Knowing how things work is the most important aspect of using them effectively. For many non-technical users which is the large population of internet user community, knowing about some key elements of internet is really useful.
The best & simple resource for that experience comes via 20 Things I Learned About Browsers and The Web by Google Team: 
It is very refreshing for technical people too HTML 5 ready online book!
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In the busyness of getting the idea right, most entrepreneurs end up ignoring the business startup costs. Out of the 10 social venture ideas evaluated today, we found invariably, our friends had ignored this aspect consistently.
Experience shows that the start-up costs are significant in any form of the business. Especially during selling the idea, recruiting initial team members/ volunteers, getting the seed funding and setting up the operational mode of the business including office/web/communication infrastructure. Most of the time, over 50% of initial spending will be in this bucket depending how mature the idea is.
There are various tools/templates available to help build a budget and basis for business start-up costs. One such great resource is available here: Business Start-up Cost Template
Check out their site :
– A great resource for various tools, templates, calculators,etc., in mostly MS Excel, OpenOffice formats. There are several free templates + economically priced ones if you are planning for business purpose. Check out their blog too for very insightful advice on variety of subjects.
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In a recent quest for Frugal Business Models, we were evaluating a possibility of running a business completely online. First search was on various resources required to run a business online. Criteria was Free Resources – ideally with no download requirement – better still no registration!
We found quite a few good ones away from the standard search around Google world. Might be useful for those interested in similar quests… Try it out and enjoy!
| Type | Link | Remarks |
| Invoicing | Invoice Journal | Free Invoicing Program |
| Time tracking, Billing | invotrak Toggl |
Free online time tracking & invoicing |
| Appointment Scheduling | Click Book | Free Online Appointment Scheduling and Book |
| Whiteboard | Scriblink | Free Online Whiteboard |
| Mind mapping | Wisemappin | Free Online Visual Thinking Tool |
| Organizer | Mentat Organizer Task2Gather |
Free Online Project Management, Personal Task Management (GTD) |
| Collaboration | Groupsite | Basic Free Collaboration Environment – create group sites and networking |
| Presentations | 280 Slides spresent |
Create and Share Presentations online – for free Flash Presentations, too. |
| Meeting Platform | buzz2biz Dimdim |
Free professional meeting and exchange platform, web conferencing |
| CRM | Octopuscity Free CRM Bizroof Simple Sales Tracking Keepm |
Free online contact management, CRM email system, teleconferencing, universal address book, Sales Tracking… |
| Idea Sourcing | Cambrian House | Free crowd sourcing platform |
| PDF Editor | nitropdf | Free online pdf editor |
| EHR | PracticeFusion | Free online Electronic Health Record System |
| Portfolio Management | Carbonmade weefolio |
Free online portfolio |
| Screen Casting | Screencast-o-matic | Free Screen Casting (Video-recording) and hosting – good for demonstrations |
| Online Store | flyingcart | Create online store for free – with complete business support including credit cards |
| Free Calling | GizmoCall | Talk to Anyone, Anywhere – Free |
| Business IT | Business IT online | Free online Small Business Software Suite |
| Free Online PDF Editor | Fill Any PDF | Very useful for sharing forms & collecting data |