>you can't outsource IP creation and survive. Software companies that are primarily software companies can't. Companies that are primarily not software compan

>you can't outsource IP creation and survive. Software companies that are primarily software companies can't. Companies that are primarily not software companies can and thrive on it. Content companies using tools, factories creating tools, etc. Businesses are also their relationships. You can have plenty of those with very little ongoing development to support what you have already The types of businesses YOU'VE been in, the IP creation is that important, however the types of companies that often hire out aren't software companies, they're other companies adding a piece of software to their process/infrastructure/product line