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Wednesday, July 27, 2011

Yourself to be an Entrepreneur

Entrepreneurship is not a rocket science and neither is it just luck. A proper approach, plenty of patience and a lot of search is required to build a great startup. Certain steps mentioned below can help you come up with great ideas and a strong business foundation.


Pre-Idea

Reading blogs and articles about startups and entrepreneurship is a must for you. Its better to learn from others mistake then to create one for own and incur a heavy loss. Learn the survival skills of such startup companies who faced crisis in their initial stage of operations. Join various blogs to ask questions to build knowledge and reputation. You can even start following people in the startup space through social media and engage in conversations with them. Try to attend startup events, keep networking and find a suitable co-founder to build a killer team.

Ideating

From the information collected from the previous step, build a list of the prospective ideas, which you feel, will work for you and brainstorm to finalize on the idea you are passionate about. Keep on enhancing your skill sets for the same. You can even leverage various startups events to get track of new and innovative ideas.



Before finalizing on any idea, keep track for the various government rules and regulations and the various licenses required to kick start your company and entrepreneurship. The name of the company is the first picture that you are going to present in the market. It should be unique and easy to pronounce. But before zeroing on the name, search of domain availability and google search results for the potential brand name.


Implementation

It is the time to get your hands dirty. Start on with the chapters as per your plan, but remember to be flexible to adapt changes as and when required. Sticking to a particular

theory may lead to various issues which might be dangerous for your brain child. Register your domain and create a webpage that will provide a better and detailed picture of you and your company.

Kick Start the Marketing Tool

To catch hold of more eyes, list your startup in free listing places with good and attractive logo for your company. The business card is one of the best way to m

arket you and your company. Get a creative business card and use the back of the card to make a creative two line pitch for your startup. Today social networking sites are one of the best marketing tools. Try to make the maximum use of it to expand your consumer base and fan following. Start blogging about your business and provide with the latest update and talks about your startup.

Expansion

Keep expanding your business as and when required. If you started as a sole proprietor and now your company needs a partner, don't hesitate to do so. This will bring an additional brain to tackle the pressure and will provide you with great, new and innovative ideas. Ya, you may need to part of from a portion of your profit, but never step back for this. May be his valuable ideas might work miracle. Keep on adding valuable employees for worth-full expansion.

Consumers are an integral part of your business. Don't forget to satisfy them and get a feed back for improvements. Come up with better loyalty programs. And last but not the least, make proper use of the free marketing tool for expansion, "Word of Mouth". It will pay you greater returns.


Never Never Never Ever Give-Up


Watch this video as many times as you want or when ever required.

Never Never Never Ever Give-Up



Content extracted from various web media network

Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan

Monday, July 4, 2011

How to Deal with a Nasty Boss

Have you ever quit a job because of your boss? A good boss can play a very important role in an employee's life simultaneously a bad or nasty boss can leave a depressing impact. We all know that bosses have a huge responsibility towards his work and have to manage a huge empire of workforce. One can tackle pressure from boss to a certain extend but work pressure is a natural phenomena on every organization. But things become nasty to you only when your boss turns nasty to you.

They can change our work situation with their power. Because of various nasty, unhealthy behaviors from boss, many people end up with quitting the job. But that is not the solution. People do not want to quit the job but the boss. Sometimes we see that they try to adjust with the problem because of the fear of losing the job. However the only mantra in such a situation is to find some solution for it and not to quit and run away from your job. First of all we should know the type of the boss, and accordingly tackle them.

Limited conversation


Always limit your conversation with your boss so that there will be less chances to have any kind of argument. Talk only about your work or any office related issue and also wait for the right time to speak. Never give your boss to pinpoint any faults and make sure you never miss out any deadlines.


Speak to your colleagues


May be you are not the only target of your boss in the office. Talk to your colleagues and take their opinions too about your boss. Discuss with them about the problems and each of you can find solution from one another in this way you can get ways to deal with your boss.


Complain about your boss

Making a complaint about your boss is risky because unwarranted complaints can jeopardise your working life and even your career, but if your manager is behaving inappropriately then their actions must be confronted.

Reasons for complaint can take various forms from bad management and job ineptitude to more serious issues like discrimination and bullying.

If your boss is simply unfit for their position, such as through being unwilling to take responsibility, shunning new ideas, discouraging initiative or by just being incompetent and out of their depth, then it can be very difficult to justify raising a complaint. Is their incompetence worth the risk of jeopardising your position and being branded a troublemaker or a whinger?

If you are adamant that action is required then it is important to tread carefully and act with utmost sensitivity. After all, your boss may be unaware of their own limitations and be trying to do what they think is best. It is an unfortunate reality that many managers are not adequately skilled at managing people.

One course of action is to speak to their superior. Rather than demand a formal meeting to vent your complaint, it is wiser to suggest a casual chat where you can calmly explain that you are not being allowed to perform at the best of your abilities in your current role. Rather than blame your boss, explain how your relationship with them is proving frustrating and restrictive. It may also be worth commenting that their behaviour is not only undermining your own performance but also that of the team.


Stand for yourself

Always think about your self-respect. If you are wrong, rectify yourself and do your work properly on time. But if you feel that you are right and just because you have a nasty boss you are suffering his tantrums then do not. Stand for yourself and speak to him about your problem. Some bosses have no idea what actually the problem the employee is facing and they just end up yelling at them. Even some bosses have no idea how they have been treating their employees until employees speak up.
Thanks & Regards,
S.Grace Paul Regan