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Contrary to what most of you might guess, the highest rate of entrepreneurial activity over the last few years is not Gen-Y young upstarts, but Baby Boomers in the 55-64 year age group. In fact, according to a study by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation, these Boomers are actually driving a new e Read More

The theory that even the poorest markets in the world can be revenue generating for companies if they tailored their product and packaging to these markets is considered the “bottom of the pyramid” concept. Read More

During this past spring’s SXSW conference in Austin, Bangalore came up in a conversation with Paul Singh of 500 Startups. At that time, Paul mentioned running an angel investor education series to get more investors into the Indian ecosystem; he also mentioned investing in some startups in India. I Read More

Growing up in India I remember a time before television where advertisements on the radio and those shown before the Bollywood movies in theatres were very exciting. In the 70's and 80's, India was mesmerized by ads like the Liril Soap girl. And even though I never used Lifebuoy (another soap brand Read More

This week the hosts of NPR’s most popular non-news show “Car Talk” Tom and Ray Magliozzi announced in a post on their site “Time to Get Even Lazier” that they would “stop and smell the cappuccino.”. Car Talk has been on the airwaves for over 35 years of which 25 years has been on NPR. The Wall S Read More

With the huge amount of articles we share with our friends and colleagues every day, a way to highlight the main points would make the reading experience much Read More

Scott Case, founding CTO of Priceline and now CEO of Startup America, and Rohit Bhargava, author of "Likeonomics," recently spoke at TechCocktail in D.C. on the topic of relationship building for startups. Read More

Are you trying to maximize social media in your business? In today’s guest post, Shashi Bellamkonda shares 5 tips for effectively using social media.

I was invited to be on the Panel “Technology and Social Media Strategies for Small Businesses” at the Greater Washington Hispanic Chamber of Comm Read More

A new Small Business Mobile Survey from Web.com found that 69% of small businesses say mobile marketing will be crucial to their growth in the next five years, while 64% plan to increase their investment in mobile marketing this year.

Another survey by the Pew Internet Research found that 74% of Read More

Is your business involved in homebuilding, home remodeling, interior décor or home accessories or furnishings? If so, you’ll want to know about a survey by Better Homes & Gardens, reported in MarketWatch, that reveals the top seven things consumers want most when buying a new home or remodeling an Read More