Happy new year!

I wishg your happy New Year, peace, blue sky, happiness and success!

Back to blogging - Video from Business of Software

Hello to all my friends and readers, long time (since November 26, 2008)I have not published any articles … Sorry, I am investigating some new (at least for me) frameworks and technologies (Websphere, WII, DOJO, etc ...) on the fly while working on some interesting Web 2.0 project. So, there is absolutely no free time.

But anyway, I like to share with you some excellent video I have found - Everything I Know About Startups by Dharmesh Shah - OnStartups.com

1. Your idea can suck. Just get started.
2. You can be in the middle of nowhere and still build a great business.
3. Not having cash breeds good behavior. It’s helpful to have constraints.
4. In defense of the modest outcome: You don’t HAVE to build the next Facebook. Modest liquidity events are highly under-rated.
5. “I’m a complete introvert. It’s not that I don’t like people, I just don’t like being around them a whole lot.”
6. Something’ changed here. You don’t have to spend a lot of money to get your message out there.
7. The real issue with VC is not the cost of capital (which is high), but how hard it is to actually raise it.
8. You have to go through the 12 flaming hoops of venture capital.
9. All the time you should’ve been spending solving your customer’s problem, you use to start to solve the VC’s problem.
10. Write a blog, not a business plan.

Enjoy the great presentation.
Regards

Staying relevant in tumultuous times

The Israel Association of Electronics and Information Industries (IAEI) has published a survey detailing the extent of the projected layoffs in the high-tech sector, as pessimism grows about the state of the economy in general and the high-tech sector in particular. The figures reveal that Israel's high-tech industry is on the verge of an acute crisis that could see the loss of 35,000 jobs.

by globes.co.il

Prediction - is not gratifying labour. There are about 2,000 High-tech engineers and IT professionals already lost they job places here in Israel, and more will in near half-year period. (Amdocs, Comverse, Cisco, ...)

Google declares about 10,000 layoffs worldwide, - how big % of them in Israel – we will find out soon … Same dismal mood hover in SAP Israel… (based on my friend expression, - he work there about 3 years and realize that in these days things are going to change).

So, how to stay relevant on current job place or while new job hunting? Absolutely clear – to be pulled out from avalanche of appeals and CV’s HR head hunters has already these days, most important is to have some “distinctive feature”.

Many words are stated and articles are written about how important not only to have profiles in LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter and etc …, but be an active user on daily basis.

Huge amount information is over on mentioned “social media channels”, and to success to cutch needed job it is very critical to be in first 10 applicants.


But most important thing – START YOUR OWN BLOG !!! Once again – there are a lot of articles available about WHY TO BLOG, but I like to recommend this one - “Save Your Career, Start a Blog” By Joseph Jaffe.

“So, if I may, a suggestion that may not help you keep the job you have, but may help you get the next job-and help you keep it. The advice? Start a blog. Start it now. I'll give you 10 reasons why…”

Summarizing in short, BLOGging:
- self education
- always tuned/updated
- evolution/keeps smart
- in sight progressive community
- indirect self promotion
- ...

(You are more than welcome to enlarge this list)

Some useful tips by ERIC TURKEWITZ

Web 2.0 - a la Politicians

The campaign site for Binyamin "Bibi" Netanyahu, the Israeli candidate for prime minister, is a mirror-image copy of BarackObama.com, flopped to accommodate the right-to-left Hebrew script. Right down to the icons, it mirrors the website developed by Blue State Digital ...

by valleywag.com

How I have mentioned before I hate politicians and they dirty games ... Once again we see the methods they use, - show must go on. So "cheap" COPY-PASTE... Looks like our politicians have no time, - much more easy to steal. Are you ready to give your voice for "Bibi"? Are you really believe that your voice can make sense?

The Evolution of Mobile Phones

Very cute video evolution of mobile phones.
So small time period, but already history ...

More History Videos at 5min.com