partnership

If you believe that a partner is right for you, you must select very carefully. Here is the approach I would take.

Start with your own strengths.
Draft a job description for yourself first. Plan to continue doing what you do best. You'll want your partner to be someone with complementary skills and knowledge. Determine what role the partner will play in decision-making and operations. Remember a partnership does not have to be 50-50.

Identify the values you seek.
Whether this person fills the partner role or functions as a key team member, he or she will influence the image of the company both internally and externally. If commitment, integrity and honesty are important qualities, set criteria in advance for how you will determine if these are present in any individual you are considering.

Get the word out.
Let the people in your network know what you are looking for. Suppliers, customers and other associates may be able to make an appropriate referral, but use discretion and common sense when deciding whom to inform. Emphasize what's critical.

Have an open mind.
You may find someone who is an ideal working partner but doesn't have the money to invest. You may also find a potential investor who does not want to be a working partner. Finding the ideal working partner with money may be difficult. Be open to what makes the most sense for you and for the business.

Learn all you can about a potential partner.
Check references and credit history, even if you know the person well. This is especially important if the person will become an equity partner. Ask questions to determine the person's drive, motivation and ability to be a self-starter. You'll want to be able to hand over responsibility with confidence, knowing there is a clear incentive for the job to get done.....

taken from : http://www.primestrategies.com/success_articles.

the monkey business

If you have difficulty understanding the current world financial situation,
the following should help...

Once upon a time in a village in India , a man announced to the villagers
that he would buy monkeys for $10.

The villagers seeing there were many monkeys around, went out to the forest
and started catching them.
The
man bought thousands at $10, but, as the supply started to diminish,
the villagers stopped their efforts. The man further announced that he
would now buy at $20. This renewed the efforts of the villagers and
they started catching monkeys again.

Soon the supply diminished
even further and people started going back to their farms. The offer
rate increased to $25 and the supply of monkeys became so little that
it was an effort to even see a monkey, let alone catch it!

The
man now announced that he would buy monkeys at $50! However, since he
had to go to the city on some business, his assistant would now act as
buyer, on his behalf.

In the absence of the man, the assistant
told the villagers: ' Look at all these monkeys in the big cage that
the man has collected. I will sell them to you at $35 and when he
returns from the city, you can sell them back to him for $50. '

The villagers squeezed together their savings and bought all the monkeys.

Then they never saw the man or his assistant again, only monkeys everywhere!

Welcome to WALL STREET.

Entrepreneurship - Finding Time for Business

Being an entrepreneur and running a small and medium enterprise is stressful
at times, and can be hectic. Success within a business though, absolutely
demands time management skills, or the chores that need to get done will be
left undone, and procrastination, as well as a serious " personal time
deficiency" will occur.

Several studies have shown that many first-time entrepreneurs spend too much
time on "non-essential" activities within a business, activities that have
nothing to do with business, or that have little impact on business success.
At the end of each business day )when it finally ends), they are left
feeling stressed out, burned out, separated from their personal lives, and
worse yet, with a felling of non-accomplishment and inefficiency.

You probably have met entrepreneurs like this occasionally in your own life.
They constantly seem "busy", yet they are constantly late for appointments,
don't ever have time to attend personal activities or outings, and are
always stressed out about what still "needs to be done' each and every day!

A "personal time deficiency" occurs when an entrepreneur seems to spend all
their time either working on the business, or thinking about the business.
The entrepreneur can neglect family, friends, activities and personal
pleasures, in pursuit of business functions. This is not only
counter-productive to the business (creativity shines through when
entrepreneurs also schedule time away from the business), but personal
losses can occur to the entrepreneur. Horror stories abound about divorce
among entrepreneurs, shattered family lives, and personal ruin.

What causes "personal time deficiencies"

? A variety of factors:

1. An entrepreneur does not sufficiently plan every activity during
the working day, with a pre-set amount of time allotted for each business
activity. Without an active 'work schedule', an entrepreneur can feel
unrestricted, and therefore spend too much time on some activities and not
enough on others. All activities should be done 'on schedule' if possible
and within a certain amount of time. Too much "fussing over each activity
will lead to very little accomplishment each day. Neglect of other
activities will lead to a sense of little accomplished.

