Daily Archives: December 1, 2009

Ask.Com Reveals Top Question of 2009 – “How much should I weigh?”

Ask.com has revealed the top questions of 2009, as told through the billions of questions asked by millions of Americans on Ask.com this year.

As 40% Americans are overweight, the top question turned out to be “How much should I weigh?”! Read More »

 

World AIDS Day & Social Entrepreneurship – Is it that Hot ?

Today is Dec 1 and therefore, another World Aids Day. I, of course, understand that sporting a red ribbon is a symbol of solidarity but I’m not a proponent of armchair activism. Therefore, I’ll refrain from displaying a twibbon on … Read More »

Enterprise Sales Strategy – What you need to know before you talk to that BIG Guy

In the last few months, I have met enough startups who have not been so successful in selling their product/service to enterprise companies. Not that their product was bad, but because the sale just didn’t happen. Just didn’t happen. While … Read More »

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TrackSpends – Track your Expense Via SMS

We have covered expense tracking startups earlier (OnYeM, 11Rupees) and ofcourse,Intuit’s grand plans to launch ‘Intuit Money Manager’ in India. There is a new kid in the block – TrackSpends that does track your expense using the most handy device, i.e. mobile.

Once you register your mobile number with TrackSpends, you can send the expense detail via sms to 9916364091 [in a format like ‘100 rs in petrol’, ‘Rs 250 lunch’ etc – the data is stored on the site. Read More »

 

Ethics, Startups and the case for being ‘Practical’

Is business assumed to be corrupt and unethical? And therefore is it perfectly legitimate to indulge in practices that might not be considered ethical as long as it benefits the company? What then does it mean for entrepreneurs starting out to create something of value? Read More »

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