Comments on: Delegate or Outsource – If You Want Your Business To Grow

By: Jonathan

Jonathan — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 05:57:44 +0000

It’s a fine article – it points out the differences between delegating and outsourcing and highlights all the best that we can do with outsourcing.

By: Richard Lockyer

Richard Lockyer — Sat, 10 Jan 2009 12:41:00 +0000

Hi Chaitanya,

great article i agree with your points.
Outsourcing is definitely an excellent option but the key of course is deciding WHAT to outsource and i believe that is vital to keep in house any thing that is core to the business.
Out sourcing can be a bit nerve racking as the ‘ no one do it as good as us’ attitude can kick in, so start off gradually and get over the nerves before you plunge in.
Also make sure that you really audit any company that you intend to out source to, get references, do your homework the penalty for not can be very high.

By: Miles Technologies

Miles Technologies — Fri, 09 Jan 2009 16:51:26 +0000

Excellent point about outsourcing tasks – it allows you, the business owner, to focus your time and energy on your business. Plus, outsourcing to experts can have a better end result for your bottom line.

By: Ken Kaufman

Ken Kaufman — Wed, 24 Dec 2008 04:25:55 +0000

Ultimately the small business owner is almost never the right person to wear all of the hats of the business, although they start off that way. The need to “boot-strap” during start-up can create some very bad habits, and some business owners are reluctant to give up the control of all of the functions of the firm.

By: CAD outsourcing

CAD outsourcing — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 12:27:52 +0000

There are so many benefits that a company get in return for outsourcing. It does not matter if its a big company or a small one.The speciality of the work force is done better and cost effective that in fact meets the parameters of the company.

By: Premium domains

Premium domains — Wed, 17 Dec 2008 15:47:13 +0000

Very nice article. Outsourcing is definately the way forward for many companies nowadays. I work within the hedge fund industry and for small funds the ability to outsource their back office and administration is essential to their success.

By: Chaitanya Sagar

Chaitanya Sagar — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 12:43:27 +0000

Susan, that’s a nice three line summary. I particularly like “enabling my clients to focus… …on income generating activities.”

By: Susan

Susan — Fri, 12 Dec 2008 22:32:30 +0000

Great article.

Delegating and outsourcing is a key skill to business success. As a virtual and personal assistant, I try to educate my network regarding the benefits of outsourcing – low cost, high impact results, enabling my clients to focus on what they do best, working on income generating activities.

By: Chaitanya Sagar

Chaitanya Sagar — Thu, 11 Dec 2008 17:32:26 +0000

Amit, Mamtha, Vivek, thanks for the comments.

By: Amit Mullerpattan

Amit Mullerpattan — Wed, 10 Dec 2008 11:44:24 +0000

Chaitanya,

Your article makes excellent points. Outsourcing helps businesses scale beyond what would be possible by solely relying on internal capabilities.

Outsourcing, when done right, can add best of breed “components” to your own service or product, and let you deliver a far superior product. Key of course is striking the right outsourcing relationships and measures of success.

Every business needs to constantly re-evaluate what they consider “too important” to outsource. In an organization I worked with, the CEO resisted outsourcing the internal travel desk for a long time thinking this gave him a better control over a major component of the company’s cost. When this was finally outsourced, service quality improved tremendously and the experts the vendor brought in got the company much better deals.