2. An entrepreneur becomes distracted quite easily during the business
day. Personal phone calls and activities need to be kept to a minimum. If an
entrepreneur were working outside their own business, for someone else, they
would not have the luxury of "dropping everything" and going shopping or out
to lunch, if time were not allotted for this! Also, family members and
friends could not drop in and "visit" whenever they liked. A business needs
to be viewed as any other type of employment, where personal distractions
could not, and do not exist!

3. Lack of succinct business plan that effectively spells out business
activities that need to be completed in an organized step-by-step fashion
and that entails certain accomplishments within a certain timeframe. A
business plan is essential for success in any small business, just as in
bigger businesses. A business plan Is the "blueprint" used for mapping out
"where" a business is headed, and just "when" it will arrive! A good
business plan will have weekly, monthly and yearly growth accomplishments
built into it, with planned implementations towards that growth.

4. An entrepreneur does not possess enough self-motivation to "be
their own boss". Half the battle of running a successful business is have
the correct mindset to do so. The gap between "employee thought processes"
and "business owner processes" must be bridged before business organization
is accomplished. Motivation is different in an entrepreneurial endeavor, as
no "boss" is standing over the entrepreneur, making certain they finish the
allotted chores each day.

5. An entrepreneur does not actively "separate" business and personal
time in their minds, and plan their personal time as effectively as they do
their business activities. Having personal time will refresh and energize,
not distract from the success of a business. It is absolutely necessary to
plan personal activities into each day, and also stick by the plan for those
activities. This is an emotional health issue, and one that needs
consideration by every entrepreneur, as it is often times too easy to became
couth up in the business to the exclusion of all else.

Overall, all the above aspects need to be managed in order to balance an
entrepreneurial lifestyle. The life of an entrepreneur is without a doubt,
an "atypical" lifestyle. It is a lifestyle that needs more work and more
determination than other types of lifestyles. Time and energy can be
balanced in this lifestyle, but it may take a while to achieve this. When a
balance is achieved, "time starvation" will disappear.

Written by Jennifer Lee for SME Indonesia, September 2008 issue.

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The Basic Rules for Finding Business Investors

When it comes to finding business capital, most entrepreneurs spend most of their time wasting their time seeking the wrong investor, making the wrong offers or making offers that won't result in the needed financing.

Here are nine rules that will help you find the money your company needs to grow.

1. Define Your Target Market. Everyone isn't interested in investing in your company. Develop a profile of potential investors in your company. Angel investors rarely invest in businesses more than fifty miles away from their homes. Venture Capitalists won't invest in local businesses.

2. Have a Concise and Defensible Business Plan. Your business plan should be focused on your Target Market. It must ring true! It must show your commitment to your company's success. A badly written business plan may not render your investment opportunity absolutely unfundable. After all, someone might see the genius behind the clutter. However, any investor who regularly funds companies usually lacks the time to find the genius behind your words. 3. Hire competent advisors! You need a business attorney; an accountant and a business finance advisor. Carefully select all three advisors, if you want to raise money for your company. If you fail to do so, the odds are you won't raise any money and you might find that you are spending money to explain your efforts to State and Federal Regulators.

4. Define your niche market and focus on developing it. Your product or service may have universal appeal. However, your use of risk capital funds should be to develop a smaller niche market with the investors' funds. Spending a million dollars to develop a U.S. Market for your product or service is rarely a credible proposal. Spending a million dollars to develop a California market for your goods or services is far more believable. Focus on an achievable niche market. Use your profits to see that niche market grow to be an international market.

5. How will your investors make money from their investment in your company?' You need to clearly define your investors' exit strategy. The investors not only need their risk capital returned to them as quickly as possible, they need a return on their investment commensurate with their risk.

6. You must be willing to surrender control of your company to your investors. Most investors expect at least a 50% equity interest in your company for their money. If you won't surrender control, there is little likelihood that you have a serious exit strategy for your potential investor. Why? Because ultimately an exit strategy is about a change of control. If you won't give control to your investors, you won't agree to any exit strategy that benefits those investors.

7. Your view of what your startup company is worth is grossly inaccurate. If your company has revenues, discounted cashflow and profitability formulas are a sound basis for valuation. If you have a startup company, your cash investment plus your sweat equity is a good basis for valuation. Over value your company and forget about finding investors.

8. Your plan is local in focus You might find local angels to fund a good local restaurant, bar or nightclub. However, sophisticated investors strongly prefer risking their money on companies with a national or international market for their goods or services.

