‘We have crossed $1 billion in India’ In terms of units, we grew 82 per cent in India. Sequentially, revenue grew 8 per cent. For us, both SMEs and consumer segment grew over 100 per cent. … Source: Business Standard Dell’s India sales close to $1-billion mark “The stimulus package did help. China did the [...]

Google offers free advertising to small Indian businesses BANGALORE: World’s leading search engine Google would offer free advertising coupons for small and medium businesses (SMBs) across the country, … Source: Economic Times Rs 3062 crore loan to MSME, auto, housing sectors The banks operating in Orissa have extended Rs 3062.4 crore loan to the Micro, [...]

British Airways "Opportunities Grant" receives maximum entries from India SMEs across India were invited to submit a short business case to qualify for the grant. The 50 winners of the grant would have the opportunity to travel … Source: India PRwire (press release) IndiaMART.com Ad Campaign Brings Small Business Into Spotlight Talking about the campaign, [...]

20% quota for small units in govt orders Rajeev Karwal, chief executive of Milagrow, a venture catalyst, said, “From textiles, electronics and printing to leather and garments, all small units will … Source: mydigitalfc.com Northern SMEs gear up to file for patents Taking inspiration from their bigger brothers, small and medium units in the northern [...]

Why RBI should kill the bank rate Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) have been raising bank loans at 3-4 percentage points higher than BPLR in contrast to the top-rated corporations whose … Source: Livemint ‘What should India mean for your UK technology business?’ In particular how realistic is this for SMEs? This forum is guaranteed [...]

UAE invites India Inc to tap market opportunities … very attractive opportunities for Indian Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) which are increasingly looking at expanding their markets beyond India. … Source: SME Times India among top three places for British business I have visited numerous UK firms, many of them SMEs, that have seen their [...]

Malaysian SMEs Bouncing Back With Confidence, Survey Shows … Vietnam remained on top with 160 points, followed by India with 132, China with 124 and Singapore with 117. The survey was carried on a total of 6031 SMEs. Source: Bernama IT firms plan new strategies for 2010 “The company has around 4000 SMEs as clients [...]

Small cos dream big with Karwal Statistics shows that small and medium enterprises (SMEs) contribute around seven per cent to India’s gross domestic product (GDP) and account for 35 per … Source: India Today Issues of MSME export sector need to be addressed: FIEO The FIEO Chief stated that this apart the larger issue of [...]

MSMEs seek sops from Union budget From tax benefits to the formulation of a price purchase preference policy, expectations from the Union Budget are growing in the MSME sector… Source: Business Standard Workshop on skill development for artisans Citing North-East region of the country as the store house of handloom and handicraft items, Mr. JC [...]

…to leverage the learning opportunities, one has to also learn from others’ mistakes.

As I prepare myself to take the training sessions for open source software, I felt it would be a great opportunity to learn the DOs and DON’Ts from the other training sessions that I have attended. Of course the learning process never ends and knowledge only increases when shared. So I share what I learnt in the recent past about Training Sessions…