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April 23, 2025

Introducing Full Scale Ventures: A Startup Studio Built for What’s Next

Full Scale Ventures is our new startup studio: we co-build SaaS products with founders, pairing their ideas with our own engineering teams to ship fas...

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January 14, 2025

Full Scale Celebrates Great Place to Work® Certification!

Full Scale earned Great Place to Work Certification two years running, based on direct employee survey feedback, not a badge you can just apply for.

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Comparison chart showing reasons most offshore engagements fail versus what made Philippine engagements successful, highlighting factors like retention, team unity, consistency, and ownership.

April 22, 2024

Latin America vs Philippines Outsourcing: A CEO’s Honest Comparison (2026)

Latin America vs Philippines outsourcing, compared by a CEO who hired in both regions. 2026 rates, time zones, communication, and where each wins.

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I avoided offshore until I didn't: Matt Watson on how he accidentally started using offshore developers

February 16, 2024

Why I Avoided Offshore Development Until I Accidentally Used It

Why I avoided offshore development for years, then accidentally used it and learned the horror stories came from the engagement model, not the develop...

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The 7 tips to create compelling content, listed: know your reader, sound like a real person, tell a story, be useful, start a conversation, fit the channel, time it right.

December 12, 2023

7 Tips to Create Compelling Content That Resonates with Your Target Audience

Seven tips for creating compelling content that resonates with your target audience, from a founder who built one with a newsletter, podcast, and book...

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A new chapter: Full Scale's new CEO Matt Watson goes all in

December 11, 2023

Matt DeCoursey Retires, Full Scale’s New CEO Goes All In

Matt Watson completed a strategic buyout of co-founder Matt DeCoursey in December 2023 to become Full Scale's new CEO, with big plans for what comes n...

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January 13, 2023

Full Scale University Partnership Program

Full Scale partners with five Cebu universities on internships and a Fast Track hiring program for students studying software development.

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Offshoring pros and cons: 10 real benefits and 6 honest downsides, Full Scale

January 19, 2022

Offshoring Pros and Cons: 10 Real Benefits and 6 Honest Downsides

The real benefits of offshoring software development, from a founder who’s run offshore teams for 20 years: lower cost, faster scaling, and the honest...

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February 26, 2021

The Top Chicago Startups: A Founder’s Field Guide

A founder’s field guide to startups in Chicago: who’s raising money now, the big exits, and the household tech names you didn’t know started here.

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Table compares staff augmentation, outsourcing, and in-house models for annual cost, scaling, retention, and commitment for a 5-person team. Staff aug costs $327K, outsourcing $778K, in-house $1.17M.

December 26, 2018

Offshoring vs. Outsourcing: The Difference and How to Choose

Offshoring vs outsourcing: offshoring is where the work happens, outsourcing is who employs the people. Here is how a CTO should choose.

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Table compares onshore, nearshore, and offshore rates, US overlap, and best use; onshore has highest rates, full overlap; offshore lowest rates, best value.

October 20, 2018

Nearshore vs Offshore: When Each Wins for US Dev Teams

Nearshore vs offshore from a CEO who hired developers in Uruguay, Colombia, Russia, and the Philippines. See when each wins, with real cost and time z...

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India vs the Philippines head to head: senior rate $30-55 an hour in India versus $30-40 in the Philippines, time zone incidental, about 13% attrition at top India firms versus 93%+ retention at Full Scale.

October 4, 2018

India vs Philippines Outsourcing: What 4 Stackify Hires Taught Me (2026)

Philippines vs India outsourcing from a CEO who hired in 4 countries at Stackify: 2026 rates, retention, communication, and when India is the better c...

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