Haha! That too was a comic strip by Prasad Rao.
Sunday, March 14, 2010
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E: xamine needs, wants, and problems to see how they can improve the way needs and wants are met and problems overcome.
N: arrow the possible opportunities to one specific "best" opportunity.
T: hink of innovative ideas and narrow them to the "best" idea.
R: esearch the opportunity and idea thoroughly.
E: nlist the best sources of advice and assistance that they can find.
P: lan their ventures and look for possible problems that might arise.
R: ank the risks and the possible rewards.
E: valuate the risks and possible rewards and make their decision to act or not to act.
N: ever hang on to an idea, no matter how much they may love it, if research shows it won't work.
E: mploy the resources necessary for the venture to succeed.
U: nderstand that they will have to work long and hard to make their venture succeed.
R: ealize a sense of accomplishment from their successful ventures and learn from their failures to help them achieve success in the future.
1. The average and median age of company founders when they started their current companies was 40.
2. 95.1 percent of respondents themselves had earned bachelor’s degrees, and 47 percent had more advanced degrees.
3. Less than 1 percent came from extremely rich or extremely poor backgrounds
4. 15.2% of founders had a sibling that previously started a business.
5. 69.9 percent of respondents indicated they were married when they launched their first business. An additional 5.2 percent were divorced, separated, or widowed.
7. The majority of the entrepreneurs in the sample were serial entrepreneurs. The average number of businesses launched by respondents was approximately 2.3.
8. 74.8 percent indicated desire to build wealth as an important motivation in becoming an entrepreneur.
9. Only 4.5 percent said the inability to find traditional employment was an important factor in starting a business.
10. Entrepreneurs are usually better educated than their parents.
11. Entrepreneurship doesn’t always run in the family. More than half (51.9 percent) of respondents were the first in their families to launch a business.
12. The majority of respondents (75.4 percent) had worked as employees at other companies for more than six years before launching their own companies.
13. American Airlines saved $40,000 in 1987 by eliminating one olive from each salad in first class.
14. Every 23 seconds a Tupperware party starts somewhere in the world.
History of Amazon.com
Jeff Bezon coined the term Amazon.com from the earlier name Cadabra.com. It was the excellent way to present large volume online bookstore. But did he have hidden intentions? It is hard to believe but in the early Internet days, when Yahoo was dominant search engine, results on one page were listed alphabetically. Amazon would always appear above its competition for a specific keywords. This could be a breaking point for Jeff to expand and became what it is today.
What Is Google?
Google, the Internet search company founded in September 1998. by Larry Page & Sergey Brin, got it’s name from the word Googol, which represents number 1 followed with hundred zeros after it.
What Is Yahoo!?
Yahoo the complex internet organism has complicated name. Word “Yahoo” is shortcut for “Yet Another Hierarchical Officious Oracle”. It was coined by PhD candidates at Stanford University: David Filo and Jerry Yang.
“What is pi?” : Interesting
A mathematician: “pi is the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter.”
A computer programmer: “pi is 3.141592653589 in double precision.”
A physicist: “pi is 3.14159 plus or minus 0.000005.”
An engineer: “pi is about 22/7.”
A nutritionist: “Pie is a healthy and delicious dessert!”
“Government in the U.S. today is a senior partner in every business in the country.”
- Norman Cousins
“Tact is the art of convincing people that they know more than you do.”
- Raymond Mortimer
The third time you get bitten by a dog, you can know one thing for sure: it ain’t the fault of the dog.
“The man who reads nothing at all is better educated than the man who reads nothing but newspapers.”
- Thomas Jefferson
“When you combine ignorance with borrowed money, the consequences can get interesting.”
- Warren Buffet
“I hope we never live to see the day when a thing is as bad as some of our newspapers make it.”
- Will Rogers
“It is much easier to ride a horse in the direction it’s going.”
- Abraham Lincoln
“Never ask the barber if you need a haircut.”
- Warren Buffet
“Even if you’re on the right track, you’ll get run over if you just sit there.”
- Will Rogers
Tickle your funny bone!
1.This guy is walking with his friend. He says to this friend, “I m a walking economy.” The friend replies “How so?” “My hair line is in recession, my stomach is a victim of inflation, a
2.The Ten Commandments Of Employment If it rings, put it on hold. If it clunks, call the repairman. If it whistles, ignore it. If it’s a friend, stop work and chat. If it’s the boss, look busy. If it talks, take notes. If it’s handwritten, type it. if it’s typed, copy it. If it’s copied, file it. If it’s Friday, forget it! nd both of these together are putting me into a deep depression!”
