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Worthy Web: Using Pinterest for Business
If you’re a startup that’s spent any time at all thinking about new media and social media, you’ve probably heard of Pinterest. It’s been around, and most people still don’t have a great sense of what...
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Modern Enterprise – People – Culture
Modern Enterprise – People – Culture There are different schools of thought regarding the formation of corporate culture. The author of “Rework” says that culture should form around the people as they...
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Top Five Online PR Resources for Startups
One question that we frequently get when advising clients about online strategy is how to handle PR online. Companies with a lot of old-school PR experience are used to writing press releases and...
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The Best Four Resources for Startup Self Education
Here today we’re reviewing the top four best resources for self education around the web. Crucial to any entrepreneurial venture, small business, or success is a history in self education, and spirit...
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Modern Enterprise Series – Setting Priorities
JFK once gave a speech which inspired the country to go to the moon. When JFK was touring one of the sites that the Apollo missions was developed at, he had a conversation with a janitor. When asked...
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The 7 WordPress Plugins We Always Recommend to Clients
Here at Anant, we develop a fair number of websites. Of course, we have our Appleseed App, the platform and CMS we recommend for all of our clients for maximum flexibility. However, there are a still a...
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The Virtual Office: Top Ten Rules for Participating in Conference Calls and...
Photo Credit: Kimb0lene Anant is a distributed company that relies heavily on conference calls and webinars/GoToMeetings to conduct our day-to-day business. As such, it’s important that we follow...
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Modern Enterprise Series – Customer Relations
An enterprise builder organizes and manages information regarding people so that they can be used as a mass to function for results. At the basic level they manage the contact and billing details. No...
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Ten Future Technologies Which Already Exist
This awesome video by AllTime10s shows us some pretty incredible futuristic technologies which already exist today. Here they are: Printing human organisms using 3D printers Dynamically stable...
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[Modern Enterprise] People – Key Resources
People are what enable Google to be Google. People are what made Facebook. Apart from the obvious need need for an idea, an opportunity for that idea to fit a demand with a supply, the enterprise...
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[Modern Enterprise] People – Partners
In the genesis of an enterprise, the enterprise builder must rely on partners, especially if they are the only person working on their idea. Partners are indispensable service providers, product...
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Feature | MyMaryland.Net Empowering Citizens of Maryland
Since the Internet went public in the early 1990’s, it’s become a tool unlike anything in human history. One can instantly access information – all it takes is a computer and a decent Wi-Fi signal....
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Fundamental State of Entrepreneurship
One of the books I’ve read recently for “Personal Purpose & Mission,” a class I’m taking on the weekends, is called Bridge As You Walk On It: A Guide for Leading Change by Robert Quinn. The class...
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Modern Enterprise : Software as a Service ERP in China
As part of a class “China and the Internet” at Georgetown University, I’ve been doing a lot of research on the Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software space in China. This research will be...
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HBR – Three Rules to Make Your Company Exceptional
Deloitte senior staff member talks with Harvard Business Review about research on exceptional companies. They studied tens of thousands of companies over 44 years and found out three basic rules that...
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The New C-Suite is Here
Daniel Burrus writes in his blog entry on the HBR’s Blog Network that Today’s CIO Needs to Be the Chief Innovation Officer. He writes in other post, The New CTO: Chief Transformation Officer, the new...
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Slideshare – How to Test Landing Pages
Ion Interactive’s Slideshare.com presentation on How to Test Landing Pages goes above and beyond to explain a) the differences between a SEO Landing Page and a Campaign Landing Page. Step 1 : Traffic...
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Inc – 7 Tips for Emailing Extraordinarily Busy People
In business, the busiest people I know aren’t necessarily the most effective. Doing for the sake of doing is a good way to get in the habit of execution. The habit of execution is more than getting...
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Slideshare – Internet Trends 2013 by Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers
Looking back on the “Future of the Internet” Prezi I posted around the same time, I’m very glad that my predictions and analysis were on point with that of KPCB. Having another, more experienced,...
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HBR – The First 90 Days in a New CIO Position
Steve Gallagher, Harvard Business School‘s new CIO, lays out a plan for his new responsibilities in the first ninety days. Ninety days or three months is a substantial amount of time to move mountains....
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The Difference between CIO and a CTO
Our firm offers our clients innovation, experience, and knowledge of how to run and grow organizations on the Internet. In short, we are a team’s Chief Information Officer (CIO) or a Chief Technology...
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Slideshare – Facebook, The Perfect Startup
All commentary and opinion aside, I believe, as faberNovel’s “Facebook, the Perfect Startup” shows, that Facebook is an innovative company. This, nearly 100, slide document is worth a browse for the...
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Online MBA – How to Fund a Startup
Ever wondered how you’ll ever be able to pay the bills while starting your own company? In the style of an old school UPS commercial, Online MBA – How to Fund a Startup explains in two and half minutes...
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Solving the Incubator/Accelerator Problem: Essential Building Blocks
I want to personally thank Sramana for writing what needed to be communicated in her recent article on HBR Blogs: HBR – The Problems With Incubators, and How to Solve Them. She identifies endemic...
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Prezi – The Journey of the Modern Thought Leader
Lulu.com, a self-publishing website, has published a simple yet artful Prezi presentation on how today’s thought leaders need to be able to understand and utilize different technologies and tools to...
