Consultancy Helper Tools at Tech Intelligence
When you run your own consultancy business, your base will often be in your home. But your clients are all over the place, and sometimes you have to go and talk to them. For instance, if you're aquiring, and an unknown client pops up, you often need to go over there an sweettalk them into the deal of their lifetime. So traffice is unavoidable. And you want to make a [...] Read More
Freelancer to name their business ? at Tech Intelligence
When I first registered my company back in 2002, still working for someone, I thought about a name for my company. A lot of *funny* things came up but I ended up naming it after my own last name. Two years later I renamed it to something else, as I had come up with a theory to back it up. I won't go into details, but you can ask me [...] Read More
Tomtom to buy TeleAtlas at Tech Intelligence
Tomtom, the famous producer of gps navigation units, currently the biggest in Europe, has announced a bid of €1.8bn on Teleatlas, a creator of maps for use in electronic navigation devices. It's an interesting move. Tomtom claims that it will improve customer feedback on the maps and the navigations devices as a whole. I doubt that is the real reason. I suspect it is a move for more power in [...] Read More
Home Office Tools: The MagicJack at Home Based Business
Photo courtesy of iStockphoto, Image# 5541441 The MagicJack is advertised as a money saving solution for both businesses and consumers. It works by plugging into your USB port and allowing you to make local and long distancce calls over your high speed internet connection for free. It costs $39.95 and then just $19 a year after that. Sound to good to be true? I've ordered one and will post a review [...] Read More
Thumbs Up For Vistaprint! at Home Based Business
Recently I posted an entry recommending Vistaprint as a great place for the home business owner to order business cards. I just wanted to add to that recommendation as I received an order from them yesterday. Not only did I order business cards, which are gorgeous, I also ordered some note pads and pens, and I'm impressed. The quality is top notch. These make terrific handouts to clients and customers, [...] Read More