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Forklift Safety Training Videos and CBTs - They Should NOT Be Your Stand-Alone Training Solution
As corporate profit margins get tight and companies begin to squeeze their labor dollars, one will find that the first line item of scrutiny for any financial officer is the amount of money spent on a training budget. Experts on both sides of the issue argue daily about the indirect financial impact of well-trained employees vs. the direct expenditures of having them trained. For many companies, the trend of relying on video training and computer-based training programs (CBTs) has been the perfect blend of information dump and cost-efficiency.In many cases these media provide maximum information in a minimum amount of time. They

* After digg.com there’s HumDigg, IndianBytes, NewsCola, PutVote, IndiaMarks.

* And the same goes for social networking sites. After the success of Orkut now we have -- Jhoom.in, minglebox.com, yaari.com, fropper.com, SaffronConnect.com, rediff Connexions, hangoutwith.com, onlineslambook.com and other thousands.

This shows a Herd mentality. There is a nice article about "Herd Mentality and Indian Startups" on startupdunia.com.

Even for information on "Indian Startups" there are atleast 15-20 sites. e.g. startups.in, webyantra.net, contentsutra.com, startupdunia.com, indianstartups.net are just few to name them.

Many of these startup sites are getting millions of dollars in investment. And lo

12 Tips On the Elements of a Successful Interview
Throughout the many years of my recruiting experience, I have collected feedback from employers and candidates alike. Fact: You will get hired because of the solid job you do during the interview. Remember: The interview is your opportunity to present yourself at your best. It is an opportunity to make a positive impression about you. How do you make your interview a successful one? From many feedbacks as well an my own personal experience, please allow me to share with you a few of these elements of a successful interview: Be prepared – research the company you are meeting with.With the enormous amount of information available

The "dot-com bubble" was a speculative bubble covering roughly 1995–2001 during which stock markets in Western nations saw their value increase rapidly from growth in the new Internet sector and related fields. The period was marked by the founding (and in many cases, spectacular failure) of a group of new Internet-based companies commonly referred to as dot-coms. A combination of rapidly increasing stock prices, individual speculation in stocks, and widely available venture capital created an exuberant environment in which many of these businesses dismissed standard business models, focusing on increasing market share at the expense of the bottom line. The bursting of the dot-com bubble marked the beginning of a relatively mild yet rather lengthy early 2000s recession in the developed world.

Early in the bubble years, three major technology groups benefitted most from the building excitement of what the Internet had to offer. These were: Internet and network infrastructure (e.g. WorldCom, larger than MCI in August 1996), Internet tools (e.g. Netscape), and Internet-direct consumer websites (e.g. Yahoo!).

I dont want to discuss here what happened in the past and what caused the dot com bubble to burst. I want to discuss about the current situation of dot coms. If you want to read about the past, here is a nice article from a professor

The internet back then was not mature enough but now the internet is much much mature and stable.

Lets talk for a moment about the current giants, Google, Yahoo and MSN. All three are specializing in their own fields. competing for the first place in the internet world. And there are sites like digg.com, myspace.com, youtube.com which offeres different kinds of services whether it be a video sharing, social networking or bookmarking sites.

In this cutting edge technology, if you have something unique, you would be able to sell it within few hours. And thats what happened with digg.com, youtube.com and myspace.com. There are many more sites which offered their unique service and became famouse overnight.

Just to give you a small example for uniquness, I created this april fool hoax this year with a title "Aishwarya Rai Wardrobe Malfunction" (Visit the link http://www.informationmadness.com/cms) and within 2 hours I got 1000 visitors to my website. I didn't copy this from anywhere but was my own brain child. And the link became so famous that now there are so many blogs, sites link to my web page.

So the point is uniquness. But what happens when you start a new venture based on some existing product? Do you think its going to work?

So many new websites are poping up everyday in India. I dont think they have anything unique to offer. Lets take a look at few sites

* Video Sharing for India - I dont know which one launched first. But within no time, you have AapKaVideo, MeraVideo, ApnaTube, VideoDubba, punjabeetube

* After digg.com there’s HumDigg, IndianBytes, NewsCola, PutVote, IndiaMarks.

This shows a Herd mentality. There is a nice article about "Herd Mentality and Indian Startups" on startupdunia.com.

Even for information on "Indian Startups" there are atleast 15-20 sites. e.g. startups.in, webyantra.net, contentsutra.com, startupdunia.com, indianstartups.net are just few to name them.

Many of these startup sites are getting millions of dollars in investment. And lo

Added Value Means Profit
Business is the process of taking raw materials, goods or services from a beginning point and adding value along the way to the final user.It is the added value by the entrepreneur that entitles him to profit. Every venture must have the opportunity to add value or it is not a feasible enterprise. Generally there are five categories of business ventures where adding value can be measured.The first is the retail sector, a category where the entrepreneur adds value by investing his money, providing a facility to sell products, making available inventory from many suppliers, having the facility open to the public and providin

d yet rather lengthy early 2000s recession in the developed world.