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You really can't be doing business online these days and not be aware of Facebook.With over 500,000,000 users, more than half of whom are active every day, it's a safe bet to assume your ideal client is hanging out on Facebook for a few hours a week.To keep you up to speed, here are a couple of .. read full article »

Leena Rao blogs on Techcrunch that Yammer 2.0 To Launch As A Powerful, Full-Fledged Social Network For The EnterpriseThe new Yammer will essentially turn the microblogging application into a full fledged social network. Yammer plans to add a number of applications to its platform that will .. read full article »

This April marked my 6th year of business. I continue to be reminded of the excitement and emotions of new business owners through regular discussions with partiicpants of the 90 Day BizSuccess program - some of whom are new business owners, as well as seasoned small business people.In running .. read full article »

Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk RadioSilicon Valley based technology entrepreneur, strategy consultant, and author of the thought provoking book, and the fourth entry into her highly acclaimed Entrepreneur Journeys series, Innovation: Need Of the Hour: Entrepreneur Journeys Volume 4, .. read full article »

Wishing one of my favorite global execs, Warren Buffett, the best ever 80th birthday.Forbes on Warren BuffettPhoto credit: ForbesPosted by: Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business BlogP.S. I still keep thinking that Bill Gates will take over Berkshire Hathaway someday! read full article »

There's an interesting question that is posted to Julika Barrett who works for Dell Corporation in the newly formed service division as part of an account team that supports health-care clients in its information technology (IT) needs. As a learning and development specialist, she supports the .. read full article »

NASSCOM Product Conclave & Expo 2010 View more presentations from Avinash Raghava. Managing a product company is becoming increasingly complex in today’s shrinking world. Product Design and Ideation, Market Fit, Operations, Deliveries, Staffing, Marketing and so on. Where do you begin? And if .. read full article »

I believe that behaviour in the consumer space that people are exhibiting on Facebook and Twitter and other social technologies will be replicated within organizations soon. In the US - tools like Yammer, Socialtext, Socialcast and others are already making this possible. However people always .. read full article »

Tomorrow night, Pitt's football team opens its 2010 season with a tough game, at the University of Utah. No walkover opponent to start things off this year.  No sirree.  Kudos to Pitt -- for opting out of the Cupcake Class. Next week for the Panthers:  The Wildcats of the University of New .. read full article »

Please bear with me as I tinker under the hood. read full article »

Via Pop City, I learned this morning about yet another program in Pittsburgh that is going to talk about startup companies: How to start one, why Pittsburgh needs more of them, where you can find help, etc.Startups are fun to talk about, even if there is sometimes more talk than action. .. read full article »

If you're a small business owner or entrepreneur, you probably know the feeling of having strategic problems and not knowing where to turn for advice. A solution worth considering is joining a group (or forming one) of like-minded people who can support you in your business by offering their .. read full article »

Countries and areas ranked by population in 2010, 2020 and 2030. Interesting. What are your thoughts about this? Two decades from now, India rules. The United States can't seem to alter its No. 3 position.Source: U.S. Census Bureau, International Data Base read full article »

Innovation: Need Of the HourEntrepreneur Journeys Volume 4By: Sramana MitraPublished: May 10, 2010Format: Paperback, 200 pagesISBN-10: 1451577907ISBN-13: 978-1451577907Publisher: CreateSpace"Now more than ever, we need discontinuities to crack open innovative new industries and create new jobs", .. read full article »

If a woman can make a baby in 9 months, can 9 women make a baby in 1 month? This expression is often used in project management to explain why the critical path can't be compressed. The argument is that some things just take a certain length of time to do. The counter argument is that with .. read full article »

Tomorrow, September 1st, I'll be starting a Twitter exercise of my own which I hope that you will join me for. For the next 100 days I'll be posting a Biz Success Question of the Day - 100 questions in total. You can follow me @jennbritton.Many of you know that I've offered the 90 Day Biz .. read full article »

I’ve recently been working with Sameer Bhatia the CEO of ProProfs as I was going through an evaluation of various online tools that support easy, fast, low-cost testing and quiz tools. He helped me pull together the following evaluation of a few different solutions: ClassMarker Quia .. read full article »

