BUSINESS
Women Entrepreneurship in USA
Statistically, women outnumber men in higher education in USA. However, reality shows that they come upon snags when it comes to leadership or entrepreneurship. This infographic suggests the best cities accross the US that offer the best conditions to aspiring female entrepreneurs based on 5 key factors.
College Grads 2013 Potentials
People from Sparefoot report on the plans and employment opportunities of the fresh 2013 Grads’ Class. According to this report, roughly 900,000 graduates will move to a new apartment and most of them to a new city in pursuit of a job. But which are the most job promising cities across the US?
Internship History
Internship has its roots to apprenticeship back in 11th century, a system built to make skilled workers meet with inexperienced ones and diffuse knowledge. Have a look at the background of internship and how it has entered the mainstream of today student and business life.
Working Women in America
American women are working hard and are feeling quite saddled in their effort to effectively respond to both motherhood and career duties, with most of them having limited options to choose a single role. But what mostly pains is the fact that contrary to their feministic feats, modern women are unhappy and less satisfied.
IT Enterprise Strategy
As even more enterprises are moving to the cloud and realizing the opportunities and benefits involved, recruitment of skilled people is becoming major concern for CIOs. See the projections for the growth of cloud technology as part of the shift happening in enterprise IT strategy.
Job Interview Questions and Answers
A job interview might sound intimidating especially when it’s the crossroad for heading to your dream job and paving a sheer career path. Find a list of 35 common and devious questions a recruiter would ask you along with some tips. Get prepared to win!
American Women Workers
This infographic illustrates the changes occurred in women workforce during WWII and the present state of women in manufacturing. According to recent survey, a whopping gap of 600,000 skilled workers has been recorded, waiting to be filled by unemployed and qualified women.
SME Marketing in Practice
According to recent survey conducted by Pitney Bowes, only 39% of marketing plan is accomplished on average by today SME. It is estimated that SMEs are losing about £122 BN sales due to marketing inefficiency. That’s a big opportunity!
Tablet Sales Projections
Tablet2Cases.com presents a breakdown of the constantly growing tablet market showing sales projections up to 2017 and a mapping of the present mature vs emerging market tablet shipments.
e-Signature Overview
An electronic signature can improve the efficiency of work in different industries such as banking, pharmaceutical and healthcare industry. Do you know the difference between digital signature and e-signature?
Shadow Accounting Hedge Funds
Learn about the essentials and the importance of shadow accounting to hedge fund management.
Media Billionaires Comparison
See an interesting comparison of the pace that new vs old media billionaires made their fortune. Particularly explicit of the changes happened over the last decade in media industry.
Make Extra Cash Online
While there are many ways to earn money on the Internet, most of them require you to spend money or as they say “invest” money to make any money. But what if you don’t have any money and are just looking to earn a few extra dollars in your spare time? Isn’t there any way to make extra money online without having to spend any money? Read on to find out.
Purchase Decision Factors
Find out what urges people either to head to the cashier’s desk or to click the check out button. Reaching a purchase decision is not incidental.
What Startups Need
Did you know that half of the startups go down the drain within 4 years? Salesforce, a leading CRM software company, addresses adaptability and scaleability as prerequisites for a startup to fly in the blue sky. See how information and communication technology bridges the gap.
Investing in CEE
CEE (Cental & Eastern European) countries are a fertile ground for investments. See an overview of tax systems, business legal forms and investment incentives for Slovakia, Czech Republic, Poland, Hungary and Romania according to the latest significant changes in taxation.
Dirty Office
It is estimated that the average worker is exposed to 840,000 germs every 30 minutes. Keeping clean and healthy in the office may be harder than you think.
Double Faced Marketer
With the advent of online media, Marketer’s profession has undergone notable changes in terms of skills and duties. Modern marketer has to put his/her feet in two boats, the artistic one that covers the creative part and the scientific one that sails in the sea of numbers. It’s not about a personality split but rather a mindset combination.
Support Local Business
This presentation explains the importance of doing our shopping from local stores and businesses rather than big national chains and the benefits this movement produces for local communities and the environment. Discover how turning local makes a difference.
Digital Advertising History
See an overview of the digital advertising evolution that has happened along with the growth and development of the internet and various multimedia technologies.
From Idea to Reality
Great ideas drive the most promising projects. Do you have any? Don’t keep them in the “later drawer”. Get on, take the plunge and start planning. Consider the following useful tips on your way to turn thoughts into tangible achievements.
Sales Performance Tips
4 key tips for sales managers who need to enhance their coaching and oil the engine through effective motivation of the sales team.
