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Category Archives: online

Protecting investments

Investing in the stock market is popular because several incentives are given to investors. Dividends are tax free and capital gains benefits are also available. They can buy and sell shares from the comfort of their home if required. Systems have been established to ensure that grievances of investors are properly addressed. Shareholders in a [...]

Understanding your customers

In most industries, a company’s growth depends on orders from their customers. They know that knowledge of market conditions, processes, investment is not easily replicated, so they go out of their way to keep their customers happy and understand their requirements. It is very difficult to repair a broken relationship, where there is no trust. [...]

Experience matters

Genius is one percent inspiration, ninety-nine percent perspiration Many people think that a new technology or success in any field comes as a flash of inspiration, but actually it is a result of many years of experimentation, practice, hard work and testing. Some of the most famous writers have started writing stories from a very [...]

Some business and media stories

Meeting on Paid news Circulation of Indian language papers Manufacturing growth

Cost control

One of the most important things that you learn as an engineer is cost control. If you are going to get a premium price , you use high quality material as  inputs and put in proportionate efforts. If you are getting the lowest price in the market, the quality of inputs is adjusted accordingly. Similarly [...]

Rumours and the internet

One of the biggest plus points of working as an engineer was that most decisions were made on the basis of facts, there  was little scope for gossip and rumours.  The specifications from customers and vendors were always  clear, and if  there was even the slightest doubt,   I could call and get a clarification.  There [...]

Trust numbers

There are many who claim to be experts and influential, but actually they are only good at making tall claims.   Their data is often not backed by facts and numbers.  Doing a little research will expose their lies.

Nepotism and corruption

If you have studied in the best college in the country strictly on the basis of merit and worked in the largest professionally managed company in the country, one of  the most unpleasant experiences of running an online business is the corruption and nepotism you encounter. Most people do so, because they think they can [...]

Tracking patterns

 At first , certain hacking incidents seem to be random. But after these hacking  incidents occur repeatedly, it is easy to find patterns and take suitable corrective action .  It appears that the hackers are well funded as they continue  with their activities for many months and years.

Online apartheid

A century ago,  during British rule, some restaurants had the sign ” dogs and Indians not allowed”  . Now the same seems to be applicable at many money making websites online.  If you do not allow Indians to sign up initially it is OK,  but after you have accumulated your earnings you don’t get access [...]