Influenced by companies like Kayak in the US and Skyscanner and Travel Supermarket from Europe, Aloke Bajpai, Founder-CEO, iXiGO.com, and his fellow founders Rajnish Kumar (CTO) and Dharmendra Yashovardhan (COO) found the meta search business model more enticing than anything a mere travel .. read full article »

Part of it:With a growing population, increasing unemployment, a vibrant manufacturing sector and fast improving life-styles, China’s demand for natural resources, markets for its products and job opportunities is growing at astronomical rates. This has made it seek new sources of resources, .. read full article »

Listen to Wayne Hurlbert on Blog Talk RadioNew media analyst and Editor-in-chief of ibm.com, and co-author of the practical and results oriented book Audience, Relevance, and Search: Targeting Web Audiences with Relevant Content, James Mathewson shares his insights into writing engaging web copy .. read full article »

Audience, Relevance, and SearchTargeting Web Audiences with Relevant ContentBy: James Mathewson, Frank Donatone, Cynthia FishelPublished: April 26, 2010Format: Paperback, 208 pagesISBN-10: 0-13-700420-6ISBN-13: 978-0-13-700420-1Publisher: IBM Press"Writing for the web is fundamentally different .. read full article »

Dan and Chip Heath in their Fast Company column ask Does Top-notch Employee Talent Transfer to Other Jobs? and point to a research that shows that best talent is context dependent than independent of the organization. Which makes the point that HR's job focus should shift from hiring talent to .. read full article »

We were in at the hotel by 7 AM. Slightly nervous, which was a good sign, but ready – match ready! This time we had done our homework really well, and it paid off. No misplaced cartons, no botched up lists / tags or other paraphernalia. It was all there, meticulously laid out. The heavy .. read full article »

According to Abbott Laboratories Chief Executive Miles D. White:... he has assembled a business in fast-growing countries that the company will count on for a big part of its growth."Where do you think the growth in the world is going to come from?" Mr. White asked during an interview at his .. read full article »

NASSCOM EMERGE Forum, along with ITsAP organized the first CEO forum in Hyderabad on August 26th 2010. The meeting was at the CA campus in Gachibowli. It was attended by 50 IT/ ITes leaders from the industry. The speaker for the event was Dr. Y Venugopal Reddy, the ex RBI governor. He is .. read full article »

Delivering HappinessA Path to Profits, Passion, and PurposeBy: Tony HsiehPublished: June 7, 2010Format: Hardcover, 272 pagesISBN: 9780446563048Publisher: Business Plus"At Zappos, we had collectively come up with our own set of ten core values. Those values bonded us together, and were an .. read full article »

Planning a project is pretty simple. You do it all the time, often without thinking about it. Let's use the simple example of having cold cereal for breakfast as an ...Read Full Post read full article »

“If you fear competition, all you really fear is your own incompetence.”Richard Templar, The Rules of ManagementAs a longtime business writer and entrepreneur, Templar fills his books with homespun but incisive wisdom. I also like this quote from him:"Any idea that there is something wrong .. read full article »

I wrote a blogpost recently for PROFITguide.com featuring some of the best cold-calling tips from Art Sobczak of Businessbyphone.com. Here are the bare-bones points:Have call objectives. Don't be too concerned about “best times to call.” Always start at the highest level at which you feel .. read full article »

Microsoft co-founder and uber-billionaire Paul Allen owns a ton of assets, most of which can fit on the head of a pin (with room to spare). His assets are mostly patents on technologies acquired over the years....Read Full Post read full article »

It’s about quality of human capital & innovation, not quantity of humans.| Analyzing India’s population bomb|Razib Khan http://bit.ly/crpfQF # Every key ‘Westminster model’ country now has a hung Parliament, following Australia’s ‘dead heat’ election » LSE http://bit.ly/aH3V7y .. read full article »

CEO and "Chief Old Person" of DoSomething.org, and experienced non-profit organization leader Nancy Lublin, was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions about her very timely and practical book Zilch: The Power of Zero in Business. Nancy Lublin turns the previously accepted idea .. read full article »

ZilchThe Power of Zero in BusinessBy: Nancy LublinPublished: June 24, 2010Format: Hardcover, 256 pages ISBN: 9781591843146 Publisher: Penguin/Portfolio"Simply put, really great not-for-profits are brilliant at doing more with less. We understand the power of zero", writes CEO and "Chief Old .. read full article »

