Archive for the 'Business' Category
Reflecting back at 2010
This past year was action packed and kept me on my toes. There were some change in guard at the company and I now feel we have made some really good additions to our top leadership. We also have a strong management team that’s been around for over 2 years. What make them strong is [...]
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Why redesign your website?
A common question that’s asked by business owners is when is the right time to update their website and how do they know they need to do something about their web presence. Here are some general guidelines I would suggest.
Clear Goals
To redesign and update your website, first the business owners or marketing managers needs to [...]
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Internship Program off to a flying start
Recently we launched our Internship Program. We’ve partnered with Amity University and Global Institute of Management and Technology, both having campus in NCR, India. We’ve gotten a great response from both universities as well as students. Our first batch of three MBA students and four MCA students joined us just last week for a 3 [...]
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2010 Goals – Done [on paper]
We just got done doing our exercise of establishing 2010 Goals for the full company. This is a great exercise for every company. If you haven’t done so, I highly recommend it. Each employee in the company now has been given individual, team and company goals that are achievable by them. First the company has [...]
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Managing the time zone difference
I’ve had my share of long hours and weird work schedules in the past. But, I must say, nothing beats running a web development and support company out of India. There has been more than one occasion that I’ve gotten way too confused and asked myself “what time, day and date is it anyway?”
I have [...]
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Offshore Outsourcing – The Debate
So I have read a lot of articles on offshore outsourcing, its advantages and disadvantages. There are heated debates now regarding the US companies “shipping” jobs overseas and instead of keeping and creating local jobs. Government is putting pressure on US companies to keep jobs in America and giving them incentives to do so. Conversely, [...]
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Office set-up – the hunt and the hunted
I was advised to take up an office space in the industrial zone where all the other hi-tech offices were located to be competitive and to attract good talent. What? no one wants to work in a garage? where’s the fun in this..:) I bit the bullet and spent the money. I got a 2600 [...]
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Starting my own offshore outsourcing business…the beginning
After about 22 years being in the US, having studied there from 6th grade till I left college, from my first job to one that lasted 10 years (it was the same job), one fine day me and my wife decided we are going to pack our bags and move to India. What a thrill! [...]
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