A testimonial and thoughts on scaling and innovation

Thank you very much for the info and emails, many of them i
have found very useful!

Sent by a user of the info given to him by me.These are real users and the fact is some people
are definitely benefiting and reading the information I give out.I just hope I have made
some lives easier and have highlighted whats the worse that can happen - the world will
not eat you or your,friends & family alive if you don't deliver owing to circumstances
beyond your control!.

I am following a story on scalability and blogs - my take on this is the internet is
going to grow and people will always keep creating and offering opportunities! what
are you doing to even be prepared?

I try to be rational and take only what can be measured in real term-ie stuff that
gives me financial benefit immediately or in a short period of time,I try to save
lives or make the same more comfortable,minimize the expense of resources for co's
and people and save time - many face a lack of the same and many do not pay the
attention that is needed to their business.

http://www.technorati.com/weblog/2005/09/45.html

Find a link to the story I am trying to learn from above.It is important from the point
of view of scaling and doing it right.A quick note about innovation I think is ok
over here.

If a process/product or a service or both is not one of your core processes, outsourcing innovation there should be a no-brainer. And if you happen to innovate yourself in those spaces - try selling the innovation. But don't let it go to waste as most companies do - or try to build on it yourself.Imagine the amount just being spent to maintain a patent nobody uses but may use 10 years later!Ask is it really worth it and if not then why not open up the patent and bring it to use faster-atleast someone will benefit and that will actually give rise to a new business from which at least a few will benefit.

Even if a process is core to your business, say product innovation for products that you bring to market, you should still try to involve outsiders - customers, partners, suppliers, competitors, etc. - into your innovation processes. Ask why not?And you should constantly be on the lookout for outside innovations that could be bought or innovations from within that may not fit some of your minimum business criteria - i.e., minimum market size - but that might have value for outsiders.Or you have a hobby and not a potential biz opportunity.I like the link below for innovation.Has a nice name too!

http://www.thinksmart.com/index.html

That is all for now.