What is Better for Startups? In-House Teams or Outsourcing?

Last summer, we introduced StartUp Beat readers to Ensemble’s ‘startup excubator’ model for ‘do-it-for-me’ entrepreneurs. In the last six months, we started to get calls from do-it-yourself entrepreneurs with their in-house teams saying: “What about us? We could use your help too!” This led to Ensemble launching its newest program, Presto, a one-day boot camp for do-it-yourself entrepreneurs who want credible third-party digital experts to ‘sanity check’ and optimize their own in-house plans. Entrepreneurs who are in the process of building a startup often seek mentorship, but where do professional service firms fit into the plan?

Read the rest of this post in StartUp Beat, which I guest authored this week.

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