9. Keep your company's books current and accurate If your bookkeeping is a mess, forget outside investors. If you haven't kept your books in a detailed and accurate fashion before you started your money hunt, potential investors realize that your accounting won't improve after they make their risk capital investment. If they can't trace how you have spent their money, they won't give you the money to spend. Cashflow projections are rarely accurate. If your company has cashflow and your cashflow projections deviate very much from your past performance, nobody will believe them and in due course they won't believe your business plan. If you are a startup company, you are better served outlining and documenting the sources and potential of your revenue stream than trying to estimate it's size. Your goal should be to muster enough evidence to show a realistic potential of at least $25 million per year in three years after the investors' funding.

If you don't have a written business plan, write one or have a professional write it for you. If you lack a strategic plan, write one or have a professional write it for you. Always remember that sophisticated investors are hiring professionals to play Devil's Advocate. Their job is to find the weaknesses in your business or strategic plan. Write your documents in such a way that there are no serious misstatements of material facts.

It's possible to find naive investors for any business project. However, it often costs more money to find these dupes than they will contribute to your company. Naive investors losses billions of dollars annually. Swindlers and the starry-eyed entrepreneur spend billions of dollars trying to find these investors. You are far better served putting together a professional investment package and seeking sophisticated investors to fund your company. It's your only realistic chance of bring your vision to life.

from thecomfortablelife.

com
~

Tips of life

A CUP OF TIPS


LESSON 1
A junior manager, a senior manager and their boss are on their way to a
meeting.

On their way through a park, they come across a wonder lamp. They rub the
lamp and a ghost appears.

The ghost says, "Normally, one is granted three wishes but as you are three,
I will allow one wish each"
So the eager senior manager shouted, "I want the first wish.

I want to be in the Bahamas , on a fast boat and have no worries." Pfufffff.
. And he was gone.

Now the junior manager could not keep quiet and shouted "I want to be In
Florida with beautiful girls, plenty of food and cocktails."
Pfufffff.... And he was also gone.

The boss calmly said, "I want these two idiots back in the office after
lunch at 12.35pm."

MORAL OF THE STORY IS: "ALWAYS ALLOW THE BOSS TO SPEAK FIRST"


LESSON 2
Standing in front of a shredder with a piece of paper in his hand, "Listen,"
said the CEO, "this is a very sensitive and important document, and my
secretary has left. Can you make this thing work?"
"Certainly," said the young executive.
He turned the machine on, inserted the paper, and pressed the start button.
"Excellent, excellent!" said the CEO as his paper disappeared inside the
shredder machine. "I just need one copy."

MORAL : "NEVER, NEVER ASSUME THAT YOUR BOSS KNOWS EVERYTHING"



LESSON 3
An American and a Japanese were sitting on the plane on the way to LA When
the American turned to the Japanese and asked,

"What kind of -ese are you?"

The Japanese confused, replied, "Sorry but I don't understand what you mean.

The American repeated, "What kind of -ese are you?

Again, the Japanese was confused over the question.
The American, now irritated, then yelled, "What kind of -ese are you ...
Are you a Chinese, Japanese, Vietnamese! Etc......??? "
The Japanese then replied, "Oh, I am Japanese."
A while later the Japanese turned to the American and asked what kind of
key' was he.
The American, frustrated, yelled, "What do you mean what kind of -kee' am
I?!"
The Japanese said, "Are you a Yankee, donkee, or monkee?"

MORAL : "NEVER INSULT ANYONE"


LESSON 4
There were these 4 guys, a Russian, a German, an American and a French, who
found this small genie bottle.

When they rubbed the bottle, a genie appeared.

Thankful that the 4 guys had released him out of the bottle, He said, "Next
to you all are 4 swimming pools, I will give each of you a wish. When you
run towards the pool and jump, you shout what you want the pool of water to
be! Come, and then your wish will come true."
The French wanted to start. He ran towards the pool, jumped and shouted,
WINE". The pool immediately changed into a pool of wine. The Frenchman was
so happy swimming and drinking from the pool.

Next is the Russian's turn, he did the same and shouted, "VODKA" and
Immersed himself into a pool of vodka.

The German was next and he jumped and shouted, "BEER". He was so contented
with his beer pool.

