Business Networking

Business networking is more than just a clever tactic that most businesses use to draw in more clientele. For many small businesses that rely upon word of mouth, proper networking skills are completely necessary for the continued success and even existence of the company. Business networking is the fundamental act of referring business to other businesses, and in the process doing the same for you. Understanding how to give quality referrals is an art form in itself, and something that is extremely important in business networking matters. The old adage of, “I’ll scratch your back, if you scratch mine”, has never applied to anything more than to business networking.

Business networking, however, takes many forms, and you just might not realize how common it is. Whether a business is cold calling some of its clients on the phone, or meeting other business professionals for dinner or lunch, the networking is always taking place. Successful networking leads to referral business, new business ideas, and can help you to learn from other professionals in your field. Many businesses choose to become part of networking organizations such as different local chambers of commerce in their selected area. These organizations are excellent ways for business owners to participate in business advocacy and lobbying efforts, and offer a way for business owners to cooperate for their own protection. They often have meet and greet sessions where business leaders can meet together to discuss certain business topics that might be affecting them, the current business climate in their area, and formulate collective plans for the future.

Some say that up to 70 % of new companies get their business through word of mouth. Networking allows you the opportunity to formally introduce yourself and your business, to other business professionals in your area, to not only get to know them, but to get to know the services they offer as well. If business leaders can meet you and can trust you, they will have no problem sending business your way, and no problem receiving some from you. This is all part of the relationship building process that is so vital to successful business networking. It is a relationship built on trust and mutual interest.

In today’s high tech world, business networking has never been so easy and available. No longer do you need to live in the same area to network with business clients, or even in the same country. Due to popular online networking services, you can network with anybody all over the world. You no longer have to be a big shot to talk to big shots, or even speak the same language. Today you can have a dialogue, share ideas, and expand your business, all with the click of a mouse.

Invitation

To be or not to be is what I think all day long,
To take the plunge or give it a run.

I want to be happy for as long as I can be,
But with marriage will it be… or not to be?

Till now I was all alone…
but now I will have someone to call my own.

To double my joys and share my sorrows,
To be with me wherever life follows.

The vows will bring with it lots of responsibilities,
But for me will it be or not to be?

From now on its 'WE' rather than 'I'
Gosh no late nights for all I sigh!

No more booze parties, no more bachelorhood,
No more girlfriends, no more junk food.

Adjusting to a new life is what I fear,
But I `m all set and moved up the gear!

We are in love and that's all that matters,
Whether its air, land or waters,

It begins as soon as I take the vows,
The start of a lifetime without any sorrows,

I waited baited breath for the wedding day,
Coz its going to change my life forever, with love filling my bay.

We pledge to be together throughout the journey called 'Life'
For me as husband and she as wife.

triber.com is LIVE in the Netherlands and in India

triber is making life easier for every internet user

What is triber?

triber provides users their own free website which comes with a virtual hard disk where the user can easily store documents, photo’s (and later video’s), bookmarks, music etc. This information is accessible with any web browser anywhere in the world. The user always decides whether certain data is shareable amongst family, friends or other people on the web.

Moreover users can easily manage their:

• Mailbox for multiple email accounts

• Personal digital safe for important documents

• Online address book, including a birthday reminder and more

• Web log which can be filled by mobile too

• Advertising page for selling and renting items

• And a powerful hobby/sport page for more fun and easy communication with hobby friends and team members

• Calendar, integrated in the hobby sport page too

These functionalities (except for the mailbox and the digital safe) are also accessible for those who have been authorised by the user. A triber user is always online with his data and network, everything under one roof, anywhere in the world, through a single password.

triber is not a traditional website with one million visitors, but one million websites with at least one visitor the user itself.

triber will go live on 28 January 2008 in English and Dutch language, launching in India and the Netherlands. triber expects to launch in other countries soon. The free 2 GB version of triber.com is not for sale, but only available through a friend or by special invitation. If an individual can convince us that he/she is doing something “good” for society he/she deserves that special invitation and will get a free triber account. Simply because we care.

Mastiff being the Technical parter for triber.com feels proud to have its child up and rocking the web. The expertise of Mastiff in Product development have shaken the internet world over years. One more in the queue.........

