Outsourcing

Fri Business Sparring

2017-01-01T10:13:09Z

Jeg tilbyder:

Hej jeg hedder Thomas og har mange års erfaring indenfor udvikling af software, virksomhedsledelse,

kriseramte virksomheder, start-ups mv.

Jeg tilbyder en fri sparring sammen med mine samarbejdspartnere som omfatter en PWC partner,

en Bank Direktør (private banking) og en erfaren musik producent (vundet guld og platinium).

De partnere der deltager bestemmes udfra det du vil sparre om.

Det foregår sen eftermiddag efter 18:00 via Skype. Der tilbydes 10 runder af 20 min.

Du kan tilmelde dig via en personlig besvarelse på til mig. Første runde er fra og med

3.1.2017 kl 18:00. Skriv hvilken dag og tidspunkt (gerne alternativer) og emnet du ønsker at sparre omkring.

De bedste hilsner

Thomas

E: tt@thomasthejlade.com

W: www.thomasthejlade.com

W: www.apid.one

F: https://www.facebook.com/ThomasThejladeSoftware/

L: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-thejlade-10908257

S: thomthej

M: +45 42 83 50 55

How to administrate your first company

2016-11-05T16:23:43Z

Well, now you created a company, and your are “world champion” and very proud. As all of us was when we made the first company.

What makes a company successful?. Very simple things. Divide the success criteria into the following bullet points.

1. Sales is important but cashflow will make you stay alive.

2. Moving forward is important, but patience is crucial.

3. No employee will EVER work as hard as you, respect that and accept it.

4. To keep a client is harder than getting a client.

5. Service is NOT for free.

6. Only deliver products and service that yourself would buy.

7. Believe in the original idea. Never do dramatic changes.

8. Ref. 7 Stay with CORE business.

9. Have a good team around you.

10. NEVER be greedy. Money is NOT the motivation factor.

These are fundamentals and will make you survive. If you have evaluated your idea through your trusted network of

people. It is good enough. When you go bankrupt, and you possibly will, then it is just up on the horse again.

Fancy titles have never moved a company forward, but human behavior, service, understanding and hard work has. Never forget that.

Nobody is born with a talent, Talent comes with passion, believe and hard work. Always treat everybody with respect and you will succeed.

Trust in your self. Don’t follow the rules, but follow the law.

I wish you LUCK! You will succeed, with these few fundamentals.

How to start a company

2016-11-02T06:36:33Z

First of all, do not be motivated by money. Be honest to yourself and realize you will not make any money the first period.

Maybe you will even have to sell your home and live in a basement for some time. I know many start-ups, where the owner

had to sell everything and live in a limited space for a while, and eat things I cant even name.

Be motivated by your idea. Do not give up. It takes very long time to be established. Be aware of that. The most important

thing is you are doing it and feel free and happy.

I had many downfalls, but was never unhappy. I made a million and lost it again, several times. But I am free and happy.

Also ask, ask ask ask, always take advices and listen to others. When we are 16 years old, we think we know everything.

But when you get older you actually find out you have to know more. Once I talked to a graduate doctor, and he told me,

when he was studying he felt like God. When he graduated, he found out how much more he had to learn.

Remember theory is NOT knowledge, experience is.

So to make it short. Learn as you go, ask as you progress, see what others are doing as you face obstacles.

Always remember, NOTHING is impossible!

Samarbejde

2016-10-13T15:24:17Z

Samarbejde!
Jeg har omkring 20 freelance programmører i foreskellige lande, hvor timerne kan sælges for mellem 280-350 kroner i timen, hvilket er meget konkurrence dygtigt. Jeg leder efter en som har lyst til at
være med på et hold hvor vi går ud og tilbyder dette til Danske firmaer. Hvis du er personen så ring eller skriv til mig. Vi har i dag altid mellem 8-12 projekter kørende og vil gerne gro endnu mere.
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De bedste hilsner
Thomas
E: tt@thomasthejlade.com
W: www.thomasthejlade.com
F: https://www.facebook.com/ThomasThejladeSoftware/
S: thomthej
M: +45 42 83 50 55

Never forget who is the Boss

2016-10-04T05:54:31Z

The only Boss you have, is the client......NEVER forget that!

