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Understanding (and Maybe Avoiding) the Peter Principle
in Bizinformer, on April 15, 2009
...iece not long ago by Bob Sutton (a management professor at Stanford University) on The Peter Principle . In case you've forgotten it, The Peter Principle is an idea about professional com...
Save Money by Trimming Your Budget
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 21, 2009
...ging anything new, you will pay off the debt sooner - and save a considerable amount of money. This principle also applies to loans, too.
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2983343
Elimin...
Social Bookmarking: You Can StumbleUpon Some Delicious Diggs
in The Search Engine Weblog, on February 15, 2009
...e search engine bots. Each link is counted as a back link to your site as this matches the original principle of back links. Search engines presume that you are book marking a particular link because ...
How to combat recession with operations
in Supplychainer, on February 14, 2009
...tive, and even smarter. Innovation is the path to serving those needs. You can apply the innovation principle to product development and service delivery, but also to your marketing and sales tactics....
Multivitamins Don't Protect Women From Cancers and Heart Disease
in Straightfromthedoc, on February 11, 2009
...n the Archives of Internal Medicine, the said study concludes that, while nutrition should remain a principle focus for the prevention of chronic diseases, it is unlikely that multivitamin supplements...
Will RFID and metal come closer?
in The RFID Weblog, on February 3, 2009
... metal as is the case with cell phones used inside reinforced concrete houses and the transmission principle being applied here ensures that RFID does not face any problems in presence of metals. The ...
Internal threats alive and well
in The CIO Weblog, on February 3, 2009
... review, and strong versioning/change management systems. None of these are new concepts, either in principle or execution, but it amazes me how many companies implement few or none of them internally...
More Tips to Help You Save On Heating Costs
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on February 3, 2009
... could help you save money quickly.
2. Make Sure Your Heating Vents Are Clear
This is the same principle as I just mentioned - blocking the flow of air will only make the furnace work harder. Kee...
A Wall Street Bailout?
in Eagle Par Birdie, on January 22, 2009
...t.
But Thomas also acknowledges that there should be one rule book for all golfers.
It's the principle of the thing, after all.
Yet how many of us who are recreational golfers will be greatly ...
Reshaping governance: interview with Lord Michael Hastings
in Sox First, on January 9, 2009
...he responsibility SOX FIRST: But how likely is to happen? HASTINGS: It brings it back to the core principle which that governance is on behalf of the public interest. That's really at its heart ...
Outline of The Google Software Stack
in Googlestack, on December 11, 2008
...utilizes the functionality of a Work Queue system to distribute the computation in the cluster. The principle in use here is that moving computation is cheaper than moving data. When MapReduce was cre...
Genetic Blood Test Provide More Accurate Evaluation For Cystic Fibrosis Patients
in The Biotech Weblog, on December 3, 2008
... Photo courtesy of iStockphoto , Image# 2049412 A preliminary "proof-of-principle" trial demonstrated the feasibility of a genetic blood test to demonstrate cystic fibrosis patients' ...
Insulin-Producing Cells from Embryonic Stem Cells
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 22, 2008
...n the July 31 and August 8 online version of the journal stem cell Research , provide proof of principle that the same strategy could be applied to human ESCs to obtain similar pure insulin-produ...
Internet Anonymity and the MySpace Case
in Web 2.0, on November 18, 2008
...his: if it seems like it ought to be illegal, it probably is. ... This is a classic example of that principle in action. And more power to the government for doing so. The comment was left by A.W. - n...
Wal-Mart Bests T-Mobile on Google Phone By $30
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on October 29, 2008
...omic theory states that buying and selling in volume is the key to lower prices and nowhere is this principle more clearly realized than in a recent announcement by Wal-Mart to start selling the T...
Top 10 links on BootStrapMe.com
in BootStrapMe, on October 4, 2008
...hip , another popular category at BootStrapMe.com during the month of September
9. Bootstrapping principle #1: Cash flow over capital , by definition the most important aspect of the bootstrapping...
Bootstrapping principle #3: Freelance over full-time
in BootStrapMe, on September 22, 2008
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As anyone in an operating business can tell you these days, hiring freelancers or subcontractors can sometimes be a better option than full-time employees .
So it should come as no surprise that bootstrappers must sometimes rely on freelance over full-time workers and should b...
Bootstrapping principle #2: Partnerships over pay-out
in BootStrapMe, on September 21, 2008
... © Mel B.
Next in our series of top bootstrapping principles , we look at how partnerships triumph over pay-out or how sometimes teaming with others can help cut the costs of startup.
If you nee...