Mastiff As the technical Partner: http://triber.nl/Corporate/Partners/partner_login.html



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Contact the founder, Rolf Trijber, by e-mail at rolf@triber.com or call +31(0)20 614 1965 or +31(0) 6 513 79 514 To see the one minute video on what is triber.com, please visit : http://triber.nl/Corporate/product/video.html

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Visit the link to know about WHAT IS triber.com ?

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Awaiting Dreams

Who needs to feel that way
Who needs those words to say
Who wants to give their heart
To watch love fade away
Cause I made up my mind
I didnt wanna know
Why should i find a love
That isnt here to stay


I wasnt waiting until you came along
And now i need you to tell me
where my heart belongs


I've seen the tears they cry
When its time for goodbye
I didnt wanna be the one who's asking why


I didnt think that i would ever feel so strong
but now i know that i was wrong

triber.com is LIVE now !!!

triber.com : "makes your e-life easy"

Currently triber.com is rocking the web in the Netherlands. Very soon it would be launched in India and the US. So guys, just hold your breath till then..............

What is triber.com?

triber.com is online user friendliness under one roof. Your own website with helpful and easy functionalities like: homepage, web log, virtual hard disk, digital safe, address book, e-mail, photo library, link/bookmark page, hobby tool, calendar, sale tool and a music library.

You can keep the personal content on your website for yourself, share it with family, friends etc. or make it public.

Everything on-line, in connection with each other, with only one login name and password.

Mastiff being the Technical parter for triber.com feels proud to have its child up and rocking the web. The expertise of Mastiff in Product development have shaken the internet world over years. One more in the queue.........

Mastiff As the technical Partner: http://triber.nl/Corporate/Partners/partner_login.html

http://www.techmastiff.com

The triber.com vision

A vision of a world in which every individual is a resident of the digital world too. In which everyone, male or female, young or old, poor or rich, educated or less educated, can enrich his/here life with the advantages digital technology has to offer.


The triber.com mission


A mission to make the benefits of digital technology as relevant as possible and as easy to use as possible for its users. We are devoted to creating technology that adds value to life and saes time in the real world.

The triber.com social mission

triber.com is a company with a heart. That’s why we find it very hard to accept that people in one part of this beautiful planet live in wealth and people in other parts live in poverty. To us the Internet represents a unique way of helping to bridge this gap. The worldwide web is a way of tapping into unlimited knowledge that can support every individual in its personal development.

triber.com is driven to improve the ‘digital situation’ of people in the poorer regions of the world. For this reason triber.com has founded its own charity named Web For Child. Through this foundation triber.com is distributing personal computers to schools in the less developed countries. triber.com donates part of its revenues to this foundation. This way every member of triber.com is contributes to create better opportunities for every child, woman and man on this planet.

To know more about triber.com, please visit : http://www.triber.com

The best years of my life.............................

A popular motivational speaker was entertaining his audience.
Said he: "The best years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who wasn't my wife!"

The audience was in silence and shock.

The speaker added: "And that woman was my mother!"
Laughter and applause.

A week later, a top manager trained by the motivational speaker tried to crack this very effective joke at home. He was a bit foggy after a drink.

He said loudly, "The greatest years of my life were spent in the arms of a woman who was not my wife!"
The wife went wan with shock and rage.

Standing there for 20 seconds trying to recall the second half of the joke, the manager finally blurt out

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"... and I can't remember who she was !"

Moral of the story: Don't copy if you can't paste.!

QA Engineers Requirement

Mastiff is recruiting QA Engineers.

Number of Openings: 3

A walk-in is scheduled on Saturday (22nd December 2007) – 9.30AM

Recruitment Process:

1) Written Test (QA Technical Test & Aptitude Test)

2) Two Rounds of Interview

Job Specification

Designation: QA Engineer

Experience: 0- 1 year

Educational Qualification: BE, MCA, BCA or PG Diploma in Computers

Job Description:

1) Graduates with consistent academic willing to work as Test Engineers are required.

2) Job involves Software Product Testing manually, building test cases, functional test, verification & QA and resolution

Desired Profile:

1) Engineers with Flair for Testing, attention to detail, strong desire to be test engineers.

2) Analytical bent, basic understanding of s/w dev/testing concepts.

3) Should be able to write test plans based on functional specification

4) Execute and measure test results, and work with developers in identifying root causes of the problems.

5) Good analytical skills, performance testing.

6) Good communication skill - MUST

Let us know if you wish to refer any candidate for the above requirement.

What should I do to marry a rich guy?

A young and pretty lady posted this on a popular forum:

Title: What should I do to marry a rich guy?

I'm going to be honest of what I'm going to say here. I'm 25 this year. I'm very pretty, have style and good taste. I wish to marry a guy with $500k annual salary or above. You might say that I'm greedy, but an annual salary of $1M is considered only as middle class in New York. My requirement is not high. Is there anyone in this forum who has an income of $500k annual salary? Are you all married? I wanted to ask: what should I do to marry rich persons like you? Among those I've dated, the richest is $250k annual income, and it seems that this is my upper limit. If someone is going to move into high cost residential area on the west of New York City Garden (?), $250k annual income is not enough.

I'm here humbly to ask a few questions:
1) Where do most rich bachelors hang out? (Please list down the names and addresses of bars, restaurant, gym)
2) Which age group should I target?
3) Why most wives of the riches is only average-looking? I've
met a few girls who doesn't have looks and are not interesting, but they are able to marry rich guys
4) How do you decide who can be your wife, and who can only be your girlfriend? (my target now is to get married)

Ms. Pretty


Awesome reply:

Dear Ms. Pretty,

I have read your post with great interest. Guess there are lots of girls out there who have similar questions like yours. Please allow me to analyse your situation as a professional investor. My annual income is more than $500k, which meets your requirement, so I hope everyone believes that I'm not wasting time here. From the standpoint of a business person, it is a bad decision to marry you. The answer is very simple, so let me explain. Put the details aside, what you're trying to do is an exchange of "beauty" and "money": Person A provides beauty, and Person B pays for it, fair and square. However, there's a deadly problem here, your beauty will fade, but my money will not be gone without any good reason. The fact is, my income might increase from year to year, but you can't be prettier year after year. Hence from the viewpoint of economics, I am an appreciation asset, and you are a depreciation asset. It's not just normal depreciation, but exponential depreciation. If that is your only asset, your value will be much worried 10 years later.

By the terms we use in Wall Street, every trading has a position, dating with you is also a "trading position". If the trade value dropped we will sell it and it is not a good idea to keep it for long term - same
goes with the marriage that you wanted. It might be cruel to say this, but in order to make a wiser decision any assets with great depreciation value will be sold or "leased". Anyone with over $500k annual income is not a fool; we would only date you, but will not marry you. I would advice that you forget looking for any clues to marry a rich guy. And by the way, you could make yourself to become a rich person with $500k annual income. This has better chance than finding a rich fool.

Hope this reply helps. If you are interested in "leasing" services, do contact me…

Signed,
J.P. Morgan

HOW TO STAY AWAKE IN MEETINGS: (OFFERED AS A PUBLIC SERVICE)

Do you keep falling asleep in meetings and seminars? What about those long and boring conference calls? Here's a way to change all of that.

1. Before (or during) your next meeting, seminar, or conference call, prepare yourself by drawing a square. I find that 5" x 5" is a good
size. Divide the card into columns - five across and five down. That will give you 25 one-inch blocks.

2. Write one of the following words/phrases in each block:
* synergy /
* strategic fit /

* core competences / * expeditious
* to tell you the truth (or "the truth is")
* 24/7
* out of the loop
* benchmark
* value-added
* proactive
* win-win
* think outside the box
* fast track
* result-driven
* empower (or empowerment)
* knowledge base
* at the end of the day
* touch base
* mindset
* client focus(ed)
* paradigm
* game plan
* leverage

3. Check off the appropriate block when you hear one of those words/phrases.

4. When you get five blocks horizontally, vertically, or diagonally, stand up and shout "BULLSHIT!"



Testimonials from satisfied "Bullshit Bingo" players:

"I had been in the meeting for only five minutes when I won." - Adam, Atlanta

"My attention span at meetings has improved dramatically." - David, Florida

"What a gas! Meetings will never be the same for me after my first win." - Dan, New York City

"The atmosphere was tense in the last process meeting as 14 of us waited for the fifth box." - Ben, Denver

"The speaker was stunned as eight of us screamed 'BULLSHIT!' for the third time in two hours." - Paul, Cleveland

Enhancing Relationships...

TRUST is a very important factor for all relationships. When trust is broken, it is the end of the relationship. Lack of trust leads to suspicion, suspicion generates anger, anger causes enmity and enmity may result in separation.

A telephone operator told me that one day she received a phone call.She answered, "Public Utilities Board." There was silence. She repeated, "PUB." There was still no answer. When she was going to cut off the line, she Heard a lady's voice, "Oh, so this is PUB.Sorry, I got the number from my Husband's pocket but I do not know whose
number it is."

Without mutual trust, just imagine what will happen to the couple if the telephone operator answered with just "hello" instead of "PUB".

NO POINTING FINGERS

A man asked his father-in-law, "Many people praised you for a successful marriage. Could you please share with me our secret?" The
father-in-law answered in a smile, "Never criticise your wife for her shortcomings or when she does something wrong. Always bear in mind that because of her shortcomings and weaknesses, she could not find a better husband than you."

We all look forward to being loved and respected. Many people are afraid of losing face. Generally, when a person makes a mistake, he
would look around to find a scapegoat to point the finger at. This is the start of a war. We should always remember that when we point one finger at a person, the other four fingers are pointing at ourselves.

If we forgive the others, others will ignore our mistake too.

CREATING PERFECT RELATIONSHIPS

A person visited the government matchmaker for marriage, SDU, and requested "I am looking for a spouse. Please help me to find a suitable
one." The SDU officer said, "Your requirements, please." "Oh, good looking, polite, humorous , sporty, knowledgeable, good in singing
and dancing. Willing to accompany me the whole day at home during my leisure hour, if I don't go out. Telling me interesting stories when
I need companion for conversation and be silent when I want to rest." The officer listened carefully and replied, "I understand you
need television."

There is a saying that a perfect match can only be found between a blind wife and a deaf husband ,because the blind wife cannot see the
faults of the husband and the deaf husband cannot hear the nagging of the wife. Many couples are blind and deaf at the courting stage and dream of perpetual perfect relationship. Unfortunately, when the excitement of love wears off, they wake up and discover that
marriage is not a bed of roses. The nightmare begins.

NO OVERPOWERING

Many relationships fail because one party tries to overpower another,or demands too much. People in love tend to think that love will conquer all and their spouses will change the bad habits after marriage. Actually, this is not the case. There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "It is easier to reshape a mountain or a river than a person's character."

It is not easy to change. Thus, having high expectation on changing the spouse character will cause disappointment and unpleasantness.

It would be less painful to change ourselves and lower our expectations..

RIGHT SPEECH

There is a Chinese saying which carries the meaning that "A speech will either prosper or ruin a nation." Many relationships break off
because of wrong speech. When a couple is too close with each other,we always forget mutual respect and courtesy. We may say anything without considering if it would hurt the other party.

A friend and her millionaire husband visited their construction site. A worker who wore a helmet saw her and shouted,"Hi, Emily!
Remember me? We used to date in the secondary school." On the way home, her millionaire husband teased her, "Luckily you married me.
Otherwise you will be the wife of a construction worker." She answered ,"You should appreciate that you married me. Otherwise, he
will be the millionaire and not you."

Frequently exchanging these remarks plants the seed for a bad relationship. It's like a broken egg - cannot be reversed.

PERSONAL PERCEPTION

Different people have different perception. One man's meat could be another man's poison. A couple bought a donkey from the market. On
the way home,a boy commented, "Very stupid. Why neither of them ride on the donkey?"Upon hearing that, the husband let the wife ride on the donkey. He walked besides them. Later, an old man saw it and commented, "The husband is the head of family. How can the wife ride on the donkey while the husband is on foot?" Hearing this, the wife quickly got down and let the husband ride on the donkey.

Further on the way home, they met an old Lady. She commented, "How can the man ride on the donkey but let the wife walk. He is no
gentleman."

The husband thus quickly asked the wife to join him on the donkey.Then, they met a young man. He commented, "Poor donkey, how can you hold up the weight of two persons. They are cruel to you." Hearing that, the husband and wife immediately climbed down from the donkey and carried it on their shoulders.

It seems to be the only choice left. Later, on a narrow bridge, the donkey was frightened and struggled. They lost their balance and fell
into the river. You can never have everyone praise you, nor will everyone condemn you. Never in the past, not at present, and never will
be in the future.

