Saturday, January 23, 2010

Internal Product Development Guidelines

Employee of the Month

Recognizing, Accepting & Fixing Problem teams

Finding yourself cornered on cash - Despite having great contracts

Budgets: Planning and Performing

Petty Cash and Cash Books

Avoid getting under scanners - Why pay bills and govt filings on time

Lucky Draws and Give-aways : Need for a police registration

Companies, Partnerships, LLPs - know your rights and liabilities

Companies, Partnerships, LLPs - know your rights and liabilities

Over communication - cooking up a racquet

Sensing a Downhill Relationship

Highs and Lows - Why you need friends

Results (only criterion) - Hardworkers Vs. Smartworks

Binging in a very experienced 2nd in Command

Powers and Responsibilities - Career Path

Meaning of a Trusted Team

Lawyers and Conflict of Interest

Slow Clearing Cheques and Nationalized Banks

Bootstrapping

Letter of Credit - LCs

Line of Credit - Overdrafts

Email Reporting - Giving a complete picture (my screwups)

Paying Vendors - Innovative ways to get into partnerships

Valuing Sweat

Convertible Debentures

Company FD, and Deferred Salary Payments

Managing Personal Finances

Half-Mind Vs. Full-Mind: 1+1 = 11

Executive & Non-Executive Directors

Statutory Compliances

Due Diligence

Is a Lawyer required for the Founders?

Founders Vs. Investors

Bringing In a New CEO

CRM & Newsletters

HP Ink catridge model for Increasing Sales

Board Approvals - Dos and Donts

Milestones & Realistic Expectations

Setting Expectations Right - Why you need an experienced Investor

Why cash is king, and valuation is bullshit

Why you need to be rich - Negotiations with Investors

Democracy Vs Dictatorship

Why you need to be politically Correct

Managing Impression - Overspending

Sucking Up

The Informer

Letting Best Ideas bubble to top

Documentation - Why this boring thing matters

Managing Employee Morale using systems

Remuneration & Performance based pay

MS Excel for Everything

Openproj, MS Project - Why Planning Matters

Costing of a Project

Time Sheets & Time Planning

Understanding - SWOT & Using this to build Competitive Advantage

Sustainable Competitive Advantage

Increasing Sales

Cutting Costs

B2B Business - An insight into consumer electronics

B2B Business - An insight into consumer electronics

IP and Technology

Intrapreneurship

Employee Stock Options

Employee Bond Periods

Notice Periods

P&L Vs Cash Flows

Renegotiations with Clients & Partners

Valuation Resets

Right of First Refusal

Their Man Vs. Our Man - Cutting Across their Man

Sales & Marketing, Evangelism

CEO = Janitor vs. CEO = Star

Frank Vs. Playing Along - with Board Heavyweights

Multi-Location Operations & Centre of Gravity

Managing the heavyweight underperformer

Relationships and Perceptions

CEO vs. Board

Reporting

The Core Team within Teams

Founding Team

Chief Technology Officer

Chief Financial Officer

Payment Approvals and Authority Levels

Purchasing & Procurement

Chief Operations Officer

Sales Director

Why you need a good Admin Manager

Communication - managing impressions

Business Dealings & Negotiations

The Share Purchase Agreement

A peculiar crisis