Bootstrapping principle #1: Cash flow over capital
in BootStrapMe, on September 20, 2008
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As mentioned in my previous post , bootstrappers know there are more important things than outside capital investment when it comes to building a company: cash flow for example.
My own interactive blog network startup PostRanger.com will soon be concentrating on generating positiv...
Horses for Courses
in Eagle Par Birdie, on September 9, 2008
...comment that Jones' teaching method inspired one Manuel de la Torre to adopt and teach the same principle.
De la Torre happens to be one of the finest teachers in the world . His view is as simp...
MyCMDB: the cool BSM software with the funny name
in The CIO Weblog, on August 7, 2008
...d, was to distribute the system in order to reduce complexity and improve usability. Using the same principle as social networking sites such as Digg or Wikipedia, the burden of entering information c...
New Online Slot Machine Has 100 Win Lines!
in The Gambling Weblog, on August 4, 2008
...make it a fascinating machine to play.
This slot machine is based on the "Stacked Wilds" principle meaning that the Wild symbols can pop up in strips, and can cover every symbol on a...
Lisa Ceccorulli Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 25, 2008
...f three, five, and seven. Some Buddhist temples today still have gardens arranged according to this principle. These numbers have many spiritual meanings, including balance and harmony, and are believ...
Bootstrapping and the Law of the Few
in BootStrapMe, on May 31, 2008
...environment have a disproportionately large impact by virtue of something economists call the 80/20 principle.
According to this principle, Gladwell writes, 20 percent of the people in any given situ...
Kenwood Porcelain Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on May 15, 2008
...per down to a hair's breadth.
Porcelain shows off this quality to its greatest extent but the principle is the same with any clay. I think of my patterns as being a collaboration between my impo...
Bootstrapping by word of mouth
in BootStrapMe, on May 14, 2008
... can't update my website with quality content.
Malcolm Gladwell depicts another aspect of this principle in The Tipping Point , explaining that whether we're talking about the spread in th...
iSkoot Updates Symbian Software, Handles Security Incident Well
in The VoIP Weblog, on May 1, 2008
...at's being sent, it becomes a problem with dual-mode handsets over WiFi. It's also just the principle of the thing.
I reported this problem on my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon...
iSkoot Updates Symbian Software, Handles Security Incident Well
in The Wireless Weblog, on April 30, 2008
...at's being sent, it becomes a problem with dual-mode handsets over WiFi. It's also just the principle of the thing.
I reported this problem on my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon...
iSkoot Updates Symbian Software, Handles Security Incident Well
in The Mobile Technology Weblog, on April 30, 2008
...at's being sent, it becomes a problem with dual-mode handsets over WiFi. It's also just the principle of the thing.
I reported this problem on my blog on a Friday night. By Saturday afternoon...
Recommend a Good Book
in Bizinformer, on April 11, 2008
...h as anything by Ayn Rand (#58? How?). And, some should be higher up the list such as The Dilbert Principle (Adams) and Barbarians at the Gate (Burrough and Heylar).
Sarah Cords at libraryjourn...
What The Hell Is This Naymz Thing?
in Web 2.0, on April 8, 2008
...ay to connect with all these people. I tend to ignore invites to these kinds of services on general principle.
A co-worker of mine sent out an email grousing about this service. His main complaint wa...
Naymz Sending Spam-As You!
in I got Spam?!, on April 8, 2008
...ay to connect with all these people. I tend to ignore invites to these kinds of services on general principle.
A co-worker of mine sent out an email grousing about this service. His main complaint wa...
Year Round Schools
in The Parenting Weblog, on April 4, 2008
...e to attend year rounds but now it was being mandated. Personally I didn't like that either in principle but I'm a big proponent of year round schools and was thrilled my daughter could stay i...
Customer Analyzer
in Bizinformer, on March 13, 2008
Your most unhappy customers are your greatest source of learning. - Bill Gates
BizSugar.com posted about the customer analyzer. It is a tool located at the FreelanceSwitch.com .
The tool is a software application of the 80/20 rule applied to a description of your customer. So have fun, ...
Business Rules of Thumb
in Bizinformer, on March 12, 2008
...and local taxes, self-employment taxes and other taxes (adjusted by where you live). Or, the Pareto Principle (the 80/20 rule) worked up in different ways such as: 20% of your customers create 80% of ...
Liechtenstein: the mouse that roared
in Sox First, on March 3, 2008
...r citizens and also our investors, who trust us, against such methods of investigation. "The principle of confidentiality also applies to our foreign clients. Does a state have the right to obtai...
