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Strapped Budget

When it comes to business growth every entrepreneur is focused on optimizing budget. A company or any business even the companies in fortune 500 never has enough capital for the marketing of their business up to the mark. Overcoming this issue is very essential. It can even play a decisive role in the growth of a business. The very first advice to overcome this issue is to maintain a track of the expenses and always look for the areas where one can skim so that more and more funds can be saved for other uses in Marketing or any other purpose. One should take even a single buck out of their pocket when the return is certain or the investment is pretty essential for the business. One should try to lessen the expense as far as possible. The best way to implement this is by reducing the expenses and then checking out the limit up to which the expenses can be reduced. Then if there’s an issue in running the business with the lessened budget the budget should be increased and should be checked again until the soft spot is obtained.

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Delegation of Tasks

“If you want something done well, do it yourself “, words from one of the most capable strategists in the world Napoleon Bonaparte. This may apply to a myriad of situations but, entrepreneurship is a different ballgame. Often budding entrepreneurs focus on running their enterprise like a one-man show, which frequently leads to failure. To achieve the highest form of productivity from your personnel, pay heed to a few bits of our advice.
Before beginning any operation, make sure the selected candidate is eligible for the job. This has to be considered and ensured during the recruitment itself. Once you have the right person, work on the details. Explain elaborately whatever is desired as the end result, don’t shy away from crunching numbers and discussing all the nooks and crannies. Commit to memory that details are the deciding factor in almost all long term projects. Assuming that the person in charge knows everything without informing them prior to the beginning of the operation is lethal to result. In the case of outsourcing, research is the key to success. Procure knowledge about the track record of the firm you select for outsourcing. Do not shy away from spending an extra buck on trust and quality. Work is best handled by professionals, one’s reluctance to accept services in areas with high specificity is a cause of damage to the enterprise but so is over-relying on a functionary of the enterprise.

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Hiring Employees

The trajectory of success is frequently interrupted by a diverse set of challenges every now and then, but we can all agree that obstacles are opportunities to showcase one’s dexterity in his or her field. A success story filled with adversities gets more applause than a cakewalk. Modern times have their own fair share of issues for the common folk but an entrepreneur experiences far more ups and downs in today’s scenario. This phenomenon of the rise and fall of various adversities is natural for entrepreneurship due to its very nature of dealing with volatile variables. Taking inference from this, E-cell ADGITM brings a list of problems faced by modern entrepreneurs and their solutions.

The structural integrity of a castle can be determined by the character of its bricks and the fortitude of its mortar, such is the case of an enterprise. Often entrepreneurs get jittery about hiring fresh faces. It is a complicated predicament to hire someone without any credible evidence of their competence. To tackle this crisis, numerous modern strategies have been developed. The first step is to advertise for a vacancy in a targeted fashion, don’t go for quantity, look for quality. The second piece of advice is to ensure that the selected candidates have a required level of hands-on experience. To ensure that the selected candidates are perfect for the profile and your company culture ask them the right questions and judge them on answers, not biases. The third and final consideration is to curb the rate of attrition from the beginning. Have a genuine and unrestricted discussion with your potential employee to gather knowledge about his ambitions in the company. Acknowledge your employees as equals not inferior and agree to some incentives for their services. With these tools in the arsenal of your HR department, your company is bound to be a haven for employees.

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Sundar Pichai takes over as the CEO of Alphabet Inc.

Sundar Pichai, who is universally known to be the CEO of Google LLC hailing from extremely humble beginnings is set for yet another huge challenge as he takes over as the CEO of Alphabet Inc., the parent company of the search engine giant Google. Larry Page and Sergey Brin, who co-founded Google and are two of the most influential figures of the technology industry, share that Sundar brings humility and a deep passion for technology and that there is no better person to lead Google and Alphabet, as they step down from their executive roles at Alphabet. Alphabet is currently facing a demanding time due to rising regulatory scrutiny across the world, increased tax demands, and the threat from Chinese competitors for the next billion internet users, especially in emerging markets like India. Experts say that Pichai will have to hit the ground running and extend his purview to Alphabet’s futuristic ventures like driverless cars, high altitude balloons and efforts to prolong life. His most challenging job, however, will be to maintain Google’s dominance over the internet with rising competition from new technology startups from China, the foremost of which is TikTok’s parent ByteDance, one of the most valued startups in the world.