Brainstorming

Are layoffs a strategy in this economy?

In this economy, it is essential for businesses to be lean and mean, but does it mean layoffs are essential part of this lean and mean strategy? What has happened to good old sales and marketing? Are companies focussing on selling products/services? Have companies considered cost of re-hiring and training when recession is over? Can [...]

Change.Gov - Of the People, By the People

Just came across Change.Gov , President-Elect Obama’s blog! Everyone is invited to make suggestions to bring greatness back to this country! As a small business, you may submit ideas in any of the following categories:

  Economy
  Education
  Energy & Environment
  Ethics
  Fiscal
  Foreign Policy
  Healthcare
  Homeland Security
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Being an entrepreneur myself, I know, how hard it is to spend quality time with my family, do actual web design work, attend networking meetings and meet clients. So how, when and what do I do to keep my brain sharp?
Ririan over at Ririanproject has listed 22 ways to keep your Brain sharp and healthy. [...]

How to beat the fear of starting your own business?

I was earlier reading David Pollard’s article on his blog about ten reasons young people are afraid to start their own business:

Don’t Have the Skills
Don’t Have the Self-Confidence
Don’t Have the Ideas
Don’t Have the Money
The Deck’s Stacked Against Entrepreneurs
Couldn’t Handle the Failure
Don’t Know the Process
Don’t Have the Time
Couldn’t Handle the Stress
Couldn’t Handle the Loneliness

All of the [...]

Brainstorming - Pros & Cons - Factors to consider

As promised, we will discuss pros and cons for each technology discussed in my previous posts. Before we being, it is essential to list various factors (not necessarily in the order of importance) that will play a part in considering pros and cons.

Talent availability
Funding opportunities
Idea viability
Socio-economic factors
Returns v/s effort
Government regulations

Tomorrow we will evaluate Biotechnology, which [...]