Category Business

10 Questions Entrepreneurs Should Never Stop Asking

Got this from Forbes and I think it will be a good set of questions to ponder upon as the year end draws near and I go for my retreat in a couple of days.
Marc Kramer, 11.20.09, 5:01 PM ET
http://www.forbes.com/2009/11/20/ten-key-questions-entrepreneurs-management-kramer_print.html
In the early 1990s, I was brought in as an interim president/CEO of two regional monthly [...]

How to Price Software (Free download)

Just got this from Dharmesh that the PDF version of ‘How to Price Software Without Just Rolling The Dice’ is available for free download!
Yup, totally free!
You don’t even need to fill up any forms.
Visit his blog for more info.
http://onstartups.com/home/tabid/3339/bid/11097/How-To-Price-Software-Without-Just-Rolling-The-Dice.aspx?source=Blog_Email_[How+To+Price+Softwar]

Writing Proposal : 10 Reasons Proposals Are Thrown Out

Ever had a phone call from a ‘prospect’ that ask for a quotation for your services but yet refused to spend 30 minutes of their time to meet up and clarify their business objectives?

How about the ‘prospect’ who are not clear about their requirements, budget and timeline?

Selling Power has a pretty good guide on some of the common mistakes that we should avoid while working on our proposals.

Via Ferrata on Mt. Kinabalu

We delivered the Neusteps Order Processing System for a wonderful client, Mountain TORQ.
Mountain TORQ provides a unique adventure experience in the form of ‘Via Ferrata’.
For those who are new to ‘Via Ferrata’. Watch this video on YouTube.

SUN Acquires MySQL (and its implications on business today)

SUN today announce that they will acquire MySQL, the leading open source database company.
What does these means to businesses out there?I think this is great news.
Open source, as a movement, has been a major force over the last 10 years easily. For example, IBM, Oracle and others stop developing their own web servers and instead [...]