Pros and Cons for Free Social-networking platform

I have published a new Question in LinkedIn:

Do you have an experience to work with Free Social-networking platform?
What are Pros and Cons for Free Social-networking platform?

The question is dedicated to on-line web service, which supposed to match-make 2 parties.
The project is in the very early stage and our target is to build a demo for the presenting the idea to investor.

One option which we were considering was to use Free Social-networking platform.

We got 16 answers, 10 of which I considered as Good ones.

Please find the answers here

Any alternative to the WORD-Verification-picture for web-service registration?

Please find and check the answers on LinkedIn Q&A

Great day and Success!

Mid-Summer Season Greatings From Finland!

What is the Biggest challenge to implement a Business Idea?

The Question What is the Biggest challenge to implement a Business Idea? published in LinkedIn got 31 answers.

The Summary of them is presented bellow:

1. Identify Like Minded People with similar Interest and Vision, who believe in your idea
2. Get Sufficient Funding / Investor
3. Identify Potential Marketplace/ ensuring that you have thoroughly identified, validated and quantified the customer base
4. Implementing the Idea over the time to generate Business
5. Overcoming your own "fears" and starting things up
6. Thinking what can go wrong and what to do to overcome that
7. Managing employees
8. Drive, dedication and a clear vision.
9. Clear mission statement and marketing plan
10. Know your product or service and your competition
11. Partners/ 3d parties/ build the appropriate relationships/networks
12. Fortitude and commitment
13. Finding professionals that you are compatible with 14. To find how do deliver (sell/distribute) your product/service
15. Work-Process
16. Doing it, rather than thinking about it and planning it. Second biggest challenge - doing it more than once.
17. Make sure your business idea actually solves a problem
18. Stay Focused

You can find all answers in LinkedIn Q&A

Statistical data in the Poll

Join my Business Generators Group in LinkedIn!

St. Petersburg Economic Forum

Holidays are coming!

Malaga/ Nerja/ Maro at map:
Näytä suurempi kartta

Are You building Your first software Product?

Have a look at SCRUM methodology for sw development:

Are " Green Values" are in line with traveling by airplane/ car?

Following my Question in the LinkedIn Are " Green Values" are in line with traveling by airplane/ car? I would like to present you a short Summary of the Good Answers:

1. CO2 offset methods, http://www.greenseat.nl/us/boekmod-pag1_dotnet.asp
2. Substitution by teleconference/web cast/webinar
3. Work close to home
4. Do an long distance business over the internet
5. Replace by convenient and economical train
6. Optimization of the traveling: combine several needs for one trip
7. Gasoline economic car
8. Holiday trip: stay in one destination longer if possible
9. Planning resources accordingly
10. Use of waste vegetable oil (wvo) to power vehicles
11. Use a Carpool
12. Paying a tax for the planting trees
13. Calculating a person or business' carbon footprint and then provides opportunities to help offset that footprint. Reference site: www.TerraPass.com
14. Hybrid cars

Final conclusion: to be Green means " Take care".

Enjoy the Green Planet!

The Biggest challenge to implement a Business Idea

Please check answers on this Question in LinkedIn

Have a look on results of voting in the Poll and vote by Yourself:

Great day and Success!

Eurovision 2009

One of the Best:

The Art of listening, learning and sharing

Enjoy this Flower! Have a nice spring and 1st of May!

The Conversation Prism by Brian Solis and Jesse Thomas

Would You like to explore other country by staying at private home?

FinRusGateway is currently working on the new web-service Trip2Home.
The purpose of this project is match-making Traveler and Home Provider.

Check this Poll dedicated to the project, its fun!

Dream your dream!

Please check this inspiring video of the Finnish designer and entrepreneur Anu Pentik.
Her dream came as true, she made studio to manufacture personalized design items.
Video sound is in Finnish and text in English.

I would like to congratulate all women at international women day 8.3.!
Have a nice day!

BRIC: Emerging Mobile Markets

• The BRIC mobile user base is expected to rise from 1.209 billion in 2008 to 1.644 billion in 2013*
• Between 2001 and the end of 2007 BRIC countries were responsible for 660 million new subscibers
  
• Between July 2007 and July 2008 India saw a mobile subscriber increase of 100 Million
• BRIC operator-billed data revenues are projected to increase from $26.2 billion in 2008 to more than $48.3 billion by 2013*.
  

While many mobile markets around the world have slowed considerably, BRIC (Brazil, Russia, India and China) mobile markets are growing at a phenomenal rate. These countries offer enormous opportunity for operators, manufacturers, content providers, software developers and numerous others in the value chain.

* Juniper Research - BRIC Mobile Opportunities Oct. 2008

Thai Lemongrass Soup

Kerry Gleason's best thing for the weekend is to make something that creates a pleasant aroma throughout the house that you can enjoy for several hearty meals. He suggests a Thai Lemongrass Soup.

4 c chicken stock
4 c water
6 tsp Tom Yum paste, from Asian market or gourmet section
diced carrots
diced onions or scallions
thick-sliced green bell pepper
1 tbs. chopped ginger root
red pepper flakes (optional)
2 tbs. salt
1/2 cup shredded chicken or diced shrimp
1 tsp chopped basil

You can add chopped lemongrass, if you've got it, but the soup will stand on its own with just the paste. The aroma is awesome, and the soup is full of vitamins.

Season Greatings

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year 2009!

Janne and Tatjana

What should older generation teach to younger generation?

I asked in LinkedIn people to answer to the above question and share their comments and thoughts. I got 32 answers, pretty many.

I decided to choose answer by Kay Wallace as best aswer:

"I believe we need to teach family history with our ancestors trials and tribulations. Honesty, integrity, values and respect have become part of our history instead of part of our future. I try to teach my children the value of self worth through hard work and loyalty. Teach them to give instead of take."

Thanks Kay, it was a good answer!

Exiting boxing match

Exiting boxing match was held in Helsinki Hartwall Areena on last Friday.

Famous Finnish boxer, Amin Asikainen and an Armenian in origin with German citizenship, Khoren Gevor
met each other for the gaining a title of European champion.

The difference in the techniques between these two guys was obvious: beside of high technical skills and very dynamic mode Khoren showed of high
intelligence using strategy and tactics to protect himself and attack in the right moments .

These qualities lead him to win- situation at the 7th round ( out of 10).

Please enjoy the video with the boxing!

Top 100 Best European Software vendors

The latest version of the Truffle 100, the leading ranking of the top 100 software vendors in Europe, has been published. German SAP ranks first.

Total revenues for the Truffle 100 are 29 billion euros and revenues from software activity are 24,4 billion euros. The top 25 vendors account for 80 % of the revenues.

From Finnish companies Digia ranks 38th, F-Secure 41st, Comptel 45th, Aldata Solution 48th, Basware 51st, Proha 70th and Tekla 74th.

Innovations ahead

There are lot of innovations ahead says Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos in this video clip.
Enjoy!