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A friend of mine suggested truly distributing companies. His theory is that if you can outsource payroll, then you should be able to outsource everything, every
by rokhayakebe 16y ago
A friend of mine suggested truly distributing companies. His theory is that if you can outsource payroll, then you should be able to outsource everything, everything, that is not core to your business.
In a sense that is what the App Store does. You build the software (your main skill) and you do not even need a website. You could take it further and pay another company x% of revenue and they take care of marketing, another will do your customer service for y% etc...
- tjmaxal 16y agoMost companies don't do this because it is too expensive to out source everything especially when you are just starting.
- rokhayakebe 16y agoYou could outsource on a revenue sharing model, this way both parties' interests are aligned.
- secret 16y agoIt's interesting that you bring this up. I was an econ undergrad, so it made me think of how this will change because of technology: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_firm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Theory_of_the_firm
- ippisl 16y agoThe problem with outsourcing everything , is that you gain somethings(speed , access to talent, sometimes cost savings) , but you loose the tighter integration that a single unified company has. This integration leads to better information sharing on projects, more aligned incentives for people in the project, and at least in some cases can lead to better products.
- SingAlong 16y agoOh then if the X company can market it and take a share of the revenue, then that'll be fine for hackers who can build the enterprise software based on different perspective or a better idea. Can you throw some more light on these marketing companies?