Archive for November, 2005

Change of Management Required: 5 Signs

Sunday, November 27th, 2005

For entrepreneurs, sometime the most difficult decision is to differentiate between ownership and management. Not all entrepreneurs are good managers.

Entrepreneurship also includes much more than starting and growing a new idea. Having a business is like having a baby – it changes everything! There are many responsibilities that come with the domain of running […]

New Products: Determination of Need and Value

Sunday, November 20th, 2005

Entrepreneurs should pay close attention to consumer needs. It could be done informally monitoring potential or ideas or formally having consumers express their opinion. Nevertheless, there comes a time when it needs to be decided whether to introduce a product or not.

How do you determine the need for a new product? What points would […]

International Entrepreneurship

Sunday, November 13th, 2005

Everyday, the world is becoming a smaller place. Thinking global is not an option anymore. It’s a requirement for survival. The shrinking marketplace has made it absolutely necessary for each and every company to be hypercompetitive in the global economy.

In such an environment, a successful entrepreneur will be the one who will be able […]

Entrepreneurship and Management – Definitions and Skills

Saturday, November 5th, 2005

The word entrepreneurship is a French word which means “go-between” or individuals who take risks and starts something new. In the process, the same also assumes the risks and rewards.

An offshoot of the same is an intrapreneur – which is entrepreneurship within an existing organization.

However, we need to be able to distinguish between […]

Bill Swanson’s Unwritten Rules of Management

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Managing is the process of leading and directing all or part of an organization, often a business through the deployment and manipulation of resources and implementation of strategies.

There are very well known books from authors like Andy Grove, Jack Welch, Tom Peters, and the legendary Peter Drucker.

These books are basically personal experiences of […]

Welcome to Gridalogy’s space on the web!

Friday, November 4th, 2005

Though we do not want to make this blog a sales pitch for our products and services, I think an introduction would be appropriate to understand our background.

A nutshell introduction – Gridalogy is a grid computing software company. Gridalogy provides software and services to increase the productivity and efficiency of individuals, large and small […]