Comments on: Mom-and-Pop Multinationals: How to Go Global

By: Brendan Wenzel

Brendan Wenzel — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 22:25:24 +0000

The best thing about reading case studies like these are the ideas that come to mind of tasks that I can and should be outsourcing. When I first listened to “The Four Hour Workweek”, I knew I wanted others to do the work, but had no clue what to actually have them do. Now, I am actually getting my first Virtual Assistant next week to take do most of my research and to handle my appointment setting. Starting small and going to grow from there. Thanks for showing us how others do it Tim. You da man!!

By: Johan

Johan — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 02:05:58 +0000

After reading the T4HWW I have been toying with the outsource idea but cannot seem to make the leap to outsourcing, mostly because I am hesitant to opening up my personal space to complete outsiders.

Now for my question(s)
1. Are there any service providers that T4HWW community can vouchsafe?
2. Any service provider I should avoid (ok, not a pc question, I know)

By: max

max — Mon, 11 May 2009 19:44:15 +0000

hey ron i was wondering how your business got on, did you get 6 figure income after 90days?

By: Carlos

Carlos — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 17:23:36 +0000

I have a full time graphic designer in Pakistan. He earns 18,000 RS per month ($1.30/hour). The great part is he works by the hour and takes much time off. So he only costs me about $150/month. It's easy to pay him with Elance escrow too. I use Team Viewer to monitor his work (www.teamviewer.com)

My advice is do your research on typical salaries in foreign countries. Don't listen to Elance bids or Americans. $1.50/hour is like $2,000 to $3,000 per month standard of living in Pakistan. But if you excepted their elance bid for graphic design of $4 or $10/hour you'd be a smuck.

He has a friend who has an MBA and wants to work for me for $4/hour. The future looks bright.

By: Richard

Richard — Tue, 07 Apr 2009 09:00:14 +0000

Hi Tim,

Having been in the outsourcing business for a few years now, reading your book was like meeting a long-lost friend! There is, however, one point I’d like to add (disciple to guru, if you don’t mind!). A common complaint about outsourcing which I was hearing regularly, and I’m sure you heard countless times too, was the language barrier. Way too many people were saying that the additional time and effort that was necessary because of the language barrier just made outsourcing unattractive. Not to mention all the mistakes it caused, which also made it less of a money saver. It was actually because of this, almost consistent, complaint, that we revamped our company. We took advantage of the huge pool of American expats here in Israel, to offer our clients actual and real American English (and service), at offshore rates – the exact arbitrage you said was required to win! Indeed, we’ve spent the last year and half growing really fast and now have more than 300 corporate accounts across the US and UK, besides the countless mom and pops including the Wilburns! Although our company is unique in this fashion, I think that this is the best response to the only downside to outsourcing.

I thoroughly enjoyed your book, and we’re all big fans of yours here at GlobeTask!

Sincerely,

Richard Weinberg
GlobeTask