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Rakesh Dubey did what many young Indians have done to get a future: he went abroad. In this case, it was to the U.S. for a master's degree in genetics. Then Dubey made a major mistake. He went home to find a job. "I would have taken anything, anywhere in India," he says--but 80 job applications, many to multinational seed companies needing geneticists, landed him nowhere. Many firms shunned him precisely because he had gone abroad and returned to India. "They were suspicious," Dubey says. "They wondered, 'Unless there was something wrong with the guy, why would...
...office, overlooking Montreal's Dorval Airport, is brimming with models and photos of planes. He has turned his desk to face Dorval's runways, and he has binoculars within reach to see if planes are docking on time--and at the right gate. Now he has only to get Canadians to love his hobby as much as he does...
Almost by accident, though, Register discovered he could find the answer without even picking up the phone. While browsing the Net one day, he clicked on a banner ad that directed him to Demandline, a digital marketplace where small businesses can get quotes for free on a wide variety of services from a network of suppliers. Register simply typed in a list of what he needed from a long-distance carrier, including two phone lines, a fax line and a toll-free number. Within a week, Demandline had auctioned his request to numerous suppliers, including AT&T and Qwest...
...BizBuyer through a banner ad. He put in a request for several programmers, and the following day got six prospective hires. In addition to locating qualified workers, he used BizBuyer to find companies that installed telephone and computer networks he also needed. "As a result, we were able to get to market twice as fast," he says...
...price. Auction sites are placing an increasingly high priority on prequalifying vendors, screening out sketchy suppliers and creating an important safety net for small businesses. "Knowing vendors are qualified can save a lot of time and money," says Simpson. "In some cases, small businesses have only one chance to get it right...