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SME News: 09 February 2010

MSME Act spurs growth:report
The Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSME) Act 2008, introduced by the Tamil Nadu government, has given a fillip to the MSME sector in the state, …
Source: Business Standard
Tamil Nadu to be ranked second in industrial map within two years: Palanisamy
In his keynote address, P. Selvam, Additional Chief Secretary, MSME Department urged [...]

SME News: 04 February 2010

ASEAN Workshop on ‘Sharing of Best Practices On The Establishment of SME …
The workshop is organised jointly by the Entrepreneurial Development Centre, Ministry of Industry and Primary Resources and SME Corporation Malaysia….
Source: Radio Television Brunei
MSME Min seeks Rs 5500 cr
The micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) ministry has asked the Centre for Rs … NTPC [...]

SME News: 28 Jan 2010

MSME task force may submit report on February 5
… jointly organised by Birla Institute of Management and Technology and Milagrow. The task force, formed by the Prime Minister in September 2009, …
Source: The Hindu
PM to review MSME task force recommendations on Feb 5
… (Independent Charge) Dinsha Patel said at the Indian Marketing Summit, jointly organised [...]

SME News: 27 Jan 2010

McAfee chief eyes $1bn SME business
McAfee’s chief executive is pinning his hopes for continued double-digit growth on the SME and mid-market. Talking to CRN in London today, Dave DeWalt said…
Source: CRN – UK
Handbook for SME exporters released by Madhav Lal
According to studies conducted under UNCATD led project in India, one of the major external barriers [...]

Emerging Media Space in India

–Contributed by Rohit Kaul

“We are at the cusp of a radical shift where consumers want the convergence of lifestyle and work style on a mobile screen. Whoever fulfils this need takes the market share”. Thus said, Sumeet Gugnani, Director, Mobile Communications Business, Microsoft India recently.
With an existing mobile user base of 288 million which is [...]

How to Kill a Store Brand

Tending and grooming the public image to keep a brand relevant and differentiated is the most critical task that marketing managers have before them .
Lesser managements however make the mistake of mixing up issues to damage their own brand. These managements consider advertising as an expense but an essential evil in promoting their brand. [...]

Standing Meetings at MILAGROW….

–Contributed by Veera F. Mavalwala

Have you ever heard of “Standing” Meetings? Well, this has been found to be a VERY effective way to communicate in Milagrow! Impromptu the boss comes and everyone stands at their work stations with enthusiasm and concentration. This happened on Monday this week after we [...]

GSM companies add 6.3 mn new customers in June

GSM companies added over 6.3 million new customers in June this year crossing the 212 million mark. This represented a growth of 3.07 per cent over the last month according to ther latest figures released by the Cellular Operators’ Association of India (COAI). The figures, however, exclude the GSM subscriber base of Reliance Telecom which [...]

SMEs hit in UK and Thailand

A THIRD of small firms believe the country is already in recession.A snap survey of Small and Medium Enterprises across Britain shows nine out of 10 owners believe the country is already in a downturn.
The poll comes in the wake of yesterday’s quarterly report by the British Chamber of Commerce which claims the country [...]

The Entrepreneurial Flame

—Contributed by Sarath SrinivasanWhen the promoter of a company seeks help in scaling up, it stems from an underlying feeling of unease. Possibly his company has been performing well over the past few years but has just hit a plateau. More often, the entrepreneur feels that something is wrong even before it manifests itself in [...]