Before we go on to tell you why working from home works, if you are an entrepreneur / start up, let us remember that most of the successful entrepreneurial ventures in India started at somebody’s home if not garage.

Technological innovations in the past decade coupled with continuously good performance of the economy have empowered individuals, start up, home-based entrepreneur, entrepreneurs and small businesses to connect workers coast to coast and country to country. Besides having the freedom to work and earn as you choose, in the comfort and convenience of your own homes, there are many people prefer to combine their careers with families, opting out of the rat race to spend more quality time with their families and take a more proactive part in raising their children.

Vijay Anand, program chair of the NASSCOM EMERGEOUT Conclave Chennai, shares his insights into making of the conclave and what the participants can expect from the conclave. NASSCOM’s focus is on bringing the domestic opportunities to the fore, with the Chennai conclave setting the tone. The following conclave at Delhi will focus on opportunities presented by the government for SMEs. These will culminate in the NASSCOM’s flagship event, The NASSCOM Product Conclave, to be held later in the year at Bangalore. Not only that. Apart from NASSCOM, there are other organizations that help industrial growth in India. CII is hosting a session in this conclave to bring together the manufacturing and the software sectors. Vijay feels such a partnership is important as we step into tapping opportunities in the domestic market. India, with a huge population of a billion plus, is the harbinger of emerging markets revolution that is likely to set in. Eager to catch up with what Vijay told Venkatesh Krishnamoorthy, chief evangelist, YourStory? Read on…

The Alarm rings (set on the mobile of course )..I look at the watch, its 7:00am – ok, let me have a 10 minute nap (as there is a snooze set on the alarm to buzz after 10 minutes again ) and then I get ready for my workplace, nah nah its my temple, it’s my baby, my product – it’s my office – it’s my dream baby actually!

The first couple of times when one is buying an assembled PC can be riddled with decisions which seem quite difficult. However, certain simple decision strategies should make the task quite easy. What follows is a basic guide to buying an assembled PC.

0. Have a technically sound person at hand for confirming specific choices or for specific advice!

Because this is a general guide. Specific technology changes by the day.