"A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.It is earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measuresthe depth of his own nature." ~ Henry David ThoreauHave a sunny and enjoyable weekend everyone!Photo credit: Laurel Delaney, The Global Small Business Blog, Chicago lakefront read full article »

What would you do after a getting a degree in supply chain management from Penn State and making a great living selling software to corporate accounts? Become a wine coach, of course. Laurie Forster is The Wine Coach, making her living speaking to corporate and association groups and .. read full article »

SuperconnectHarnessing the Power of Networks and the Strength of Weak LinksBy: Richard Koch, Greg LockwoodPublished: August 24, 2010Format: Hardcover, 304 pagesISBN: 978-0-7710-9592-4 Publisher: McClelland & Stewart"If you ever look back at a turning-point, you'll uncover a chain of human .. read full article »

I had been to Nasscom Emergeout (theme: Mobile Internet) this week and it was a pleasure meeting all the wonderful people and entrepreneurs. The facilities were awesome except that the space in the dining area proved too short due to the large gathering. May be a good problem to have? I have .. read full article »

Wow, very interesting post by Gleb over at Backblaze about the ups and downs of almost getting acquired. If you work at or are interested in startups, it really is a must read. read full article »

Whether you are a first time manager or a manager stating a new job there are things you need to know and do on your first day. First Day Manual ...Read Full Post read full article »

My Day at the NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Conclave. The NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Conclave at New Delhi on August 25 was overflowing with emerging companies, techies, entrepreneurs, and curiosity-filled professionals. Braving the downpour that blinded drivers as they drove through smashing rains, the hall was .. read full article »

Tens of billions of dollars worth of export-related revenue is being generated by New Jersey, New York and Philadelphia (considered a metro area).Find out why here.Within this same article, they mention a report, "Export Nation," published by the Metropolitan Policy Program at Brookings, which .. read full article »

Onlineuniversities.com, an online resource for students interested in going to college online, has done a nice thing for small business owners: they've aggregated a series of interesting talks on entrepreneurship given at TED conferences.  TED (which stands for Technology, Entertainment, .. read full article »

Moving toward customer success Picture courtesy: Supply Chain Logistics Management by Donald J. Bowersox et al   If you are in the Indian software industry, you know how often we hear the phrase “customer satisfaction.” In some companies, customer satisfaction is almost an obsession. To .. read full article »

Entrepreneur, employee training and performance consultant, and human resources expert Sharon Armstrong was kind enough to take the time to answer a few questions about her valuable and thought provoking book The Essential Performance Review Handbook: A Quick and Handy Resource For Any Manager .. read full article »

The Essential Performance Review HandbookA Quick and Handy Resource For Any Manager or HR ProfessionalBy: Sharon ArmstrongPublished: May 20, 2010Format: Paperback, 224 pagesISBN-10: 1601631138ISBN-13: 978-1601631138 Publisher: Career Press"Performance appraisals can be one of the most .. read full article »

I have blogged earlier about Daniel Pink's thoughts on what motivates us - as well as the view by an expert that performance reviews should be scrapped. Now Australian software firm Atlassian, inspired by @danielpink is taking a public step to doing something about it. Check the announcement .. read full article »

Once again apologies for the absence of posts, well I am settling into a new job and had a weeks vacation too......So its "Google Wave is dead, long live Google Wave (technologies)" ? Yes Google killed off Wave as a consumer product, but really did anyone ever think it was going anywhere as a .. read full article »

“When trust disappears from an environment, everything becomes more expensive for everyone. For producers of goods and services, it means that they need to spend significantly more on marketing and sales to achieve the same results with skeptical customers. For consumers of goods and services, .. read full article »

Get ready, get set and go after the Growth Through Global Trade Award! Now's your chance to celebrate your global trade successes and be recognized for your export effort.UPS, in collaboration with World Trade 100 Magazine, opened nominations for its Growth through Global Trade Award, a .. read full article »

Harish Gandhi is an Executive Director at Canaan Partners a Global Venture Capital Company focusing on early stage investments in the technology, telecom and services sector in India.  Harish has extensive industry and operating experience in both India and USA especially in the telecom domain. .. read full article »