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8 Essential Business Rules For Those Who Don’t Believe In Rules

deatul — Thu, 29 Dec 2011 17:58:01 +0000

Partner with people you’ve worked with before.
Believe in your core but don’t be afraid to change.
Don’t be shy about telling people they won’t fit.
Build your organization around the skills of talented individuals, rather than trying to find the right skill for a predefined job.
Try really hard not to give VCs control.
Leave your ego at the door.
Be honest about the consequences of growth.
Sharing success creates more of it.

http://www.fastcompany.com/1803950/business-rules-for-those-who-dont-believe-in-rules

20 Life Lessons – Steve Jobs

deatul — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 11:30:17 +0000

Don’t Wait
Don’t Hold Back
Control Everything You Can
Make Your Own Reality
Be Yourself
Know Yourself
Own Your Mistakes
Leave the Door Open for the Fantastic
Surround Yourself with Brilliance
Build a Team of A Players
Be Persuasive
Show Others the Way
Find a Way to Balance Your Intensity
Trust Your Instincts
Take Risks
Make Tough Decisions
Follow Great with Great
Live for Today
Presentation Can Make a World of Difference
Share Your Wisdom

http://mashable.com/2011/12/18/steve-jobs-20-life-lessons/

Top Ten Reasons Why Large Companies Fail To Keep Their Best Talent

deatul — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 07:55:16 +0000

Big Company Bureaucracy
Failing to Find a Project for the Talent that Ignites Their Passion
Poor Annual Performance Reviews
No Discussion around Career Development
Shifting Whims/Strategic Priorities
Lack of Accountability and/or telling them how to do their Jobs
Top Talent likes other Top Talent
The Missing Vision Thing
Lack of Open-Mindedness
Who’s the Boss?

http://www.forbes.com/sites/ericjackson/2011/12/14/top-ten-reasons-why-large-companies-fail-to-keep-their-best-talent/

10 Things All Customers Want

deatul — Mon, 26 Sep 2011 09:28:15 +0000

Your honest assessment of the competition
Bad news
The truth about your company or product’s shortcomings
Be there when they need you
Something that goes beyond the call of duty
Cut out the small talk and personal BS
Make their jobs easier
Give them your undivided attention
Pick up the phone and call
Thank them for their business

http://www.bnet.com/blog/ceo/10-things-all-customers-want/6667

8 Technologies of Future

deatul — Mon, 19 Sep 2011 12:44:58 +0000

Smartphones
Wireless Broadband
Cloud Computing
Voice Commands/ Eye-Tracking
Product Info in Videos and Pictures
Social Networking
CAD
Autonomous Cars

http://mashable.com/2011/09/18/future-technology/

12 Rules For Business Success

deatul — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 19:36:02 +0000

Play to win.
Build game-changing strategy that solves a big hairy problem.
Surround yourself with confident, competent people that tell the truth … and listen to them.
Success builds confidence, but life-lessons come from failure.
Bounce back fast.
Challenge conventional wisdom.
Results count, intentions and excuses don’t.
Know when to quit.
There are times to be focused and times to be flexible.
Trust your gut and do the right thing.
Do what you’re great at or passionate about, whatever makes you happy.
Set some goals, come up with a plan, execute, see how you did, learn from it, repeat.

http://www.bnet.com/blog/ceo/12-rules-for-business-success/7832

8 Reasons Your Employees Don’t Care

deatul — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:10:53 +0000

No freedom.
No targets.
No sense of mission.
No clear expectations.
No input.
No connection.
No consistency.
No future.

http://www.bnet.com/blog/small-biz-advice/8-reasons-your-employees-dont-care/3053

8 Things You Should Never Say to Employees

deatul — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 14:07:18 +0000

I’m in charge, so this is what we’re going to do.
I have a great opportunity for you.
Man, this has been a long day. I’ll see you guys. It’s time for me to get out of here.
Hey, that’s a great idea — and if we do it this way…
Sure, I’ll be happy to talk to your brother about a job.
No.
I can’t wait to go to Cancun next week.
We.

http://www.bnet.com/blog/small-biz-advice/8-things-you-should-never-say-to-employees/1386

5 Things Great Bosses Never Do

deatul — Sun, 11 Sep 2011 13:59:15 +0000

Deliver annual performance reviews.
Say, “Look… I’ve been meaning to apologize…”
Hold meetings to solicit ideas.
Create development plans.
Call in favors.

http://www.bnet.com/blog/small-biz-advice/5-things-great-bosses-never-do/3662

Perl DBI MySQL (beginer)

deatul — Sat, 11 Jul 2009 00:17:10 +0000

use DBI;
$dbh = DBI->connect(“dbi:mysql:$database:$url“,$username,$password) or die “Can’t open database: $DBI::errstr”;
$dbh->disconnect();

$database //Name of database
$url //Address of database
$username //username
$password //password

$sth = $dbh->prepare(“SELECT field1 , field2 , field3 FROM table1 WHERE field2 = ? AND field3 = ? “);
$sth->execute($field2,$field3);

$sth=$dbh->prepare(“INSERT INTO table1 (field1 , field2 , timefield) VALUES ( ? , ? , now() ) “);
$sth->execute($field1,$field2);

$sth = $dbh->prepare(“UPDATE table1 SET field1 = field1 + 1 , field2 = ? , field3 = ? WHERE field4 = ? “);
$sth->execute($field2,$field3,$field4);

$sth=$dbh->prepare(“DELETE FROM table1 WHERE field1 = ? “);
$sth->execute($field1);

if($sth->rows == 1){
//do something
}
$inserted_auto_id = $dbh->{mysql_insertid};
($field1,$field2,$field3)=$sth->fetchrow_array();