Brand Logo Evolution
Logos communicate a brand’s or corporation’s identity and should reflect their evolution over time. See some striking examples of either smooth or sharp logo transitions for some of the most popular brands worldwide including Pepsi, Shell, Mercedes, Apple, Microsoft and Kodak.
7 Pricing Tricks
Setting the right price for a service or product is more than doing the cost / profit estimation. Several experiments have been conducted by reputable professors, marketing and sales professionals, showing the psychological background of value perception from consumers’ side and the possibilities retailers have to manipulate their purchase decision. See how numbers hit the brain inside out.
Apple Falling
Here we are not talking about Newton’s apple and the gravity thing. It’s evidently about the Apple tech giant and its potential to defy gravity coming from its rivals especially after losing Steve Jobs leadership.
Immigrant Entrepreneurship in US
According to this report high-tech startups from immigrants in the US are getting slack showing signals of sliding from 2005 to 2012. However, there are some exceptions to the trend.
Resource Scarcity Facts
Natural resources exhaustion is not fictional and much more measures must taken in order to control this threat. Likewise, resource scarcity is closing faster than we think. Carbon trust presents how businesses respond to this situation and how active or stagnant they are to the direction of securing sustainability.
Canon vs Nikon Market Share 2010
Canon and Nikon together with Sony and Samsung are the most robust companies in the camera market. This infographic presents a timeline of Nikon and Canon milestones and shows how they stack up in sales by region for 2011 and in market share for 2010.
Consumer Survey Power
6 out of 10 people are directly or indirectly influenced during their purchase decision after participating in a survey conducted by a brand. This report from Sample Survey spotlights the impact of consumer surveys on both brands and consumers.
Startup Business Survival
Statistically, longterm success rate for startups is gradually sinking over the last decades in the US. Persistence in satiated business sectors might be a reason for this downturn. See which are the best industries to start a business.
Business Continuity Risk Management
Power outages, weather inclemancy, hardware failure, fraud, theft or even terrorism are some of the threats lurking out there with the potential to weigh down a business. InTechnology plc made this 4 step introductory guide on how business owners can build a plan to protect their property and have the cogs keep moving with the least possible loss.
Downtime Cost
Power failure, human errors, time inconsistencies and weather inclemancy were the leading causes of downtime for businesses in 2012. Get an idea of how much costly are unplanned outages for a business and what measures should be taken to cope with the inevitable.
Doctor Career Outlook
Following a doctor career entails hard work, self-discipline, passion and dedication from the starting study years to the time of training and practicing. This infographic addresses the typical qualities a physician should own and the emerging career opportunities in the next years.
RFID Present and Future
RFID stands for Radio Frequency Identification and is one of the most widely applicable wireless transmission technologies that drives our automated daily life. When combined with WiFi, GPS, 4G Networks, Cloud Computing and other technologies only sky is the limit!
Home Business in USA
Running a home business can be more than a side job, part time occupation or hobby and there’s a misconception around its potentials. Homepreneur is the established equivalent of entrepreneur that defines a business owner who adequately covers more than 50% of a household’s income by doing job from home. There are also numerous examples of home businesses that have taken it to the next level of hiring employees. See the stats.
Saving on UK Commute
The average annual cost of commuting to work in the UK consists a considerable portion of a Briton’s median salary and it is estimated around £1,775. See how you can save money on your commute.
P2P Lending Benefits
Learn what makes Peer-to-peer lending or simply put “social lending” particularly appealing to both borrowers and lenders compared either to bank loan or savings account.
offers lower interest rates for borrowers with higher returns for savers.
Young and Successful Entrepreneur
Who said that a self-made millionaire must have entered his 50s or 60’s. Meet 10 of the richest, youngest and eminent entrepreneurial figures of our times along with a brief and some milestones of the copmanies they own.
Tech Companies Profits 2012
Five of the most popular tech giants (Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Facebook) are contesting in a dollar runrace. See how they have performed historically till 2012 as for revenue, profit and market caps.
Samsung Apple Clash
The never ending battle between the two tech giants goes up. See how Samsung stacks up against Apple as for revenue, work force, research and development, sales and of course profit.
Kill the Time Killers
According to an OfficeTime.net survey the average amount of dawdling time at work ranges between 1 and 2 hours per day. The best way to fight something is to know it. Learn which are the most common time killers, what type of time waster you are and how to start fixing this.
Hard Working Nurses
Nursing is a demanding job that requires considerable reserves in soul and body energy. Here is an illustration of how nurses find the happy medium among work and family duties, ongoing education and personal well being.
Speed Dating Works
Are you in a rush for finding the perfect soulmate or hiring the next ace employee? Speed dating is likely a good option for picking the best match without investing much time. Learn how and why it works.
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