Today is Friday. I love Friday's because I get to do my accounting. You might think: Couldn't a bookkeeper do that better? Why don't I have an accountant manage my money? Isn't my time better spent doing something that only I can do? Sometimes, but not always. There is this idea that you should outsource everything … [Read more...]
Outsourcing to the Mechanical Turk
Amazon had a service called the Mechanical Turk that lets people complete small tasks for a fee - or, on the flipside, submit tasks to be completed. It was originally designed to make it easy for developers to let humans do tasks that computers are very bad at - such as distinguish text within photos. But since any type of … [Read more...]
Outsourcing and Delegating: How to Get Started
Right now I'm reading Tim Ferris's book The Four Hour Work Week, and I'm deep in outsourcing mode. I've got an Indian company that I'm courting to redo my accounting system and I'm testing out VA (virtual assistant) companies. Here are my tips so far: 1. Don't get desperate and try to unload the store on someone. If … [Read more...]