Apr 10, 2012
Mar 22, 2012
Bosses are Human, Too! (Sort of)
As a business woman, nearly all my employees see me as a strict disciplinarian who doesn’t tolerate any kind of nonsense in the office. In fact, I’m willing to bet some of them even think I didn’t have much of a childhood, or was probably a poor lonely girl stuck in an all-ladies dorm. As boss, we get that reputation a lot. My soundtrack would probably be “When I Was a Boy”, if not the
Feb 28, 2012
Bye Bye, Washington Consensus
It might be 2012, four years since the worldwide economic recession of 2008. But the fact remains that we are still in the midst of a prolonged economic crisis that has left markets in disarray and the once-dominant economic models in disrepute. Beginning with the housing bubble on the tail of 2007 and stretching until today, the crisis soon led to the collapse of Wall Street, the demise of Lehmann Brothers and the
Feb 10, 2012
Useful Tips for the Home Worker
Working right from home presents many unique challenges for the budding entrepreneur. While it does away the daily tasks of the frantic showering, dressing up, hurried breakfast, and swearing in traffic, it does come with its own set of issues. First is how to balance work and domestic duties. The first thing to keep in mind is to see to it that there no dirty dishes by the sink. I immediately do the dishes afterwa
Jan 18, 2012
Common Errors Entrepreneurs Make
“To err is human.” People would vastly prefer to forget that everyone makes mistakes, and sometimes those mistakes come when they’d hit the hardest. Yet, even the best of businessmen make errors and miscalculations that will, at some point, hurt their bottom line. Bill Gates and Microsoft screwed up with the release of Windows ME (“the darkest day in tech” some people called it) and St