Entries categorized as ‘Productivity’
I’d like to share with you a special feature I read in Business World’s EntrepreNEWS last July 6, 2007.
In a recently published joint report by the World Bank and the International Finance Corporation (IFC) entitled “Doing Business in 2006″, the Philippines scored quite low on the following areas covered by the survey:
- Starting a business
- Dealing with licenses
- Registering property
- Getting credit
- Protecting investors
- Paying taxes
- Trading across borders
- Enforcing contracts
- Closing a business
The low survey scores we garnered placed us 126th in the overall ranking…. which explains WHY MORE FILIPINO ENTREPRENEURS OPT TO STAY IN THE INFORMAL SECTOR THAN REGISTER A BUSINESS. This is all the more compounded by the fact it is harder to OFFICIALLY close a business in the Philippines than to start one.
Hope is not lost though.
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Categories: BSMED · Philippines · Productivity
In my earlier posts, I mentioned Marc Andreessen’s recently created blog. I think I don’t have to tell you that it is a great read. If you are curious to find out how thinks and what is a day like for a man his stature (dang… he’s only 35 years old! Turning 36 this year!) , then, read on.
Marc has accomplished so much (need I mention Netscape again??) in his young life and we can expect more from him in the years to come. Presently, he busies himself with his new company called NING, apart from the myriad other things he preoccupies himself with (his blogging, his VC concerns, etc.).
So, to the point of this post… if you are carrying a hellish schedule and are looking for ways to maximize the 8-hour or 10-hour or 12-hour or 18-hour (Hey! Get a Life!) work day, take a look at Marc Andreessen’s Guide to Personal Productivity.
Can’t keep a schedule? Then, don’t keep one! 
Categories: Marc Andreessen · Productivity · Social Networking
