Printing solutions for startups
May 20, 2009 at 11:17 pm | In Web 2.0 | Leave a CommentA quick post
I was reading an inspiring article the other-day where the writer had talked about common tactics which startups should use to promote/market their business.
Although the focus was primarily on the usage of commonly available tools, one point of using ‘business-cards’ really caught my attention. As a startup owner there are many costs that you have to bear and one-such cost is printing cost on various items:
- Business card
- Letter head
- Notepad
- Flyers
- Manuals
- Newsletter
- Brochures…
Traditionally you either outsource such work to a nearby vendor or if you have the capacity and the budget then you try to manage some of the printing needs in-house only.
However, there are some nice online options available
http://printo.in On demand printing and fast growing network of document shops. A branded retail chain that provides services of international standard.
http://giggleprint.com A onestop shop for all printing needs.
PsPrint – A printing company that prints business cards, stickers, poster printing and more.
http://www.printcamp.com A platform for social expression and an enterprise for digital photo printing that helps you share, send and store your digitized memories.
Apart from the options mentioned above, Picsquare, Canvera, Zoomin, Itasveer are some popular photo-printing startups which have been providing great value for money.
Success mantra for a thriving startup: Empower your people
March 31, 2009 at 10:57 pm | In Web 2.0 | 2 CommentsTags: Indian Startups, startup, startups, Web 2.0
My mind told me that I should share a couple of cents which might leave an

Image source: Alexander Kjerulf's post on 8 random tips for making your startup company happy and successful
impression on your life as a start-up owner ! These opinions have emerged from experiential traits of observing, listening, watching, engaging and at times even reading during all these months..
Which success metrics have you defined for your start-up baby? Break-even the costs by next year? May be achieve next round of funding inside three months? Or even double the number of clients in six months?
You wish you could do it all yourself ! May be you could, if you were a superhero but even then 24 hours in a day were not going be enough. How do you achieve all that and much more? Wait a minute
Do not expect me to talk about that one-in-million magical solution as it never existed. Yeah, I am not talking about out of the world rocket science here. All you need are ‘PEOPLE’ who can make-it-happen! People who have cool heads and are a bundle of energy. May be you could hire them from outside, if you’re a cash-rich start-up.
But in tough times of recession, you’re expected to cut your operating costs. You are expected not to hire people and even fire the ones who are working with you!
Coming down to ground reality, most start-ups cannot afford to loose people as it is difficult to find a single replacement for any guy who quits. Each person thinks multi-dimensionally and is engaged in cross-functional work.
So how do you make them happy? Throw more money at them? May be it will work in some-cases but for the rest?
To begin with, Never promise anything to them that you cannot deliver. For e.g. you make a promise to your senior guy that he is a key member of the strategy group but sideline him
Second- the key to make people a part of your growth is by involving them in the so called decision making process. Provide them the right opportunities at right time/stage. For e.g. If you are caught in a web of problems, feel free to consult them for help. No, it is not a help in-terms of bugfix but instead help at a mental level. That is where you will be able to judge their mindset and take a call about things which you never expected them to do.
Third, never fall into a fixed mindset trap as that is the easiest thing you can do at this stage. for e.g. a marketer can only pitch or a developer can only code. These are all mind-games that you tend to play with yourself. Because of your one-dimensional thoughts, you are sometimes unable to visualize the potential of people in your team.
Fourth – Trust your people. Trust them for their thought, for what they have done, continue to do and what they can do. Make people feel counted as a part of the group. Listen to them, ask them what they feel/think. Never try to be their boss and impose your decisions on them.
Fifth - Drop your ego. It is a 360 degree cycle of feedback. The so called ego rules which apply to your employees are also valid for you
Remember, it takes more than a sweat to build a quality team. If you can do that success comes naturally to you and your start-up! On the flip-side it takes not more than a blink of an eye-lid to get back to the same mode of hiring replacements for the people who have left you. So what do you want do to – take one step forward or two steps backward?
OMG ! I could delete an index in Microsoft word?
March 24, 2009 at 3:18 pm | In Tech, Web 2.0 | 1 CommentTags: microsoft word, microsoft word index, Tech, tips and tricks, word index
No, this post doesn’t fit the context of this blog and I know that
It isn’t about socially social media or the newest version of ‘Web’. But it is a useful tip, that all Market researchers who prepare research-reports and executive summaries are perhaps going to appreciate. Needless to mention, this post is focused towards advanced users of Microsoft word.
Problem – How to delete all index entries from a Microsoft word document [Don't ask me why would somebody want to delete an index
I am assuming the problem is already there !!]
What is an index? – Remember the search-index that you had at the back of your book in your hay-days ? The one that you could use to identify wherever your favorite keyword in the book was present.
Assumption – You have already created a word document with those countless index entires. Continue reading OMG ! I could delete an index in Microsoft word?…
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