Written by Brian Null

 Where does your entrepreneurial spirit come from?

My entrepreneurial ventures mostly originate from a combination of personal and social needs that I witness. These observations are then paired with confidence and vision that dictates what I need to do to fulfill these needs. We see that many people have fantastic ideas but the amalgamation of courage, perseverance, and confidence is not up-to the mark to see the ideas flourish. I guess as a first generation immigrant I can still save myself from taking things for granted.

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Hello! My name is Martha Arrizabalo and I am currently a Full Time MBA Candidate. This summer quarter, I am interning for Iyka Enterprises, Inc., which is an IT service provider that delivers innovative technology to their clients, such as application developments, software solutions and database services. Iyka Enterprises was founded in 2000 by Ms. Poonam Gupta, who is currently Iyka’s CEO and President.

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12 Easy Steps to Protect your Business from Cyber Security Attacks

It doesn’t matter if you run a small or medium business; cyber security concerns are not only for large corporations. The next time you think you don’t need to worry about hackers and cyber breaches, keep this data in mind:
• 40% of the small businesses that were victims of Cyber-attacks had to close down.*
• It cost an average of $10k per day per disaster.*
• 60% of the customers of small businesses have switched their vendors after cyber attack.*
*Source: Symantec study of 2012

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