Insurers: the latest subprime victims
in Sox First, on February 23, 2008
...ailout for the insurers,'' writes Surowiecki. "It may be an abandonment of free-market principles, but no one has ever accused the Street of putting principle above profit. Normally when ...
One for the Record
in carzz.org, on February 21, 2008
I just wrote a post on the importance of state of the art audio systems in luxury cars . Sit back youngins for a tale of days gone bye.
Before there was the in-car CD player, before there was the in-car tape player, before there was the in-car 8-track player, even before there was the in-...
Dealing with lock-in
in The CIO Weblog, on February 8, 2008
...niversal, as Bruce Schneier discusses in this Wired article on the subject. Bruce illustrates the principle using the recent and worthy example of the iPhone; but from a corporate perspective the la...
Bargain Priced Golf Communities
in Eagle Par Birdie, on February 3, 2008
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Courtesy: Land-Mar
It's a principle in the business world that out of confusion and uncertainty comes opportunity.
The recent economic upheaval in the United States due to the sub-prime mor...
Mild NSAID and Type 2 Diabetes
in Daily Diabetic, on February 1, 2008
...ide a therapeutic route for diabetes prevention," the authors concluded.
"This proof-of-principle study suggests a physiologically relevant approach to improving the inflammatory milieu as...
Why incompetence creeps up the corporate ladder
in The CIO Weblog, on December 31, 2007
...I think that The Peter Principle is a fairly well-recognized, if not universally accepted, phenomena , but up until recently I had no idea that there is a real, well-studied psychological tend...
BootStrapMe Greatest Hits (Vol. 4)
in BootStrapMe, on December 31, 2007
...founder of RightNow Technologies and a major influence on the ideas in this blog
• The pita principle . How husband and wife team Mark and Stacy Andrus built a snack food empire with lots of ...
iPond nice in principle, terrible in practice
in The Gadgets Weblog, on December 16, 2007
I suppose that someone's intentions were good when they came up with the iPond. That clever name is what a Sydney store calls its iPod speaker which has the unique, if not strange, ability to be a fish tank .
Unfortunately, it turns out that the "tank" that the iPond provide...
MBA By TV: Business Lessons Learned From Watching Kitchen Nightmares
in Businesspundit, on December 12, 2007
...o the customers needs and making changes accordingly, the restaurant was losing business. This same principle applies to any business: When you have poor communication with your customers, you end up ...
Pikaba: Ask And You Shall Receive
in Wangtam, on November 24, 2007
...rees Of Separation
Now, the folks from a startup called Tagiton are trying to apply this principle to e-mail (skip to the embedded video below for a visual explanation). Unfortunately, there's a ...
Gene therapy for Hereditary Blindness on Phase I Clinical Trials
in The Biotech Weblog, on November 21, 2007
...ants as part of an extensive screening and informed consent process.
The procedure is based on the principle that in LCA, photoreceptor cells in the eyes are unable to respond to light due to a mut...
Furniture Jewelry
in The Jewelry Weblog, on November 12, 2007
...pressed through home accessorizing, in ways that go far beyond throw pillows - has become a guiding principle of the furnishings industry.
The article goes on to call this "A merging of design ...
Finally, Somebody Told Hugo Chávez To Shut Up!
in Latina Viva, on November 10, 2007
...en it was his turn to talk:
" President Hugo Chávez, I believe there is an essential principle to having a dialog. And that's to be respectful if you want to be respected. We shouldn't r...
'How was your stay?' : Does the Hotel Ritz has something to learn about Travel 2.0 ?
in Les Explorers, on November 3, 2007
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TravelClick Search View
>> And engage a dynamic strategy about UGC
Remember a Internet principle, web site needs good content and good data for their end users.
So, give them good data an...
O'Neal's $160 million parachute: Merrill Lynch's reward for failure
in Sox First, on October 31, 2007
...view, to have given O'Neal anything more than he was already due would have been to subvert the principle of pay-for- performance. If he were performing, he wouldn't have exited. And if he was...
Bootstrap philosophies for software startup
in BootStrapMe, on October 24, 2007
.... No bartering or equity traded for services. (And for the counterpoint see the bootstrapper's principle , though definitely not created for software developers)
8. You'll need cash for sale...
Cognitive Bias and Recursive Self Doubt
in Businesspundit, on October 17, 2007
... "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richard Feynman.
"We know accurately only when we know little. With knowledge, ...
Spammers Turn YouTube Into Spam Relay Channel
in I got Spam?!, on October 6, 2007
... and everything in between. The spammers are using the feature to get around spam filters, the same principle behind those fake messages scammers send that look like they are from such legit sources a...
