesses. Do I need to say that slowly? 9.3M for 3.6M – this is a serious TREND. The USA is the largest user of oDesk – AUSTRALIA is the second largest user. Interesting. Freelancer.com an Australia owned company […]
THE BACKGROUND 20 years ago the BIG corporate businesses outsourced their very structured processes to countries that have a pretty good education system and LOW WAGES – like $100 a week. This developed a competitive edge over smaller businesses. 10 years ago Employment portals – like oDesk came along. Suddenly Smaller employers in […]
I’ve had a few people ask me this. Outsourcing It is when you give all or part of a business process to a third party who run the process, giving you back the result. Most of us outsource our Accounting to an Accountant. 20 odd years ago big corporates outsourced complete processes like all their […]
For over 20 years of being a start-up entrepreneur, we enjoyed a constant profitable year on year growth. From a humble investment of $200, we managed to bootstrap to $30 million in revenue with 500 employees. All was well until – the Global Financial Crisis. The GFC caused 60% reduction in our market activity. […]
The role of the offshore worker is currently undergoing change. In fact, the entire outsourcing industry has changed over the years. Offshore workers are those who are employed overseas as an integral part of the organisation’s team. They are involved in the day to day operations and may be employed by the company itself or […]