Doing International Business With Japan

Over at Market Watch, I read an article about the upcoming business webcast which will take place on December 9, 2008 and will start at 11:00 AM US Eastern Standard Time.

The point I found from this article are the pre-requisite or what are the DOs and DON'Ts if you are planning to expand your business to one of the most progressive country nowadays -- Japan.

This upcoming webcast will guide global entrepreneurs in understanding the culture of Japan, observe business etiquette and avoiding potential business pitfalls which are bound to be important for us global entrepreneurs planning for an expansion or doing business internationally particularly in Japan.

There are really a lot to learn as what Market Watch listed in their article. Well, you have to check it out at Market Watch!

Global News : Yahoo and Microsoft Partnership

This is a global news I read over CNN.Com where it talked about the possible partnership of Yahoo and Microsoft.

Now that a pivotal advertising partnership with Google is off the table, Yahoo CEO Jerry Yang is ready to return to the bargaining table with Microsoft if the world's largest software maker remains interested in buying his embattled Internet company.

"To this day, I believe the best thing for Microsoft to do is to buy Yahoo," Yang said Wednesday evening at the Web 2.0 summit in San Francisco.

Although he said there aren't any current talks, Yang stressed he and the rest of Yahoo's board "remain open to everything" after a looming legal battle with the U.S. Justice Department prompted Google to abandon its rival. Google would have sold some of the ads alongside Yahoo's search results had the proposal panned out.

I honestly don't know how will I react? What I mean in reacting here is that, I am wondering if this is a good indication for small business owners or global entrepreneurs in whatever way. Anyone of you, kind enough to share your ideas, you can always share it my comments section and I would be very glad to hear and learn from your views.

Business Branding

I know you too are longing to bring your small business to global but I believe there is one very important thing we should do first. That thing I am referring to is -- Building your Brand.

Wouldn’t you love to be known as the go-to person or business in your area of expertise?

You hear a lot about branding in business, establishing yourself as the must-have solution, idea, product or service in a particular field. Associating your company or product with a specific problem, emotion, sensation or solution.

Large companies spend millions every year in advertising and PR to brand themselves.

Viewing it as a gargantuan, costly effort, though, most small businesses largely give up on the notion of branding. Well, here’s some good news, if you’re willing to strap on your innovation hat, there may be ways to not only brand your business without paying a dime…

Jonathan Fields wrote about this very interesting post. So if you want to build your business brand without paying a dime, then you have to check out on Jonathan's post --5 Simple Ways To Get Paid To Build Your Brand.

I Still Go For Free Market

Scott Shane posted about Managed versus Market Capitalism and I must admit I resent to one of his views about it.

First, he mentioned in his post -

I just got back from a week of lecturing in Singapore, where there is no financial crisis, no recession, and no extra economic pressure on entrepreneurs.

My goodness sake, is this really true? Well,I honestly don't think it is. Second is about a favor towards managed capitalism like what Singapore is doing over free market.

I don’t prefer with a managed capitalism. Nothing really beats than a free market. My goodness sake, it’s good that there will be regulations on the market but being a controlled freak in the government, I don’t think is good.

What do you think guys? Are you resenting on my thoughts? Of course, you are free to do so and you are always welcome to share it here in the comments section.

Cisco to give $10 Billion market in Networking and Communications Technology for Businesses

This is one great global news brought to us by CISCO.

From MarketWatch.com, Cisco announced a $100 million global strategic initiative focused on small business networking and communications solutions for companies with fewer than 100 employees.

Cisco aims to help small businesses gain greater agility and efficiency in working with customers who are increasingly expecting to do business on the move, on the Internet and via video.

This is in fact a very helpful initiative which targets $10 Billion market in Networking and Communications Technology for Businesses. This very good news will really energize Small Business productivity.