The best tips & recommendations direct from Travel 2.0 cies
in Les Explorers, on September 29, 2007
...s for your accomodation
- Thank: your mother used to say: 'say thank you', it's a nice principle. Your guest took the time to write a review. Good or bad, you need to thank the reviewer, ...
Five ways to make it with little or no cash
in BootStrapMe, on September 28, 2007
...e real world examples.
1. Barter, barter, barter. Look back at my post on the Bootstrapping Principle . In the case of PostRanger.com we are trading content for the building of traffic and ...
Reader Comments on Bank of America No-Fee Mortgages
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on September 26, 2007
...oted 6.75% on a 30 year Fixed rate mortgage with first 10 years interest only, next 20 years principle & interest paying .863 points with only 10% down. Could I find a better loan? Yes, sli...
So what is this bootstrapping business again?
in BootStrapMe, on September 17, 2007
...ays seeking the best opportunities to create value as articulated in the bootstrapping principle .
Kelly B. of Lawrenceburg, TN who goes by the handle SpiralButterfly first posed the question of...
Calling Dr. Whippy, Please come to Ice Cream You
in The Gadgets Weblog, on September 13, 2007
...evels of ridiculousness that Dr. Whippy has stooped to. For starters, I need to criticize its basic principle: the more Ice Cream you eat, the happier you are.
Dr. Whippy works by analyzing the v...
Mercedes-Benz 推出超豪华概念车 F700
in Wangtam, on September 11, 2007
网谈很久没有谈车了，这两天正值法兰克福车展，而发现其中 Mercedes-Benz 新推出的超豪华概念车 F700，非常抢眼。F700 是一款低消耗低排放、混合动力车，即便如此，外形设计和内饰以及车载设备依然可以体现出豪华的本质。而 F700 动力系统则是第一款采用 DIESOTTO 汽油发动机技术的，位于汽缸盖的直接喷射可以降低能源的消耗，位于发动机排气歧管的涡轮增压器可以在加速和高速运转的时候，涡轮增压器能使发动机在低转速状态下输出更大的扭矩。另一方面，DIESOTTO 汽油发动机技术还能集合了"汽"、"柴"发动机的双重优势，它的研发成功到如今...
Tripsbytips, futur leading German speaking travel community. Interview with Uwe Frers, General Manager
in Les Explorers, on September 6, 2007
... travelers with similar interests through intelligent match-making methods. We translate the Amazon principle of "What A bought, B bought too" for the world of travel.
Our goal for Tripsby...
Bootstrapping principle
in BootStrapMe, on September 2, 2007
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Here again is the great "bootstrapping principle" from the Darden Business School promotion video recommended by a random commenter on the Young Entrepreneur Forum :
Do not buy new w...
Three rules to successful negotiation
in Sox First, on August 31, 2007
...successful because of three rules that I always employed. The first was the "Michael Corleone principle": it's nothing personal and whatever they say, don't take it personally. It&#...
Internet is the "wild west" - report
in Sox First, on August 13, 2007
...at help them avoid paying the costs of insecurity. It calls for the introduction of a European-wide principle of vendor liability which in effect puts the heat on software and hardware manufacturers....
Online Classes as Tax Deductions
in The Online Universities Weblog, on August 2, 2007
...deed receive tax benefits if you choose to further your education. However, there's a general principle you need to remember in order to maximize your benefit. "If your education expense ...
How To Shut Someone Up On A Conference Call
in The VoIP Weblog, on August 2, 2007
...ace just isn't rich enough to pull off what Gokul is asking for, though I will admit I agree in principle. What do you think? Share your feedback in the comments....
World Jewelry Center Goes Video
in The Jewelry Weblog, on July 30, 2007
...man Michael J. Kazanjian; Chow Tai Fook Group with Owner Dr. Yu-tung Cheng; Super Bell Jewelry with Principle Lo Huang; Tycoon Inc. with President Toros Kejejian and CEO Toros Z. Kejejian; SimplexDiam...
Seeking Wisdom: From Darwin to Munger
in Businesspundit, on July 21, 2007
...hat I myself have trouble explaining. Here are some pertinent quotes from the book: "The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool." - Richa...
The Garage Sale Starts at 9! Get Out of Here! I Mean It! Go!
in The Personal Finance Weblog, on July 20, 2007
...gh to insist on no more than she'd originally given us. It's not the 50 cents, it's the principle.
Part of me felt sad that someone would come back and try to get an extra 50 cents out of...
L7 Is OK
in Eagle Par Birdie, on July 6, 2007
...d, the company says.
Ram also refers to the design as utilizing "the rectangular construction principle". I love it. It's a square head driver built on the rectangular construction prin...
