Leslie Barry

At a recent WeTeachMe event held at the York Butter Factory co-working space in Melbourne, we were asked to speak about Outsourcing for Startups. What areas of outsourcing apply to startups? We define outsourcing as “a highly-skilled services marketplace”. This implies that you’re using a marketplace environment to procure

If you’re a startup hiring freelancers on one of the popular freelancing sites, use this handy checklist to keep the quality high. These are the top 10 things we do to help select quality, professional freelancers: 1. Set up a Google Docs spreadsheet so that you can share information

Derek Singleton, an ERP Analyst that covers job shop manufacturing software, recently posted an excellent view onThree Ways to Bring Crowdsourcing into Mainstream Manufacturing. [ff @ERPAdvice] Derek’s view is that crowd adoption by the manufacturing industry can be accelerated by addressing 3 main areas: 1. Ease into crowdsourcing for

Even though many businesses are now active members of the Twitter community, many others still fail to understand how Twitter could be of benefit to them, or feel that social networking is irrelevant to their business. However, using Twitter can have advantages for almost any business — here’s how… Firstly,

Co-Working Spaces: @yorkbutter @HubMelbourne @inspire9 @startupaus Events: The Fetch — directory of events in Melbourne Melbourne Silicon Beach Meetup — great for general startup networking and drinks. $200 prize for best pitch. Lean Startup Melbourne Meetup — good crowd and worthwhile. collaboratory Melbourne Meetup — aimed at social entrepreneurship. Online news: Startupsmart.com — online

Every day I see businesses struggling with this very simple issue, an issue that defines the essence of how a business operates. Efficiency vs Effectiveness. credit : mansikka on Flickr Work Hard, not Smart. When I work with an efficient business, they’re often very short term focused, burning resources, all