http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings A Technology Entrepreneur shares his tips on how to win in Business... and in Life! Sun, 03 Jul 2011 02:14:50 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en A future daughter in law visited her fiance's English family. In return, she got a scathing email from Carolyn Bourne, her future mother in law.  Unfortunately, she forwarded it to friends (another faux pax and bad judgment, in my opinion) and it went viral.  As you see, not only chinese ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2011/07/03/british-tiger-moms/ I have been working and writing on a book about the potentials and pitfalls of the Philippine Economy the last few months.My working title of the book is " Back to Square 1: Reinventing Philippines Inc., " I am now done with the first chapter.  The title ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/05/19/16-statement-of-beliefs-on-the-philippine-economy/ I am writing a series of articles on my analysis of Philippines Inc., and hopefully this will be compiled in a book at a later date.  Here is one of my observations on Philippine social norms and practices.------If you are a single parent with small children whose kids may ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/25/the-well-intentioned-lolo-grandpa/ My article as printed in the Cebu daily News.INQUIRER.net - Archive SearchFrom 2001 to 2008, the Philippines only had $12 billion in foreign direct investments, which is less than Vietnam's $36 billion for the same period. http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/19/more-investments-not-ofws-can-pull-out-rp/  I am not an economist. However, for the last 20 or so years, my passion has been in management and technology, and along the way, I have written over a thousand articles and talks on making management and technology more understandable to everyone.  Over the last few ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/an-analysis-of-philippines-inc/ The first two days of Winter Olympics coverage in Vancouver was watched by about 97 million people in the U.S., the most since 1994 when interest in the Lillehammer Games was boosted by an off-ice incident involving U.S. figure skaters Tonya Harding and Nancy Kerrigan. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/olympic-games-draw-97-million-us-viewers-for-first-two-days/ Japanese Finance Minister Naoto Kan said the government will start debate on overhauling the sales tax next month, indicating it may consider increasing the 5 percent levy to help repair the country’s finances. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/japan-to-start-sales-tax-debate-next-month-kan-says-update1/ China is likely to soon overtake Japan to become the world's second largest economy, a milestone that will only fuel growing fears about the economic might of the world's largest country. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/china-soon-to-be-no-2-economy/ The Age of Tablets will give print media one last bite at the apple - and publishing companies that are able to make the transition could one day thrive again. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/the-future-of-reading/ What becomes of the printed word? What's the fate of companies that produce periodicals and books? Here's what 10 media and tech luminaries think. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/10-sages-read-the-future-of-print/ The NPD Group reports cost-conscious businesses began purchasing technology goods such as desktops, servers and printers in greater volume in December, representing the first and only year-over-year revenue gain in 2009. - Market research company The NPD Groups Reseller Tracking Service announced U.S. sales through commercial resellers were ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/technology-sales-to-businesses-growing-report-shows/ More than 45,000 businesses closed their doors for good in 2009 - including some that survived for longer than a century. Here are 6 historic companies that vanished. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/100-year-old-businesses-we-lost/ Despite the down economy, people are still donating to nonprofits and other charities. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/the-resilience-of-philanthropy/ Chris Liddell joins General Motors as vice chairman and chief financial officer. He'll start at GM in the new year. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/microsoft-cfo-heads-to-new-post-at-gm/ The media should instead focus on speculators vs. value creators. Go to Source http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2010/03/12/rich-vs-poor-is-not-the-right-debate/ My Music Group plays Jingle Bells as a way to greet one and all a merry christmas! http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2009/12/22/jingle-bells-from-our-music-group/ I was talking to a friend hotelier, and he was recounting that for over 10 years in the early 1980s, he was working in a hotel in China. One time, there were a group of students who came, and each was carrying an umbrella.  He told the tour guide that at ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2009/10/11/old-china/ I have been into Facebook a lot lately and maybe that's why the blog has not have that much posts.Obviously, I see the same with many blogs that I follow.  Being able to update through Twitter or Status updates with shorter and easier messages means that a lot of ideas ... http://www.ngkhai.net/bizdrivenlife/writings/2009/10/07/learning-business-from-a-video-game/ Our annual ranking of the best of Asia-Pacific's biggest listed companies. 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