The last is the American. He was running towards the pool when suddenly he
steps on a banana peel. He slipped towards the pool and shouted,
SHIT!!!!!!! ......... "

MORAL : "THINK TWICE BEFORE YOU SAY SOMETHING, BECAUSE SOMETIMES ACCIDENTS
DO HAPPEN"

LESSON 5
The organs of the body were having a meeting, trying to decide who was in
charge. Each organ took a turn to speak up:
Brain: I should be in charge because I run all body functions.
Blood: I should be in charge because I circulate oxygen for the
brain.
Stomach: I should be in charge because I process food to the brain.
Legs: I should be in charge because I take the brain where it
wants to go.
Eyes: I should be in charge because I let the brain see where
it's going.
Asshole: I should be in charge because I get rid of your waste.

All the other parts laughed so hard and this made the asshole very mad. To
prove his point, the asshole immediately slammed tightly closed and stayed
that way for 6 days, refusing to rid the body of any waste whatsoever.
Day 1 - Brain got a terrible headache and cried out for relief
Day 2 - Stomach got bloated and began to ache terribly
Day 3 - Legs got cramps and became unstable
Day 4 - Eyes became watery and vision became blurred
Day 5 - Blood became toxic and poisoned the body
Day 6 -The other organs agreed to let the asshole be in charge.


MORAL OF THE STORY: "NO MATTER WHO YOU ARE, OR HOW IMPORTANT YOU THINK YOU ARE, YOU WILL FIND THAT IT IS ALWAYS THE ASSHOLE THAT IS IN CHARGE".

from milis, cheers...

english learning

i always mix up the term for using in, on, at and this i use as a reminder:
heheheh....

Preposition Use - in / at / on - prepositions of time and date

IN

Use 'in' months and years and periods of time:

• in January
• in 1978
• in the twenties

Use 'in' a period of time in the future:

• in a few weeks
• in a couple of days

AT

Use 'at' with precise time:

• at six o'clock
• at 10.30
• at two p.m.

ON

Use 'on' with days of the week:

• on Monday
• on Fridays

Use 'on' with specific calendar days:

• on Christmas day
• on October 22nd

IMPORTANT NOTES

in the morning / afternoon / evening - at night

We say in the morning, afternoon or evening BUT we say 'at night'

fascinating blog

hi check this blog ; http://www.itpin.com/blog/


if knowledge is power, then passion is the engine, body is the vehicle, and conscience is the driver

that's the header, widebroad idea, i amaze with people can do that kind of writing....
put on my bookmarks for sure.

Sorry it is in bahasa......

keyboard shortcuts

Have you ever think losing your mouse and the only option is using your keyboard ?
Well, you never know.... maybe this work to prepare myself

taken from this blog; pctipzone.blogspot.com

Windows key + R = Run menu
This is usually followed by:
cmd = Command Promp
iexplore + "web address" = Internet Explorer
compmgmt.msc = Computer Management
dhcpmgmt.msc = DHCP Management
dnsmgmt.msc = DNS Management
services.msc = Services
eventvwr = Event Viewer
dsa.msc = Active Directory Users and Computers
dssite.msc = Active Directory Sites and Services

Windows key + E = Explorer
ALT + Tab = Switch between windows
ALT, Space, X = Maximize window
CTRL + Shift + Esc = Task Manager
Windows key + Break = System properties
Windows key + F = Search
Windows key + D = Hide/Display all windows
CTRL + C = copy
CTRL + X = cut
CTRL + V = paste

Also don't forget about the "Right-click" key next to the right Windows key on your keyboard. Using the arrows and that key can get just about anything done once you've opened up any program.

Keyboard Shortcuts
[Alt] and [Esc] Switch between running applications
[Alt] and letter Select menu item by underlined letter
[Ctrl] and [Esc] Open Program Menu
[Ctrl] and [F4] Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)
[Alt] and [F4] Quit active application or close current window
[Alt] and [-] Open Control menu for active document
Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow Move cursor forward or back one word
Ctrl] Up, Down arrow Move cursor forward or back one paragraph
[F1] Open Help for active application
Windows+M Minimize all open windows
Shift+Windows+M Undo minimize all open windows
Windows+F1 Open Windows Help
Windows+Tab Cycle through the Taskbar buttons
Windows+Break Open the System Properties dialog box

acessability shortcuts
Right SHIFT for eight seconds........ Switch FilterKeys on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN....... Switch High Contrast on and off.
Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK....... Switch MouseKeys on and off.
SHIFT....... five times Switch StickyKeys on and off.
NUM LOCK...... for five seconds Switch ToggleKeys on and off.
explorer shortcuts
END....... Display the bottom of the active window.
HOME....... Display the top of the active window.
NUM LOCK+ASTERISK....... on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN....... on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder.
NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN....... on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder.
LEFT ARROW...... Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder.
RIGHT ARROW....... Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder.

