Family Business and its Challenges

Fri, 12 Mar 2010 18:13:37 -0800

Most of small business owners have a plan or at least a thought of expectation that one day their children will join and later continue the family business. Still, it is not that simple. Very often, children are not interested in taking over your business or becoming a part of it. They are attracted to [...]

5 Steps to Protect Your Intellectual Property

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:08:45 -0800

The term Intellectual Property or the acronym IP means (and provides) protection for creations of the mind. More specifically, they grant the creators/owners exclusive rights to these creations. IP is divided into two categories: artistic and industrial. • Artistic Intellectual Property rights are protected by Copyrights. • Industrial Intellectual Property rights are protected by Patents and Trademarks. General opinion [...]

Business Benefits of Web Based CRM Software

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 20:08:44 -0800

Web based CRM software is a Customer Relationship Management application hosted by an Application Service Provider. Software as a Service model (SaaS) user does not own the software but acquire the rights to use the software online by subscribing to CRM services. Web based CRM provides different capabilities, including Campaign Management, E-Commerce, Sales Force Automation, [...]

When I grow up I want to be a salesman!

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:50 -0800

Ask any CEO what is the most important job in the organization and they will respond by saying it is sales. Sales and marketing are responsible for not only bringing revenue to the company but good sales folks drive product innovation that helps create the next generation of go to market strategy and products. (...)Read [...]

Elance & Chinese Copycats

Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:46:49 -0800

Dear friends of Bizcloud, I was browsing the Web over the weekend and I noticed an advertisement for outsourced project on Elance. A person in China likes what Bizcloud has to offer and wants to reproduce it. I am just curious, our site is free and copyright laws and patents clearly do not apply to China. [...]