Who says outsourcing is only for large companies? “A growing number of mom-and-pop operations, outsourcing experts say, are braving a host of potential complications and turning to places like Sri Lanka, China, Mexico and Eastern Europe to make clothes, jewelry, trinkets and even software programs,” according to The New York Times. The high concept and high touch work — design, invention, sales, marketing — happens in the U.S. The routine manufacturing work takes place overseas.