by Nima on 18 January, 2011
I just finished reading the book “The Intelligent Entrepreneur – How Three Harvard Business School Graduates Learned the 10 Rules of Successful Entrepreneurship” by Bill Murphy. If you are lazy and don’t want to read the review, simply go buy the book and read it – twice. It is certainly one of the most interesting books I’ve read so far.
What sets this book apart from other entrepreneurship books is that Bill Murphy, the author, explains the 10 rules of successful entrepreneurship in a story about three Harvard Business School (HBS) graduates. In alternating chapters book tells the story of the three HBS graduates and then analyzes their actions.
The three characters are Marc Cenedella (founder of TheLadders.com), Marla Malcom Beck (founder of Bluemercury.com), and Chris Michel (founder of Military.com, Affinity Labs). Their stories are extremely aspiring, enlightening, and full of lessons to be learned. I personally could relate to Marc Cenedella the most.
The 10 rules of entrepreneurship that Bill Murphy teaches throughout the book are listed below. Without the stories of the book they might seem mundane and cliche, but stories of Marc, Marla and Chris put them in perspective and much stickier.
- Make the commitment.
- Find a problem, then solve it.
- Think big, think new, think again.
- You can’t do it alone.
- You must do it alone.
- Manage risk.
- Learn to lead.
- Learn to sell.
- Persist, persevere, prevail.
- Play the game for life.
Bill Murphy also does a great job of marketing for the Harvard Business School. I for one will certainly be visiting the HBS campus in the next few months.
Get the book (or in my case the audio version of it) and listen to it. I promise you’ll listen to it more than once.
by Nima on 17 December, 2010
I’ve been reading the book “50 Scientifically Proven Ways to be Persuasive” and came across this topic.The author gives the following example:
A number of years ago, the retail kitchen store, William Sonoma, a bread making machine that was superior to a best-selling bread maker they stocked. Yet, when they added this new product to their inventory, sales of their existing best seller nearly doubled.
The author continues to explain the reason for such outcome. When consumers must choose between two items, they usually compromise and choose the lesser expensive one, however if a third product is offered at a higher price than both the products, consumers tend to choose the mid level priced item. This way they are still compromising and not buying the most expensive item in the store.
by Nima on 16 December, 2010
I wrote a post on DDOS attacks, how to prevent them, and battle them when your site is under attack. Here are two other useful link that talks about defenses against DDOS attacks:
by Nima on 15 December, 2010
I’ve been looking into taking few non-degree distance learning management courses. Distant learning courses don’t appeal to me much but that’s the only option while I’m working full time. I definitely don’t want to sign up for an online only schools like University of Phoenix, etc. Hence, following is my research on which well known MBA schools around the country offer non-degree distance learning graduate level management courses. One of the useful resources was the BusinessWeek Business School Ranking Report.
- University of Texas at Dallas: They do offer non-degree online/live courses. Deadline has already passed though.
- SMU: Ranked in top 20 business school around the county and is in Dallas itself. Looks promising. It does cost about $1300 per credit though.
- Harvard: No distant learning
- Stanford: No distant learning
- Wharton: They do have non-degree programs but not distant learning
- Kellogg: No distant learning
- Purdue: Has a non-degree MBA program at $25,000 a module. Too expensive for me.
- Columbia: Has some really neat non-degree programs but are only offered locally in New York.
I’ll keep adding to the list as I do more research on this topic.
by Nima on 10 October, 2010
PdaNet is a tethering software (application) that allows your laptop to go online through your android phone (tether). Best of all, it is free. In fact its the reason I chose Android phone over iPhone and Blackberry.
I believe you can use it on iPhone too but you might have to jail break it first.
