{"id":7875,"date":"2021-12-13T14:27:01","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T14:27:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog-stg.cheesecakelabs.com\/blog\/why-companies-should-outsource\/"},"modified":"2022-07-01T18:16:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-01T18:16:17","slug":"outsourced-development-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog-stg.cheesecakelabs.com\/br\/outsourced-development-team\/","title":{"rendered":"The outsourced development team: a startup\u2019s secret weapon"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Time is money” for every business. When you’re a startup, though, the truth behind this saying can be brutal. For funded startups, every cent (and by extension, <\/span>every second<\/span><\/i>) really, <\/span>truly<\/span><\/i> counts. And for those startups that are bootstrapping from their own pocket, well, you see the point here. <\/span>Most startups begin with a skeleton crew of passionate individuals. And that\u2019s great for securing initial investment. To grow, though, you need to bring in the necessary talent \u2014 and you need to do it fast. <\/span>Let\u2019s say you need to get to market with a digital product and you needed to do it yesterday. Should you speed through the recruitment progress and put together an in-house team? Or is leaning on the skills and experience of an outsourced development partner the smarter way to go?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Startups need to tread carefully when building a development team<\/span><\/h2>\n

There comes a time in all successful startups when the original “ragtag” team just can’t keep up. So what do you do?<\/span><\/p>\n

Generally, that startup will do what\u2019s worked so far: look for fast talent to accelerate growth. <\/span><\/p>\n

The problem with this strategy is that finding that talent isn’t always so easy. Maybe you don’t find the individuals you need, maybe you can’t keep these people on board, maybe they won\u2019t work well together, and maybe you don’t have the resources to onboard them fast enough.<\/span><\/p>\n

When you’re trying to launch a product, your team \u2014 and its talent \u2014 are everything<\/b>. And if that creative, productive force isn’t outputting like you need it to, it can spell trouble for the success of your startup. There\u2019s also the challenge of culture, which we\u2019ll come on to unpack in more detail later.<\/span><\/p>\n

The problem with an in-house startup development team<\/span><\/h2>\n

Unfortunately, several factors are working against startups that try to build an in-house team too early. Here are just a few of those obstacles \u2014 and, for a small and\/or scaling business, they can be devastating. <\/span><\/p>\n

It’s going to take a long time to put a team together<\/b><\/h3>\n

First and foremost, putting together a team of talented, reliable, and passionate individuals takes a lot of time and resources: <\/span><\/p>\n