5S Methodology – Going the Lean Way

With the rapidly changing economy, small and medium-sized enterprises are regularly adjusting their preset resources to merge them with their business strategy. Therefore, to remain ahead of the curve, ventures must reduce waste, use the manpower efficiently and become more competent to increase ROI. One of the most efficient ways to achieve this is by using the 5S methodology, where the 5S stands for: Sort … Continue reading 5S Methodology – Going the Lean Way

Is your Corporation Socially Responsible?

In the past few years, great emphasis has been given to the concept of Corporate Social Responsibility, precisely defined in terms of the responsiveness of businesses to stakeholders’ legal, ethical, social, economical and environmental expectations. Over the last decade, there have been number of companies worldwide that have started promoting their business through Corporate Social Responsibility strategies because the customers and the investors expect them … Continue reading Is your Corporation Socially Responsible?

Top countries to start a small business in 2013

Starting and registering a new business is never easy. As a business owner you should have an open mind while analyzing all options, plan long term and always have the flexibility to incorporate in countries that more openly embrace capitalism and new business development. The World Bank Doing business report shows changing trends in the global business environment for over 170 different economies. Between the … Continue reading Top countries to start a small business in 2013

The Howard Hughes Diaries

Howard Hughes, a man who possessed versatile skills and interests: a man who was once considered to be one of the wealthiest men in the world was known as an American business man, investor, aviator, film maker and a philanthropist. Born in Texas on December 24, 1905, Howard showed great aptitude in engineering from an early age. At the age of 12, Hughes was identified … Continue reading The Howard Hughes Diaries

Web & Software solutions

Small & Medium sized businesses are often more in need of custom web & software development solutions than larger companies. We at Small Business Pool understand your need, identify your requirement and provide custom and cost-effective solutions. We have a pool of programmers and developers working on the most up-to-date technologies, such as: C: is one of the most widely used programming languages of all … Continue reading Web & Software solutions

Europe – Small Business, Big World

European small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) should better profit from fast growing emerging markets, such as in China, India, Russia or in regions like South East Asia and Latin America. This is the key issue to overcome the crisis addressed in the European Commission communication ‘Small Business, Big World – a new partnership to help SMEs seize global opportunities’ presented today. The priority for … Continue reading Europe – Small Business, Big World

Wiki

A wiki is web software that allows you and others to create and edit interlinked web pages. This means that you can very quickly create a page (let’s say “New Ideas”) and then add information. The key is that anyone can edit the page (or in our case, add and comment on new ideas), which makes it a very powerful collaboration tool. What Are the … Continue reading Wiki

SharePoint – A great tool for Small Businesses

Microsoft SharePoint is a popular web application platform developed by Microsoft for small to large organizations. It is designed as a centralized replacement for multiple web applications and supports various combinations of enterprise website requirements. It is typically associated with web content management and document management systems. SharePoint’s multi-purpose platform allows for managing and provisioning of intranet portals, extranets and websites, document management and file … Continue reading SharePoint – A great tool for Small Businesses

Question-and-answer made easy with – QUORA.com

By Gurinder Khera Quora is the extremely popular new platform that strives to be the definite question-and-answer site for just about any topic on the Web. Like Blekko, it is largely human-driven and invites users to ask questions, provide answers and share their knowledge and comments. Questions are organized into different categories that can also be created by users, leading to a wide range and … Continue reading Question-and-answer made easy with – QUORA.com

Crowdsourcing helps brand development

Crowdsourcing is the act of outsourcing tasks, traditionally performed by an employee or contractor, to an undefined, large group of people or community (a “crowd”), through an open call. Crowdsourcing is a distributed problem-solving and production model. In the classic use of the term, problems are broadcast to an unknown group of solvers in the form of an open call for solutions. Users—also known as … Continue reading Crowdsourcing helps brand development