2009 was a great year for entrepreneurs according to several recently release reports from the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation. The number of Startup businesses created even surpassing the technology boom of 1999. Talisa Chang joins Mario to discuss why this is happening now. She’s talent associate with Solvate, a startup that matches freelance talent with small businesses for projects.
air date: August 31, 2010
Guest: David Friend, Chairman & CEO, Co-Founder of Carbonite.com. Every year, 4,390 computer users lose their music, photos, documents and more. David talks about backing up your data so that you can get access to your files thru the internet.
Guest: Jean Louis Carrara, Vice President, Business Development, North American Telecommunications Business Unit of Gemalto. We’re going to talk to him about mobile phone security. Gemalto’s customers include the top four wireless carriers in the US and hundreds more worldwide. They’re the world’s leading provider of SIM chips and software platforms for mobile phones.
Website of the day: http://ie.microsoft.com/testdrive
Digital deal of the day: www.newegg.com – Wireless Router : Linksys E 3000
Website of the Day: tutor.com
Digital Deal: Walmart.com – Walmart (T-mobile) family mobile service
Mobile workers need critical tools that help keep them productive in the field. The Pocket Scanner – Documents on the Go app by Kdan Mobile Software LTD gives users the ability to scan documents while on the go.
This type of app can be a huge time-saver and keep your workers out in the field instead of waisting valuable time coming back to the office. According to key findings from the Worldwide Mobile Worker Population 2009-2013 forecast, the United States and Japan have the highest percentage of mobile workers in their workforce.
More than 72% of U.S. workers were mobile in 2008 and this percentage will grow to 75.5%, representing 119.7 million mobile workers, by 2013. Take a look at the video below to see one of several ways you could use this mobile app in your business.
Read more: Scan documents, create PDFs on your mobile – Washington Business Journal
Previously I posted about the importance of having a social media policy. I didn’t give you any advice on where to start, just warned you of the pitfalls. One of the best ways to get started on your own policy is to look into the policies of some of the largest and most well-known brands. Via Twitter I learned about this great article from Likeable Media on the social media policies of Best Buy, Coca-Cola, Intel, IBM and Kodak.
You see that each reflects its own traditions and cultures. Are you surprised that IBM’s is traditional and formal and very business-like, while Best Buy keeps it friendly, simple and informal? Each reflect their own understanding of their employees and how it communicates its brand internally so that their employees can reflect that to the public.
Think of how your employees are already using social media, even if your only employee is yourself. Work from your understanding of your company and move that message outward. Social media is about sharing your vision about your goals to the world at large and connecting with the visions of those you meet in the social media space