Startup Challenges

• Limited budget / funding: 68% of UK startups find raising capital to be challenging - SVB UK Startup Outlook 2017
• Hiring Talent:  90% of US startups struggle with finding talent -  SVB US Startup Outlook 2017
• Time to market: Startups race against tight deadlines to release their product/service
• Product-market fit: Startups need to identify the right product-market fit
• Getting traction: Acquiring and retaining users remain one of the biggest challenges

Why Companies Outsource

• Cost reduction: 64%
• Focus on core business:  57%
• Improvement of service quality 47%
• Access to resources: 45%
• Business transformation: 38%

Source: 2015-2016 European IT Outsourcing Study by Whitelane Research

How IT Outsourcing Helps

• Save on costs
• Access to specific expertise & talent
• Save time by enabling focus on core business
• Boost internal staff productivity
• Resource flexibility

What Cloud Employee Does for Startup Clients

• 2 - 4 weeks: Average time to hire
• £ 75,000: Average Annual Savings
• 3 days - 1 week: Fastest time to hire on record
• 2 - 3x: Enable faster product release
• 65% or more: Savings versus hiring locally
• 5x: Productivity Boost

Successful Startups Built with Outsourcing

• Slack
• GitHub
• Staff.com
• SeatGeek
• Skype
• MySQL
• UpWork
• Gliffy
• Alibaba
• Basecamp
• Fab.com
• AlertBoot
• Appsumo
• Whatsapp
• Klout
• Splunk

Source: https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/247462

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