The average middle-class family will spend $184,000 to raise a baby from birth to age 17.
Sixty percent of American parents feel considerable conflict between work and family, according to a survey by the Work and Family Institute.
The number of vacation days that go unused by American workers each year is 574 million, according to the [...]
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Some interesting numbers on work-life balance
May 21st, 2009 No Comments
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Some interesting immigrant market segment numbers
March 18th, 2009 No Comments
Each year, 85,000 H-1B visas are granted for foreigners with advanced skills and education, and last year, 163,000 petitions were filed in the first five days after applications were accepted.
In 2006, foreign nationals residing in the U.S. were listed as inventors on 25.6% of the patent applications filed in the U.S., up from 7.6% in [...]
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Powerful Untapped Market segment: 50+ Americans
March 17th, 2009 No Comments
Over the next 10 years, the Older Americans segment (50+) is projected to grow 23%. By 2020, this market segment should be nearing 119 million people and represent 35% of the total population, as provided by the US Census.
78% of 50-54 year olds are online
45% of 70-75 year olds are online
67% of 70-somethings use a [...]
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No one still knows how to monetize social media
March 17th, 2009 No Comments
Forrester Research found that while half of marketers said they would boost budgets, social media spend remains very small in proportion to other media — 75% of respondents who knew their budgets said they were planning to spend $100,000 or less over the next 12 months.
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One of less thought of product features
March 4th, 2009 No Comments
Every internet based product should have the following feature: find the top 5 features that are most heavily used and provide keyboard short-cuts for it.
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Operational Excellence - Mumbai’s Dabbawalla
February 19th, 2009 No Comments
It is a 125 year old trade formed by a unique and incredible network of 5,000 men with the complex task of delivering 200,000 home made lunches each day from suburban homes to downtown offices in the city of Mumbai… all within a period of approximately 3 hours! That’s about 65 million ‘dabbas’ a year [...]
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Telephones at Belgium Airport are a scam
February 15th, 2009 No Comments
In January, I made two phone calls from international airport in Belgium using my credit card. I was charged $49.38 and $45.98 for two calls that lasted lesss than 3 minutes.
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December 7th, 2007 No Comments
When those in power deny your freedom, the only path to freedom is power. A quote from a movie on South Africa.
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