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Winning with Excellent Customer Service
Excellent customer service is a competitive advantage for an organization. Companies and researchers spend a lot of time and money on developing strategies for improving customer service (a search for...
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Whitepaper – Creating Personas for B2B Marketing
Mintigo’s whitepaper on Creating Personas for B2B Marketing is a self-proclaimed “Step-by-Step guide to Targeting Quality Leads.” The short 17 page white paper will give you, the modern entrepreneur, a...
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Slideshare – How to Use the Magic of Thinking Big
Remember the last time you were in an argument and asked yourself “Is this really worth my time?” Remember the last time you thought “this person is a ‘Debbie Downer‘”. As an entrepreneur, there are...
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Slideshare – Netflix Culture : Freedom & Responsibility
Netflix‘s CEO Reed Hastings (or one of his assistants) posted this excellent 126 slide presentation about his company’s culture. Everyone that wants to create a lasting , impactful organization should...
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Video – Service Design, Jack Ma and Jeff Bezos
English: Jack Ma speaks during The Future of the Global Economy (Photo credit: Wikipedia) Regardless of what you or your company does to pay the bills and turn a profit, ultimately all companies exist...
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Internet of Things / Everything
The Internet of Things is around you. It is not quite The Matrix, but it may be closer than you think. The Internet of Things is real and as networked computing pervades every aspect of our daily...
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Slideshare – Financial Accounting
After that previous post on individual fixed and variable costs, you probably want a refresher on financial accounting. Even if you don’t you still need to know. There are different types of...
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Video – Simon Sinek – Start with Why and Understanding People
Simon Sinek gave the famous “Start with Why” talks at Ted. Want to learn why ‘why’ is important? He also talks about the importance of understanding people. His speeches communicate fundamental truths...
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99U – The 5 Common Characteristics of Ideas That Spread
99U.com is one of my favorite blogs and has served as an inspiration for what we want to achieve for Asitchanges.com in entrepreneurship. This article on Innovation by David Burkus lists the common...
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Whitepaper – Understanding the Cloud Computing Stack
If at the very least you are using the Internet for some part of your enterprise operations, you have to have heard of “SaaS” or “Software as a Service.” What used to be called “ASP” or “Application...
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Modern Enterprise – Systems – People First, Systems Last
Team of people, whether they are independent or part of a larger whole, rely on “Systems” to help them achieve their goals. The Systems that run these teams need not be Information Systems but it’s...
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Slideshare – Four Excellent Presentations on Strategy
In the consulting world, people use jargon to mask the realities of the work. Ultimately it comes down to thought and action. Strategic thinking with tactical action means success, if success is...
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Video – Coursera – Foundations of Business Strategy
Coursera, NovoEd, EdX are just a few of the places you can learn new skills to add to your team’s arsenal in today’s competitive marketplace. I’ve been taking a few courses offered on these remarkable...
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Video – Leadership & Management – Mastering Service in the Service of Others
Are you in a client service business? Do you make products for others? Do you want to start an initiative bigger than yourself but don’t know where to start? You can check out the video for “Mastering...
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Slideshare – People – Common Concerns in Hiring Web Developers
Our firm is often hired to “rescue” projects that have failed, or are failing due to a variety of reasons. Projects, especially software projects, fail because of poorly managed talent, or worse poor...
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Why Modern Enterprise? – Motivations for Entering and Adapting to the SaaS...
Enterprises throughout history have brought about innovative products that improved the lives of their clients. While enterprises in the past required extensive capital and labor to develop,...
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The Next Generation of Startup Entrepreneurs – The Gap in Business Education
In my last post on the Modern Enterprise I discussed motivations for entering the Software as a Service (SaaS) industry and why one should learn how to adapt to it with the Modern Enterprise canvas. In...
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What is Modern Enterprise? – A Canvas for Entrepreneurial Success
The Modern Enterprise canvas draws inspiration from its predecessors, the Lean Startup and Business Model canvases. It outlines a clear organization for enterprises ranging from startups to established...
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Choosing the Right People for I.T.—Web Developer, Web Designer, or...
People represent the foundation of business. People manufacture or deliver offerings, people market and sell their products or services, and people become the clients who buy them. This holds true even...
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Choosing the Right People for I.T.—Common Concerns in Hiring Web Developers...
In the last installment, I discussed the importance of web developers in a modern Software as a Service enterprise. Specifically, I broached the common pitfalls to avoid when hiring new development...
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From Lean Startup to Model Business – Comparing Enterprise Canvases
The Modern Enterprise is not the first canvas designed for businesses to follow—in fact, the Modern Enterprise drew inspiration from its predecessors the Lean Startup (http://leanstack.com/) and...
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Slideshare – Process – From Vision to Executing Strategy
You’ve got a great idea. How do you make it happen? Even if you have the vision, how can you and your team achieve this vision? This presentation covers failures, successes, and learning from best...
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Seminar – Connecting Internet Software
Connecting Internet Software How it impacts individuals, organizations, and countries. A little over seven years ago, I predicted that Web Services “will become as popular as Database technology in...
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Prezi – Connecting Internet Software
Posted a little later than anticipated. Here’s the Prezi presentation of our seminar on “Connecting Internet Software” from November’s Lunch Seminar. We’re looking forward to an amazing year with lunch...
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Video – Leadership & Management – Building People First
When entrepreneurs begin their journey, human capital is not typically the first thing their mind drifts towards. Most likely, they are trying to figure out what customers they are going to serve or...
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