3.This is the story of four people named Everybody, Somebody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an important job to be done and Everybody was asked to do it. Anybody could have done it, but Nobody did it. Somebody got angry about that, because it was Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do it, but Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it. Consequently, it wound up that Nobody told Anybody, so Everybody blamed Somebody.
4.A wealthy investor walked into a bank and said to the bank manager, “I would like to speak with Mr. Reginald Jones, who I understand is a tried and trusted employee of yours.” The banker said, “Yes he certainly was trusted. And he will be tried as soon as we catch him.”
5.The fees for withdrawing money from your ATM machines are expected to double, even triple. You”re gonna pay two to three as much to withdraw your money so basically the ATM machines have become full service. Instead of getting robbed at the ATM machine the ATM machine robs you. You eliminate the middle man
6.A young businessman rented a beautiful office and furnished it with antiques. However, no business was coming in. Sitting there, worrying, he saw a man come into the outer office. Wanting to look busy, he picked up the phone and pretended he was negotiating a big deal. He spoke loudly about big figures and huge commitments. Finally, he put down the phone and asked the visitor “Can I help you?” The man said, “I’ve come to install the phone.”
7.An accountant dies and goes to Heaven. He reaches the pearly gates and is amazed to see a happy crowd all waving banners and chanting his name.
After a few minutes St. Peter comes running across and says, "I'm sorry I wasn't here to greet you personally. God is looking forward to meeting such a remarkable man as yourself."The accountant is perplexed. "I've tried to lead a good life, but I am overwhelmed by your welcome," he tells St. Peter."It's the least we can do for someone as special as you are. Imagine, living to the age of 123 and still looking so young," says St. Peter.The man looks even more dumbfounded and replies, "123 years old? I don't know what you mean. I'm only 40."St. Peter replies, "But that can't be right - we've seen your time sheets!"
8.A very successful partner in a big firm had a peculiar habit. He would go to his desk everyday, open a locked drawer, look inside, lock the drawer again, and start his work. This continued for many days.His subordinates knew that he hid the secret of his success in the drawer, they waited for the opportunity.Then, one day when the partner had gone out of the city, the juniors decided to make a break.They broke into the drawer, breathlessly, and looked inside. There was one small piece of paper inside - it said - “Left is debit and right is credit”
9.I'm always delighted when people stick their noses in my business - my company makes paper tissues.
10.I once knew a couple who were in the iron adn steel business - she did the ironing, while he went out stealing.
11.Starting the day with a conversation between a wife and a husband who happens to be a software engineer.
Husband: (Returning late from work) “Good Evening Dear, I’m now logged in.”
Wife: Have you brought the grocery?
Husband: Bad command or file name.
Wife: But I told you in the morning
Husband: Erroneous syntax. Abort?
12.Wife: What about my new TV?
Husband: Variable not found…
Wife: At least, give me your Credit Card, I want to do some shopping.
Husband: Sharing Violation. Access denied…
Wife: Do you love me or do you only love computers or are you just being funny?
Husband: Too many parameters…
Wife: It was a great mistake that I married an idiot like you.
Husband: Data type mismatch.
Wife: You are useless.
13.Husband: It’s by Default.
Wife: What about your Salary?
Husband: File in use… Try after some time.
Wife: What is my value in the family.
Husband: Unknown Virus.
14.One employee told his boss, “Sir, Increase my salary, I got married recently.”
The boss replied, “The Company cannot compensate for the accidents happened outside of the company.”
15.You’re at a party and see gorgeous girl. You get up
and straighten your tie, you walk up to her and pour
her a drink, you open the door (of the car) for her,
pick up her bag after she drops it, offer her ride and
then say:”By the way, I’m rich. Will you
“Marry Me?” - That’s Public Relations
16.You’re at a party and see gorgeous girl. She walks
up to you and says:”You are very rich!
“Can you marry me?” - That’s Brand Recognition. ..”
17.You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and say: “I am very rich. Marry me!” She gives you
a nice hard slap on your face. - “That’s Customer Feedback…”
18. You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and say: “I am very rich. Marry me!” And she
introduces you to her husband. - “That’s demand and supply gap…”
19.You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and before you say anything, another person come
and tell her: “I’m rich. Will you marry me?” and she
goes with him - “That’s competition eating into your market share…”
20.You see a gorgeous girl at a party. You go up to
her and before you say: “I’m rich, Marry me!” your
wife arrives. - “That’s restriction for entering new markets “
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Art work for the cover page done by Aparna Natraj
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