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Fresh MBA entrepreneurs are trending. The concept of fresh b-school graduates getting on the entrepreneurial bandwagon is driven by 7 things – a growing economy, growth of technology, b-schools offering specialised programmes in entrepreneurship, curious would-be-patrons, a good market, a great idea and, a personal go.

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Maslow believed that individuals pos-sess a set of motivation systems un-related to rewards or unconscious desires. Maslow’s theory accounts for 5 human needs – physiological, safety, social, esteem and self-actualisation. Hierar-chy of needs vary from person to person according to their newest status achieved and stage of life cycle. Some place a need to be loved and accepted above say, esteem. Some will put safety and security over the need for love and respect.

It was a perfect celebration of the spirit of entre-preneurship. India Business Journal’s recently concluded IBJ Business Excellence Awards 2013 brought the cream of Tamil Nadu’s entre-preneurs to the fore.

Organisations usher in change for a variety of reasons includ-ing but not limited to change in market, competition, econom-ic changes, change in business perspective, making people redundant, closures, mergers, acquisitions, organisational failures, global opportunities, etc. But change is not limited to physical changes that ensue the event but is more related to dealing with apprehension from various quarters of the organisation’s human resourc-es. Employees come in at the core of change.

Networking is the art of building profes-sional relationships. As with all people oriented games, some are good at it, some not so. But whether you have the knack for networking or not, it is a game that anyone seeking employment and career advancement should sure get into. Networking could be a vital link to finding you connections that you can use, sometimes all through life. It is somewhat true that extroverts have it easy in networking. For oth-ers, it’s like first day of school – nervous, clammy, confused.

Some do not even know about the existence of such a day. Their day goes on just like any other day – with chores, children, family and menial jobs if any. That said, this is not an article to explore pains women undergo and sacrifices they make. Rath-er it is an insight into what there is for women the day after curtains are drawn on ‘a day that celebrates womanhood’ in all its forms. What happens with the next sunrise? And the day after that?

Ever since the terms Emotional Intelligence (EI) and Emotional Intelligence Quotient (EQ) were coined, and came into corporate usage, it has created a large amount of excitement. Large corporations have par-ticularly benefitted from their subscription to the EI theory both in good and bad times, but more specifically during the downturn since their mental investment in the EI theory early on had gotten them better employees who helped tide over the downturn by being better workers and emotion managers.

You are not going to believe this but smelling great is an art. It’s pretty much like dressing up great. Many have a PhD in it, leading their peers to hold them in silent admiration, with a tinge of jealousy perhaps. Thing is, no matter how many high-end beauty products and varied perfume com-binations one owns, it can never compensate for the understanding of what to use, how to use and when to use in addition to the understanding of one’s body type and working environment.

Getting out of B-school and into entrepreneurship is great. Although it is a terrific idea to go flying on one’s own, the route to entrepreneurship is different and needs not just a great idea and business plan, but also some early policy making skills and, wrapping the mind tightly around those policies. For a start-up there’s nothing like a great idea and a well-laid business plan but the run can get dangerous on mul-tiple counts if one does not understand or commit to the basics.

The top blunders start-ups make are: