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Entrepreneurship and Cloud Computing

Every entrepreneur is always short on money and loaded with ideas and innovation and the ability to take risks. Irrespective of the nature of Business technology has become essential  to reach out to a flatter world and also ensure efficiency. The Cloud is the ideal platform not only for entrepreneurs in technology but also in any business whether is advisory, trading, retailing, health care, niche services, tourism, teaching the list is endless.
The Cloud provides a method of pay as you use, or in other world replaces capital costs with operating costs, this eliminating  the uncertainty on technology investments.
The cloud provides most times a free computing platform for services like email, blog, customer relationship management, project management, sales management, enterprise resource management, accounting and other business solutions needed by an entrepreneurial business venture.
Thus any entrepreneur can start the business with the world's best technology solutions working for them for most times free or sometimes for nominal costs.
The barrier to entrepreneurs adopting the cloud is their diffidence in using superior business solutions for their small business, they think it is too much of time and hassle and it can wait.
"Getting it Right the First Time " is essential and putting in place a Technology driven Business will be a strategic & rewarding initiative for any fledgling business.
There was start up company who did not have a CRM (Customer Relationship Management) , but once they  implement a free CRM on the cloud they could measure their sales efforts and act on the customer leads efficiently.
There is another company which uses Google for their email and office automation with resounding success and it is all for Free. So they get world class communication and collaboration tools which are normally available in large corporations. With Android tablets they look contemporary and they figured it is more effective then carrying notebooks to be connected plus they use the Business applications available from Android anytime and anywhere.
In a world driven by near instant communication entrepreneurs need to have the right tools and solutions to delight their customers and grow their business and their wish list will be fulfilled by solutions in the Cloud.
As the world looks forward to recovering from recession to growth it will the entrepreneurs who will bring the change and much needed stimulus to the economy and they will have the solutions in the Cloud to help them to make the difference.
Some of the business solutions they can use are available from ZOHO, Microsoft, Google and many more, they just need to get on to their browser and search for what they need.
The Risk Reward in using the cloud  is positive and provides significant residual energy for  leaders to grow their  business and nurture innovation and excellence.

How does an entrepreneur begin the cloud journey?

The first step is to take the companies email  and office automation to the cloud and also create a blog for the company, if you do not know how to do it take help.  Remember you have a business to build and cannot do everything yourself !
Once the basics in the cloud are stabilized then it is time to prioritize on what you need next based on your business, it could be the CRM , the Accounting package, the project management package or even a service process engine.
Once your business grows you will have to start paying the free service providers so please budget of these costs, remember they were your friends when you did not have the money and once your business has grown it is time to pay back.
Enjoy a rewarding  entrepreneurial journey by leveraging the Cloud  and remember entrepreneurs make the country's and the global economy stronger.

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