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80/20 Rule and Customers

Feb 15, 2010 11:22pm

The 80/20 rule is a powerful framework, one that helps us understand the dynamics between inputs and outputs. The rule asserts, that a minority of causes and inputs of effort, results for the majority of the output. When the rule is applied to a customer base, a skewed imbalance...

It is All About Your Attitude

Feb 7, 2010 1:51pm

Image by JustUptown Life as an entrepreneur is undoubtedly very challenging. One always seems to be on a roller coaster ride, with emotions yoyoing up and down on a regular basis. The other day I was forwarded the letter below, it really made me pause and think. The message is a...

Book Review: Building Brand Value the Playboy Way

Jan 30, 2010 11:49am

Marketing really fascinates me. The ability to get people to buy into your vision and what you are selling is something few people/companies pull off really well. The best way to equip yourself for this is to read about brands and their development. The Playboy story, narrated in this book,...

Just Do It!

Jan 26, 2010 11:00pm

These words have been immortalized by the Nike slogan. They were also the first ones that came to mind this morning when I read Brad Feld’s post It’s So Hard When Contemplated In Advance And So Easy When You Do It. After a long time, I instantly connected with a...

A Lack of Sleep can Kill you

Jan 23, 2010 1:11pm

A month ago, many of us heard about the sad demise of Ranjan Das from Bandra, Mumbai. Ranjan, just 42 years of age, was the CEO of SAP-Indian Subcontinent, the youngest CEO of an MNC in India. He was very active in sports, was a fitness freak and a marathon...

Book Review: Secrets of a Rut-Buster

Jan 21, 2010 4:25am

Entrepreneurs as a whole, are a rut-busting community of individuals. We break away from the norms, challenge rules and more often than not, choose to walk down the path less traveled. This book intrigued me as it held the secrets of a woman who has achieved tremendous success in her life. The...

Feeling Overwhelmed Revisited

Jan 13, 2010 11:00pm

Image by Stephen Poff Feeling overwhelmed came up as a topic last week when I was talking to some friends. I had written about this topic earlier, but looking back at my series on 5 steps to a balanced lifestyle I felt I had missed a number of key points on how...

Business Cycles

Jan 6, 2010 11:00pm

Image by Newton Free Library Every business goes through dry spells. This often leads to the team losing confidence in their product/service, or their ability to sell it effectively. It is a natural progression of how things work. We have two options when we go through such spells : 1. Do nothing and...

Have you used DropBox?

Jan 4, 2010 11:00pm

DropBox is simply a file sharing tool with a drag and drop interface similar to native OS applications. I heard about DropBox a while back, initially during their launch and inception and Y-Combinator, and then through the acclaim it won at Techcrunch 50. At first I thought I did not...

Fighting Resistance

Jan 2, 2010 11:00pm

This is that time of year, when many of us set our New Year’s goals and resolutions. Those who have set their goals have been able to overcome the primary force of resistance we all experience in committing to a goal to be realized sometime in the future. However, many...