Moore's Law is an observation made in 1965 by Gordon Moore that the number of transistors on an integrated circuit will double every 24 months and cost per transistor decreases. That being said, and holding true for the most part, technology develops and changes quickly, with newer, better and faster computers coming out all the time. To start your business off on the right foot, you have to have the right technology to do the job.
Not every job is the same, and therefore your computer needs will vary based on position. For example, people answering phones in a support line division should be fine with a pretty basic computer. However, graphic designers, for example, who use programs that require a lot of memory, are going to need a better computer with much more memory. Video-editors, like the ones who will be putting together your commercials, will also need computers with a lot of memory to allow the video-editing programs to render.
With the type of technology used to locate positions as I plan to use, odds are good that the programs will require a lot of memory and need the upper echelon of computer technology. That can be expensive. However, there are alternatives to help you save money, such as buying the parts online separately and assembling the computer yourself. Many websites are available to pick up just about anything you could glue or screw to a computer to enhance performance, and as long as you have faith in your computer technicians in building them, you stand to save a bit of money.
Monday, September 26, 2011
Monday, September 19, 2011
Week 2 - Microsoft Excel
So somebody has a great entrepreneurial idea, and it starts to take off. The NFL wants to incorporate the new system into every game, and now the CFL and Arena leagues as well as college and some high profile high schools are interested in your product. What's the next step you ask? Organizing your information and budget with Microsoft Excel.
Keeping information together with Microsoft Excel is fast and easy. Functions can be utilized to do create monthly or yearly averages, add up expenses, balance budget figures, and overall, organize information in an easy to read, user-friendly format with a few clicks of the mouse. Conditional formatting can also be utilized to set cell blocks in different colors based on your information, thus creating a bright and shiny, easily understood set of information to present to potential investors in your company (you're growing, you could use the money from investors!) And then you can create a graph to show how awesome your investors are!
Microsoft Excel takes data to a whole new level, all the while simplifying the process for organizing it. One such feature within Excel is the Pivot Table feature, which enables someone to quickly and easily summarize and analyze large amounts of data with ease. Microsoft Excel is a very useful tool in today's workplace, and extensive knowledge of the program puts applicants for jobs at your growing company ahead of those who think they can skate by without doing something as easy as conditional formatting! It's too simple to not utilize, and too important not to have.
Keeping information together with Microsoft Excel is fast and easy. Functions can be utilized to do create monthly or yearly averages, add up expenses, balance budget figures, and overall, organize information in an easy to read, user-friendly format with a few clicks of the mouse. Conditional formatting can also be utilized to set cell blocks in different colors based on your information, thus creating a bright and shiny, easily understood set of information to present to potential investors in your company (you're growing, you could use the money from investors!) And then you can create a graph to show how awesome your investors are!
Microsoft Excel takes data to a whole new level, all the while simplifying the process for organizing it. One such feature within Excel is the Pivot Table feature, which enables someone to quickly and easily summarize and analyze large amounts of data with ease. Microsoft Excel is a very useful tool in today's workplace, and extensive knowledge of the program puts applicants for jobs at your growing company ahead of those who think they can skate by without doing something as easy as conditional formatting! It's too simple to not utilize, and too important not to have.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Week 1 - Social Media
My entrepreneurial idea is a technological improvement for the game of football. There is a lot of controversy over the field of play, what is out of bounds, and determining with the naked eye whether a player is in or out on close plays. Imagine the field of play as a large grid, with the sidelines and endzones lined up with GPS precision, and now put GPS chips in every shoe in the NFL, and the guesswork is essentially eliminated, as well as human error, on close plays down the sideline.
Most major advocates of the NFL are also major advocates of the social media world; Facebook, Twitter, etc. Social media could be used as a source of minimal paid advertisement, but a major source of free publicity among hundreds of millions of viewers.
Social media could carry this movement from a prototype to the beginning of a new generation of the sport of football. Entire games could be watched digitally via GPS satellite. The new system could prove controversial, thus giving the NFL the positive publicity that sells out stadiums for every game and allows merchandise to fly off the shelves.
Most major advocates of the NFL are also major advocates of the social media world; Facebook, Twitter, etc. Social media could be used as a source of minimal paid advertisement, but a major source of free publicity among hundreds of millions of viewers.
Social media could carry this movement from a prototype to the beginning of a new generation of the sport of football. Entire games could be watched digitally via GPS satellite. The new system could prove controversial, thus giving the NFL the positive publicity that sells out stadiums for every game and allows merchandise to fly off the shelves.
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