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This month, we are thrilled to present IndiaOn's first female entrepreneur. Read on to learn about Deepika's inspiring start and her tips for success. Name: Deepika Bajaj Company Name: "Invincibelle":http://www.invincibelle.com Company Brief Description: Invincibelle is a premium site for women who live and work in a multicultural world. Invincibelle brings trusted and relevant content to accelerate personal and professional growth of ...

With the 2008 elections less than a year away, find out what type of discussions are appropriate for the workplace. It's a seemingly innocuous question - or is it? Discussing politics in the workplace has always been a complex topic, but when it comes to talking about voting preferences and political views, conversations that might start out as intellectual forays can ...

Is your critical feedback building up employees — or tearing them down? h4. The Idea in Brief That dreaded moment has come: You're delivering critical feedback to an employee. Despite your best efforts, the conversation is a disaster: tempers flare, the employee gets defensive, your relationship grows strained. What happened? Like most managers, you probably inadvertently sabotaged the meeting — preparing ...

Bakery Barn saw explosive growth in five short years, becoming a $6 million company. Now the founder thinks it's time for a new leader. The way Sean Perich tells it, the history of his company, Bakery Barn, is a typical entrepreneurial success story. He was a CPA and longtime weight lifter who turned sweat, determination, and a homemade protein cookie into ...

A conversation with a top venture capitalist yields three cautionary pieces of advice for Web startups seeking seed funding. If you're an Internet entrepreneur in search of seed funding, Josh Kopelman should be high on the list of people you want to run into at a cocktail party. Kopelman is himself a successful entrepreneur three times over—most notably as the founder ...

Giving your directors better information is one of the easiest ways to boost their effectiveness. Replacing board members takes time — and political capital. Those searching instead for a quick and easy way to ramp up their performance almost overnight can turn to a resource as straightforward as board information. After all, nothing has greater impact on the quality of directors' ...

You're a new manager. Will you survive this rite of passage? h4. The Idea in Brief Ask new managers about their early days as bosses, and you'll hear tales of disorientation, even despair. As Hill points out, most novice bosses don't realize how sharply management differs from individual work. Hampered by misconceptions, they fail the trials involved in this rite of ...

Once you share even a seemingly benign personal story with colleagues, people may perceive you differently — and some may question your judgment When I was starting out in the white - collar world, it was a very different social environment from the typical workplace of 2007. We talked about work, work, work, with a little personal gossip thrown in now ...

Like a tropical storm churning up the East Coast or the Santa Ana winds whipping up in parched Southern California, the teetering economy of early 2008 has legions of American workers wondering whether it’s time to hunker down or to consider evacuating to a job in a more secure career field. To be sure, the growth of the American economy and ...

When you start a new job, human nature is to focus on the surface of things: the photocopied vision statement included in your orientation package, how your peers dress and the date HR designates for your first performance appraisal. But if you’re going to use this job to further your career goals, or even if you just want to last long ...

Lawyers, also called attorneys, have one of the highest-profile positions in the legal field. If you’re wondering what it takes to be a lawyer, check out this job profile. The Job Lawyers, also called attorneys, act as both advocates and advisors in the legal system. As advocates, they represent a party in a criminal or civil trial by presenting evidence and ...

In some cultures, bargaining is the norm. A buyer or seller makes an offer, and the other party either accepts or counters the offer. The two negotiate until they strike a deal or one party walks away. When you're negotiating your salary with an employer, do you know what you're doing? Do you have any idea of what you're truly worth? ...

h4. Name: Vipul Vyas h4. Company Name: Skewz.com _Brief Description:_ Skewz is a media rating platform. What does that mean? It's a site that lets folks rate political news in terms of liberal or conservative bias. It also consolidates all of these ratings and lets people see both sides of each story by offering alternative perspectives on the same news event. ...

Interviewing can be a gut-wrenching process. Most books on how to interview list hundreds of questions you need to be ready to answer, but few talk about the questions you need to ask. Take more control at your next interview by asking some pointed questions of your own. Here are six must-ask questions and why you should know the answers. h4. ...

h4. A quick-read guide for those considering going the entrepreneurial route. *1. Find something you are passionate about.* This step is number 1 not only because it is best tackled at the beginning of the process, but also because it might be the single most important factor to influence your chances of success. Starting a business takes commitment and dedication that ...

If you are searching for funding, whether from venture capitalists, angel investors, bankers, or even friends and family, one of the first requests you'll receive is this: "Send along your business plan." Before you hang up the phone or acknowledge the e-mail, you may want to ask one question: What kind of business plan do you want me to send? Business ...

"I still don't know what they said to each other," a Texas nurse told NurseWeek magazine in 1999 after enlisting a hospital house cleaner to interpret for a patient who could not speak English. Today, as immigration increases and a nursing shortage looms, the demand for bilingual healthcare workers is growing. The greatest need appears to be for Spanish-speaking nurses. According ...

If you're looking for job stability in 2008, it's a good idea to check in on the industries that have high projected growth rates. It appears that healthcare and information technology careers are a safe bet. New government numbers show that these two industries have the highest salary growth rate, which doesn't surprise us. But some of the others certainly do! ...

One quality often characterizes people who work abroad: Determination, in this case, to make it to another country. If you're going to move to France, Thailand or some other far-off land, this quality is often a prerequisite. Searching for work in the US alone can be a challenge, and doing so abroad means you're dealing with the additional hurdles of a ...

The stereotypical lonely programmer coding away for hours in a cubicle is mostly just that - a worn-out image that bears little resemblance to the current working lives of US programmers, often called software developers or software engineers. Working on teams, handling presentations and accompanying sales staff to client meetings are all part of their work. "The idea that it's a ...