Type the following commands in your Run Box (Windows Key + R) or Start Run
devmgmt.msc = Device Manager
msinfo32 = System Information
cleanmgr = Disk Cleanup
ntbackup = Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)
mmc = Microsoft Management Console
excel = Microsoft Excel (If Installed)
msaccess = Microsoft Access (If Installed)
powerpnt = Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)
winword = Microsoft Word (If Installed)
frontpg = Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)
notepad = Notepad
wordpad = WordPad
calc = Calculator
msmsgs = Windows Messenger
mspaint = Microsoft Paint
wmplayer = Windows Media Playerrstrui = System Restore
netscp6 = Netscape 6.x
netscp = Netscape 7.x
netscape = Netscape 4.x
waol = America Online
control = Opens the Control Panel
control printers = Opens the Printers Dialog

internetbrowser
type in u're adress "google", then press [Right CTRL] and [Enter]add www. and .com to word and go to it

For Windows XP:

Copy. CTRL+C
Cut. CTRL+X
Paste. CTRL+V
Undo. CTRL+Z
Delete. DELETE
Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin. SHIFT+DELETE
Copy selected item. CTRL while dragging an item
Create shortcut to selected item. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
Rename selected item. F2
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word. CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph. CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph. CTRL+UP ARROW
Highlight a block of text. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document. SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
Select all. CTRL+A
Search for a file or folder. F3
View properties for the selected item. ALT+ENTER
Close the active item, or quit the active program. ALT+F4
Opens the shortcut menu for the active window. ALT+SPACEBAR
Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously. CTRL+F4
Switch between open items. ALT+TAB
Cycle through items in the order they were opened. ALT+ESC
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop. F6
Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer. F4
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. SHIFT+F10
Display the System menu for the active window. ALT+SPACEBAR
Display the Start menu. CTRL+ESC
Display the corresponding menu. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
Carry out the corresponding command. Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu
Activate the menu bar in the active program. F10
Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. RIGHT ARROW
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. LEFT ARROW
Refresh the active window. F5
View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer. BACKSPACE
Cancel the current task. ESC
SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD from automatically playing.

Use these keyboard shortcuts for dialog boxes:

To Press
Move forward through tabs. CTRL+TAB
Move backward through tabs. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Move forward through options. TAB
Move backward through options. SHIFT+TAB
Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option. ALT+Underlined letter
Carry out the command for the active option or button. ENTER
Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box. SPACEBAR
Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. Arrow keys
Display Help. F1
Display the items in the active list. F4
Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box. BACKSPACE

If you have a Microsoft Natural Keyboard, or any other compatible keyboard that includes the Windows logo key and the Application key , you can use these keyboard shortcuts:


Display or hide the Start menu. WIN Key
Display the System Properties dialog box. WIN Key+BREAK
Show the desktop. WIN Key+D
Minimize all windows. WIN Key+M
Restores minimized windows. WIN Key+Shift+M
Open My Computer. WIN Key+E
Search for a file or folder. WIN Key+F
Search for computers. CTRL+WIN Key+F
Display Windows Help. WIN Key+F1
Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain. WIN Key+ L
Open the Run dialog box. WIN Key+R
Open Utility Manager. WIN Key+U

accessibility keyboard shortcuts:

Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds
Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times
Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds
Open Utility Manager. WIN Key+U

shortcuts you can use with Windows Explorer:

Display the bottom of the active window. END
Display the top of the active window. HOME
Display all subfolders under the selected folder. NUM LOCK+ASTERISK on numeric keypad (*)
Display the contents of the selected folder. NUM LOCK+PLUS SIGN on numeric keypad (+)
Collapse the selected folder. NUM LOCK+MINUS SIGN on numeric keypad (-)
Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder. LEFT ARROW
Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder. RIGHT ARROW

get the price...

Luna maya...
no.....
the price not her!! hahahaha, but i wish... :D
Actually the main reason i put the banner was because of her....
and also the money prize, up to 50million rupiah, well i never been lucky. I don't expecting too much
more detail about the winning draw prize was here

and this is some picture of the model.





Source pic; blogging, googling, kapanlageee..

Why ???
dunno. It's a campaign from a pornstar actress... ??? that already retired.
it's a campaign to limited animal reproduction... and also critics human reproduction too maybe ?
i don't know for sure... but i like the picture with the words.

source pic = Detik.com