The importance of a PMO (Project Management Office)

If your organization is into offering project management services then sooner or later you would need to setup a PMO (project management office) within your business. A PMO is a department, division or a group within an organization that defines, executes and maintains the standard process and procedures that are related to project management. Project Management is getting popular among many small businesses. In simple … Continue reading The importance of a PMO (Project Management Office)

Top 5 Tips That’ll Help Your Small Business Succeed

There’s no perfect way to make a business; there will always be an element of randomness involved. Sometimes one worker’s procrastination can bring production to a grinding halt, but on the other side of that coin, the grinding halt might lead to a decade of success. There’s no one-size-fits-all approach that will work for every business, but there are a few important tips that every … Continue reading Top 5 Tips That’ll Help Your Small Business Succeed

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

“Business-Web-Media”

Small Business Pool is a business BLOG where entrepreneurs and business owners could find useful information, advice, insights, resources and inspiration for running and growing their businesses. Small Business Pool also offers project management and business consulting services to Small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The objective is to partner with clients to deliver customized solutions that create a lasting competitive advantage. The tag line “Business-Web-Media” signifies the core areas … Continue reading “Business-Web-Media”

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

Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers

Affiliate marketing overlaps with internet marketing methods to some degree. In simple terms it is a way of making money online whereby you as a publisher are rewarded for helping a business by promoting their product, service or website. In another different scenario, you earn an amount for referring a visitor who takes some kind of action – for instance when a viewer signs up … Continue reading Affiliate Marketing for Bloggers

Business lessons from Albert Einstein

Albert Einstein was a theoretical physicist, philosopher, author, and is perhaps the most influential scientists to ever live. He published many scientific and non-scientific works and is popularly known for his explanations & research on the Quantum theory. He is considered the father of modern physics and has influenced many modern day entrepreneurs. Here are a few business lessons to learn from Einstein: Curiosity is … Continue reading Business lessons from Albert Einstein

The West Bank “Silicon Wadi”

The West Bank is becoming the budding Palestinian tech sector and though outsourcing contracts are the foundation of the industry there, the business model that the West Bank tech sector looks to is not similar to the Indian outsourcing setup i.e. numbers amplified due to the immense population, but more that of Israel. “Innovation, creativity and being ahead of the curve” is the ultimate goal. … Continue reading The West Bank “Silicon Wadi”

Dawn of the Conceptual Age

Gone are the days when business and leadership relied on the information, where knowledge, expertise and technical skills where king. We are now entering a whole new world: an age where the right brain rules the left, the age of creativity and concept. Considering the speed of change and the complexity that results from it, we need to go beyond just knowledge or expertise. The … Continue reading Dawn of the Conceptual Age

Get the intellectual stimulation at the Hacker Hostels

We have heard of dorm style accommodations and hostels in the traditional sense (off course unlike the setup you saw in the film – The Hostel), but have you ever heard of a hacker hostel? Well, as we all know that there are a lot of business incubators in San Francisco that offer entrepreneurs a place to code during the day. However, there aren’t many … Continue reading Get the intellectual stimulation at the Hacker Hostels