Business and Enterpreneur

What are the key issues for a pharmaceutical advertisement agency ? An advertising agency works with different pharmaceutical and Biotech companies to enable them to sell and advertize their product to the customers. There are about 200 major companies in the US and for many of them the digital media is critical, whether that is…

Motivating people is tough. There is even a hypothesis that states that it is impossible to motivate people or employees – you can only hire the pre-motivated employee. And how do you judge motivation in a short interview – that would be another challenge on a another blog. Anyway, here is one perspective on the…

A quote from LEGO “ Innovation flourishes when the space available for it is limited. Less is more” LEGO designers found that innovation thrives more when the boundaries are limited. In contradiction to what is thought of as complete “blue sky” freedom that is required for innovation, the LEGO designers found a big contradiction. A…

Many companies train their employees and then tell them the rules about safety, work and other work related things but very few inculcate the values that are important to the company. LEGO is one interesting company that set very clear values on what it expects its employees to do and believe about its products: Limited…

Ole Kirk Christiansen, was a carpenter who founded LEGO toys. His story is very inspiring and amazing to see how one carpenter in one country takes it forward to create a great worldwide company. The motivating story is told to every LEGO employee but from the beginning to success was no easy road. Ole’s wife…

There are several ways to look at development: The Lego way used to be that the best is good enough in the book “Brick by Brick” with the assumption being that the product has to be perfect before it is made available to the general public. However, the second line of thought is that the…

It takes many steps to make a businessman. The path from a scientist to businessman takes many more steps. There are some fascinating stories out there and the three entrepreneur mentioned in the link below have fascinating stories by themselves.

Dr Teng Li and Liangbing Hu of University of Maryland have been working on lithium or sodium based batteries and have used a unique material in the batteries that has not been thought before – wood. In batteries typically, the positive ion shuttles between the electrodes as it goes through its electrical cycle. Lithium is…

Bicycle has been around for quite some time. It has been modified to many degree’s. Designers have changed the color, number of wheels, suspensions and just about everything including how you sit, how you pedal including a design that allows you to push instead of pedaling. In many cases the essential design has kept the…

Accounting is something that is required for most businesses. In larger companies, there are full departments tracking the expenses for a company but for a smaller company, there are several options. One of the more popular options is to do some of the major accounting with a software from Intuit like Quickbooks and then consult…