Thus, do not be too bothered by others words if our conscience is clear...

BE PATIENT

This is a true story which happened in the States. A man came out of his home to admire his new truck. To his puzzlement, his three-year-old son was happily hammering dents into the shiny paint of the truck.The man ran to his son, knocked him away, hammered the little boy's hands into pulp as punishment. When the father calmed down, he rushed his son to the hospital.

Although the doctor tried desperately to save the crushed bones, he finally had to amputate the fingers from both the boy's hands. When the boy woke up from the surgery & saw his bandaged stubs, he innocently said, " Daddy,I'm sorry about your truck." Then he asked, "but when are my fingers going to grow back?" The father went home & committed suicide.

Think about this story the next time someone steps on your feet or u wish to take revenge. Think first before u lose your patience with
someone u love. Trucks can be repaired... Broken bones & hurt feelings often can't. Too often we fail to recognise the difference between
the person and the performance. We forget that forgiveness is greater than revenge.

People make mistakes. We are allowed to make mistakes. But the actions we take while in a rage will haunt us forever.

Put the glass down !!!........................

Once A professor began his class by holding up a glass with some water in it.

He held it up for all to see; asked the students, "How much do you think this glass weighs?

'50gms!' ?....'100gms!' .....'125gms' ......the students answered.




'I really don't know unless I weigh it,' said the professor, 'but, my
question is: What would happen if I held it up like this for a few minutes?'
"Nothing" the students said.



OK what would happen if I held it up like this for an hour?' the
professor asked.

Your arm would begin to ache' said one of the students.

You're right, now what would happen if I held it for a day?' Your arm
could go numb, you might have severe muscle stress & paralysis; have to
go to hospital for sure! ventured another student ; all the students
laughed.



Very good. But during all this, did the weight of the glass change?

Asked the professor. No replied the students Then what caused the arm
ache; the muscle stress?' Instead What should I do?

The students were puzzled. Put the glass down! said one of the
students.

Exactly!' said the professor' Life's problems are something like this.

Hold it for a few minutes in your head; they seem OK. Think of them for
a long time; they begin to ache. Hold it even longer; they begin to
paralyze you.



You will not be able to do anything.



It's important to think of the challenges (problems) in your life, but
EVEN MORE IMPORTANT to 'put them down' at the end of every day before
you go to sleep.

That way, you are not stressed, you wake up every day fresh; strong;
can handle any issue, any challenge that comes your way!

Remember friend- PUT THE GLASS DOWN TODAY!



That's life !!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Miss you all ........ :( :( :(

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Enjoy life ..... monkey style .. ;)

I love you

I love you…
not only for what you are
but for what i am
when i am with you

i love you
not only for what
you have made of yourself
but for what
you are making of me

i love you because
you are helping me to make
of the lumber of my life
not a tavern
but a temple of
my everyday, not a reproach
but a song

i love you
for the part of me
that you bring out

i love you
for putting your hand
into my heaped-up heart
and passing over
all those foolish weak things
that you can not help
dimly seing there
and for drawing out
into the light
all the beautiful belongings
that no one else has hooked
quite far enough to find

i love you
because you have done
more than any creed
could have done
to make me good
and more than any fate
could have done
to make me happy

you have done it,
without a touch
without a word
without a sign
you have done it
by being yourself

perhaps that is what
being a friend
means after all.

Business Development Executive required

BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT EXECUITVE

Leading OPD firm Mastiff Looking for BDE

JOB PROFILE:

Candidate wud be responsible for marketing,New lead generation for internet product companies.

Profile wil include:lead generation/making proposals/followups/attending meetings/negotiating and finalizing deals/coordinatng with PM.

EXP: 1- 2+ years

DESIRED PROFILE:

Candidate shd be MBA (MBA-IT/Systems/Marketing Preferred)

Exp in IT Services Sales & Marketing

Highly aggressive with pleasant personality

Excelent Comm skills, proven presentation

Marketing & Sales of IT Services

COMPANY PROFILE:

Mastiff Tech is a Navi Mumbai based leading firm in Outsourced Product Development. Company is focusing into Consumer Internet product and Web 2.0 space. Mastiff's clients include top Internet product companies in India, North America and Europe. www.techmastiff.com