WhichShore

From StartupCamp

Title: Offshore? Onshore? Nearshore? Noshore?

Discussion Leader: Matt Pérez

Description: For pre-funding start ups, it is important to stretch their seed/angel/grandmother dollars until they've created tangible value. Getting a good valuation depends on having a reasonably robust product and some clients or at least users. You can stretch them dollars and improve your chances of getting there with you initial investment by doing some/all work outside the US. But where's the best "shore" for your company?

We had a similar discussion at the first Start-up SIG camp, back in August. There was obviously a lot of interest in the subject and there were lots of questions and some surprising ideas.

The goal of this discussion is to share experiences to 1) map out the alternatives and 2) come up with some criteria for deciding how to choose.

Is this useful? Should it be combined with the "Outsourcing/Insourcing" discussion?

Disclosure: I am not totally unbiased on this subject (see my profile), but I don't intend to turn this into an infomercial. I really am curious about all alternatives and how to choose among them.