A small thing for the day

2016-10-03T04:20:28Z

Dont think of what you want now, but who you want to be in the future.

Then you will be a great man people will remember, and your family and friends will love you.

Drinking and party is not good for the soul. Work and achievements are!

Never be angry but find out why the other person try to make you angry, always find a solution.

Always forgive. If you live by this code, you will be a champion in what ever profession you chose.

Have a fantastic day.

Don’t think about winning or losing – Think about winning and learning

2016-10-02T17:02:44Z

This principle can be applied to any aspects of life. Relationships, work and sports, just to mention some. If you concentrate on winning all the time, you can never be a perfect student. A student do not win in the profession the student just entered. It is impossible to be the best from the beginning. You have to learn.

When you go to a speech, where the key speaker speaks about your main subject, you get impressed, and sometimes you want to be like this person, or you even give up a little bit, because you think the mountain is to high to climb.

Some sports practitioners, like jiujitsu do not understand when they enter the gym first time, they will get into submission. For many years they lose the battle on the mat.

Some people are reading magazines of successful people. Arnold Schwarzenegger had successful carriers in 3 disciplines!!! Sport, acting and politics. How do you beat that? You don’t! You learn. Do not try to win all the time, but learn and then win.

How to get all this success and “winnings” without giving up?

1. Accept you are always a student of your craft.

2. Never put in emotions or feelings into your goal while performing towards the goal.

3. Take advices and observe how the experts are doing it.

4. Educate yourself and look at other students.

When I was training to be a business man, I made the biggest mistake. I always said “I never take advices” I was self assured and behaved like a teenager, who thought I know everything.

I was terribly wrong. Now I know I am always a student, even with 30 years experience. There is always somebody who can advice. Always.

Why do I write this? Well, because after working with outsourcing for more than 15 years, I can see what outsourcing do. It helps us go around the above mentioned problems. By outsourcing you get access to the best of the best. No doubt. Plus you have the freedom to exchange the resources, if you see the project is not on the right track.

So outsource and eliminate the problems in an effective way.

Best regards

Thomas Thejlade

How to recruite remote developers Edit post

2016-09-14T05:07:05Z

Today many countries are having troubles finding employees. If I use Denmark as an example. Here is a high demand for APP, Web and web shop developers. The problem is very often, that history have told us that remote developers are hard to communicate with and nearly impossible to control. It is like not transparent enough what they are doing. Not all have this experience, but if you are a small entity, it can be hard.

Unfortunately many companies, including my own, have had some not optimal experience leasing remote developers from China, India, South america and other places. Do not get me wrong, these people are highly competent and very good programmers. It is often the mangement of the project that, sometimes can create unfortunate situation.

When the geographical distance is an issue, and the cultural difference are vast, it can be very abstract to understand, the priorities and considerations made from both sides. Therefor, according to my experience, chose by location and culture.

Why is this? Well, when you start a development project, communication is the key. If you have too long distances and have to deal with time difference. I can assure you that having a meeting about complex paradigms and solutions at 10 PM is not an optimal situation. You are tired after a long day at work, and it is hard to concentrate. Meetings can take up to several hours and you are in bed after midnight.

I have been doing outsourcing for many years now. Travelling the world to find the optimal solution. My opinion is:

Long distance; have a local coordinator, that is in charge of the legal entity far away.
Chose short distances; short travel route. Example Denmark->Poland, UK->Poland.
Find places where the cultures do not differ to much. Communication will be easier.
Even if the prices per hour is a little bit higher with close location. When something goes wrong (at it often do when developing software) it is easier to visit and clear things up.
Conf calls, in working hours. You are clear and fresh.

When I was looking for remote development, I have tried China, India even Brazil. They are good people and very skilled, but communication was not optimal.

Based on my experience I started my own recruitment and leasing company, for remote development 10 years ago, in Poland. I am a Danish citizen, but have moved to Poland, so we can service our target group in same language and same culture. Poland is well known for excellent programmers, good language skills. Actually Poland is on top 3 list of the countries with best game and technical developers.

I hope this small guide will help, it is based on 15 years experience, in the remote developer market. From both sides, both as a client and now as a vendor.

Feel free to contact me if you have any questions.

Kind regards and have a nice day.